Classic Novel
Chapter 302
Chapter 302 You've Already Lost
Troy, the hacker, sat in the monitoring room, rapidly tapping away at the keyboard.
Lines of code popped up on the puter screen. Troy kept typing, and more code began to fill
the screen.
Within ten minutes, he had recovered the missing surveillance video and began to scrutinize it by fast-forwarding through the footage.
Darren stood behind Troy, wide-eyed. "Did you really restore it?" he asked,
astonished. ovel worl.
With a calm nod, Troy replied, "Restoring the video data wasn't that
difficult."
Before he could finish, the screen suddenly went black.
Darren immediately asked, "What happened? Is there a problem?"
Troy glanced around, raising an eyebrow. "No, someone shut down the monitoring room's power supply, trying to stop me from investigating."
Darren was left speechless. The power had indeed been cut. He hurried to check who had
sabotaged the power supply.
Moments later, he hurried back to the monitoring room, saying, "The switch was destroyed. We'll need the maintenance team to fix it, and it'll take an hour."
"No worries, I have the surveillance footage saved on my laptop. I can review it later," Troy replied, packing up his laptop and checking his watch. "I need to take Mrs. Owen to the hospital now." Darren understood his task was plete and escorted Troy back to the infirmary.
Opening the door and passing by Theo, Troy told Elyse, "Mrs. Owen, I'm done here. It's time to get you to the hospital."
Elyse nodded and, despite limping, slowly moved toward the exit.
"What's wrong with his head?" Theo plained bitterly. "What's more important than Elyse's well-being? Why didn't you take her to the hospital soon? What were you even thinking?" Troy shot Theo a scornful look, clearly unimpressed.
"You've already lost to Mr. Owen. What makes you think you're qualified to speak here?" Theo grew increasingly irritated with Troy's smug demeanor and was ready to fight with him. Troy noticed Theo's mounting anger and only grew more smug. "Oh, you're mad now, huh? e on then, if you're so tough!"
"Is that what you want, to get your butt kicked?" Theo snapped, teeth clenched, itching to teach this rude brat a
Elyse stepped in, rubbing her temples, and scolded the two, "Stop arguing! You're giving me a headache!" With an exasperated tone, she added, "If you're so eager to fight, take it outside. Just stay out of my
Theo held back, stunned. He'd never seen Elyse this upset, and oddly enough, found her kind of cute when she was angry.
Elyse had always been sweet and patient with Theo, following his lead and soothing him. But now, seeing her temper flare up for the first time made Theo realize she must have been quietly dealing with her own frustrations this whole time.
This time, Theo didn't try to stop her from leaving.
Darren wanted to see Elyse off. Before he left, he noticed Theo lingering and couldn't help but advise, "You should go. Clinging to the past is pointless. It's time to move forward."
With a sigh, Darren hurried off to catch up with Elyse and Troy.
Theo offered a strained smile.
He wanted to move on, but the further he walked, the stronger the urge to turn back and find Elyse, who had once loved him deeply.
He reflected on how his past life had been filled with schemes and self-interest.
Only with Elyse had things seemed genuine.
But he had never had the knack for recognizing beauty. He always measured worth through a business lens.
He'd valued her love as if it were the cheapest modity in the world.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
Now, he'd missed his only chance, and he knew he could never reclaim it.