“I invited you here today to discuss this properly. How about leaving a backdoor in the firewall as a favor?”
As expected, her guess was right.
Sandria sneered and shook the rope around her ankles.
“So the firewall vulnerability really is your doing. But is this your idea of a proper discussion?”
Zaiden wasn’t annoyed and explained, “Isn’t it just because I was afraid you wouldn’t cooperate and ruin things? As long as you agree to this small request, I can pay you–several times the market price if you want.”
Payment?
Sandria looked Zaiden up and down. He was wearing an ordinary suit, nothing fancy.
He didn’t look like someone who could come up with that much money.
So… who was behind Zaiden?
Sandria thought for a moment and tried probing.
“I don’t need money. Do you know who I am? Have you thought about the consequences of messing with me?”
At her words, Zaiden’s smile grew even brighter. “You’re Ms. Schroeder. Who doesn’t know your identity now?”
“I knew who you were as soon as you showed up at Shield Technologies. But so what? You’ve been away for so many years, you have no foundation in the Schroeder family. What big moves could you possibly make? If I get rid of you, there might even be people who thank me.”
Sandria’s expression grew colder, becoming even more certain that someone was backing Zaiden.
Otherwise, as just a department manager, he wouldn’t dare to be so brazen on his own.
He was right–her presence had indeed blocked the path of certain people.
A chill settled in her heart.
Sandria forced a relaxed look on her face. “You’re right, but your proposal is for me to stab Antony. At least give me some time to think it over, won’t you?”
As long as there was room for negotiation, things would be easier to handle.
Zaiden didn’t necessarily want Sandria dead, after all.
After all, she carried the name of the Schroeder family. If something really happened, it would spell trouble.
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“Fine, I’ll give you two hours to consider.”
Zaiden waved his hand. “Let’s go, get something to eat.”
In the empty room, the sound of their departing footsteps echoed.
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Only then did Sandria have a chance to observe her surroundings. There were many iron barrels piled up here, and the air was thick with the damp smell of rust.
Perhaps because they thought Sandria was just a helpless woman, the ropes on her hands weren’t as tight as she had imagined.
After struggling for quite a while, the ropes on Sandria’s hands finally loosened.
She quickly untied the ropes on her feet, turned around, and started to run.
She pushed open a door, and the wind howled in. Only then did Sandria realize with a shock that this wasn’t the first floor.
This was–an unfinished building!
With one glance, she could tell that the building had at least twenty floors. To escape from here, she’d have to jump…
But just then, a voice sounded from behind her.
“Bro, could she have escaped?”
“Damn it! Why didn’t you keep watch just now? Hurry, after her!”
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After finishing his work, Fulbert saw the message he hadn’t received a reply to last night. Smiling faintly, he sent an- other message.
“Are you free tonight? Want to have dinner together?”
After the message was sent, there was no response.
Fulbert frowned and made a call.
“Beep, beep, beep-”
The call was quickly connected, but unusually, this time all he heard was the sound of wind howling.
When he called again, “Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off…”
This was bad–something might have happened to Sandria!
With this thought, Fulbert’s expression turned grim as he stood up.
“Check the last location of this phone number.”
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For some reason, his heart was pounding fast.
Fulbert hurriedly prepared to take his people and drive to Shield Technologies to ask aro
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