Chapter 51

Henry had his mouth half open, clearly about to spill something, but at the last second, he swallowed it back. Elaine gave him a not-so-subtle nudge. "Does it have something to do with a hacking attack?" Henry shot her a surprised look. Elaine blinked innocently and said, "The office computers all went down." "It's not just the secretary department. The entire company's computers crashed," Henry said helplessly. Elaine widened her eyes, acting shocked. "For real? That bad?" "Yeah." Henry gave a serious nod. Elaine suddenly felt guilty. She carefully asked, "So... is Mr. Sinclair okay?" "Our client's worried about our network security," Henry sighed. "They've paused the partnership talks for now." "It's an important client?" Elaine pushed further. "Very." Henry nodded again. "If this deal falls through, the company's gonna take a big hit." "A big hit meaning..." Elaine trailed off. Whatever she thought the consequences would be, they were clearly way worse. This was spiraling fast. If M