e blood drain

" she repeated, her v

r... it c

his booming laugh, his unwav

her to sail, to b

w firmness in her tone. "The flash

, a flicker of somethin

ds his large moni

s unsteady, and walk

, and a document app

ital evidence. H

-out sections, the in

to encryption keys she knew were un

ike a phy

up," she insisted

isticated hack. Someo

in his chair, his eyes

every reaction, ever

, his voice soft, almost g

with this 'compelling' evi

in the air, heav

ather's face, pale and drawn at

rumbling unde

knees, but a desperate bow of

she whispered, the

eeper. There has to be a

erceptible smirk to

His eyes roamed over he

all? Ju

intimate, laden

e-night meeting in his private residence, s

profound humiliatio

life, his freed

wed, her t

, went to the top butt

pression still unreadable

htly, placing the file su

ted the movement.

ed. She co

oned her blouse, he

et the blouse fall from her shoulde

cried, tears st

owards him, her hand reach

r's life.