The True Lady Strikes Back novel (Cecilia and Christopher)

Chapter

30

Cecilia felt embarrassed as she stared at Christopher, who looked calm.

"When did you notice me?"

Christopher pointed to the couch not far away and took the lead in walking over and sitting down.

He leaned lazily on the couch with his legs folded and a relaxed posture.

He looked gentle, and it would make others feel the urge to go closer. It was a completely different look from usual.

Thinking that she had been caught and could not run away, Cecilia sat on the one-seat couch cautiously.

"If this man wants to end me, I'll bring him down to hell with me!" she said inwardly.

Christopher grinned when he saw Cecilia's tense posture.

"Take it easy. I mean no harm, or you would've been surrounded by bodyguards."

"How would I know if you're making me let my guard down on purpose so that you can catch me without much effort?"

"There are many traps in this room. If I wanted to catch you, I would've done that."

After Christopher finished speaking, he showed Cecilia those things in his room.

He also showed her the infrared sensor and explained to her how she got noticed.

Cecilia thought she was mistaken about him and apologized, "Mr. Christopher Forte, I misunderstood you. Sorry, it's my fault to visit your manor at night. I'll come here another day to make amends." The True Lady Strikes Back

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Seeing that she was about to leave, Christopher stopped her.

"Tell me first. Why did you sneak into my manor?"

"I heard that Emerald Mansion is big and beautiful. I was a little curious, so I came to have a look."

Christopher raised his eyebrow as if he was questioning if she thought he would believe her.

She sneaked in late at night, avoided all the bodyguards, and arrived at the main building with the tightest security. Did she even seem like she only came here to have a look? Cecilia knew that her words were not convincing, but she could not tell the truth.

However, without a convincing reason, she could not leave.

Thinking of this, she sat down again.

"Mr. Christopher Forte, I heard that you're an excellent hacker. Let's compete with each other. If you win, I'll tell the truth. If I win, you should let me go."

As long as they competed with each other, she could know if he was the person who hacked into her phone and investigated the special family.

Christopher had long guessed that Cecilia came to Emerald Mansion because she was suspecting him.

He was more certain about his speculation now.

He wanted to come clean to her, too. This was the best timing.

He sat up straight and asked with a smile, "Okay. How do you want to do it?"

Cecilia took out her phone and put it on the coffee table.

"You'll hack into my phone, and I'll hack into yours. The one who gets in first wins."

In other words, they had to attack and defend the system of their phones at the same time. The difficulty was certainly

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more than double.

In this way, no one could succeed.

And what she wanted was a draw!

None of them could hack into one another's phones, yet they could fathom each other's skills in attacking and defending.

Christopher knew what Cecilia was thinking and agreed right away, "Okay."

Cecilia turned on her phone and found the list sent by Christopher.

She only glanced at it casually and started the competition.

They quickly operated their phones, and the [Danger] signal on the top of the screen had stayed there almost all the time. She was attacking while defending at the same time. Her phone was running too fast, and the phone heated up.

More than ten minutes later, Cecilia had an answer in her heart.

She paused and said, "We'll stop here."

Christopher stopped and asked, "Are you sure?"

Cecilia looked up at him, her gaze sharp. "You know I'm testing you. Why did you agree to it?"

"Because I need an excuse to come clean to you."

After saying that, he looked for the hidden software in his phone and sent a message to Cecilia: [It's me.]

Looking at the message popping up on her phone screen, Cecilia stared at Christopher in shock.

"It's you!"

After retiring from the Peacekeeping Forces, she had been investigating the betrayal in which she was the only one who had survived.

After two years of investigation, she found that someone was

doing the same thing

Hence, she asked Evan to help her look into that matter,

Although Evan did not identify a specific person, it was found that the person had something to do with the internal

department. That person was on their side and not their enemy.

Later, Cecilia managed to contact the other party by chance.

If they found useful clues that could be discussed, they would share them.

Yet, she only got in touch with him a few times in a year. After all, it was hard to find out what had happened three years ago. Christopher nodded, "I didn't expect you'd be the only survivor back then." When he contacted Cecilia previously, he thought she was just a family member or close friend of the deceased who wanted to seek revenge, just like him.

But when he knew that she was a woman and still in Quilton, he confirmed her identity.

Cecilia clenched her hands on her lap tightly and asked, "What else do you know? When did you confirm my identity? Are you investigating that incident back then because of someone? Who is it?" Christopher got up and gave Cecilia a bottle of water.

"Your lips look dry. Drink some water first. We'll take our time. to talk about it."

Cecilia was no longer on guard against Christopher. She opened the bottle and drank half of it in one go.

"Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something as we talk?"

Cecilia just wanted to find out the truth. When she was about to refuse, her stomach growled.

She did not eat much for dinner. It took a lot of effort and

energy to sneak into Emerald Mansion. At that point, she was quite hungry,

With her stomach growling, she felt slightly embarrassed,

Christopher got up and patted Cecilia's head, "Wait for a moment, I'll cook some pasta"

Cecilia avoided his hand and said, "That won't be necessary. I'll leave after we finish talking"

"Since we've known each other for a while, you don't have to act like we're strangers"

After Christopher finished speaking, he went downstairs to cook pasta.

Cecilia thought for a while and followed him.

The main building was Christopher's private space. Except for regular cleaning and occasional dinner, outsiders were not allowed to set foot in there.

So sometimes when he worked until late at night, he would make some food for himself.

The refrigerator in the kitchen was almost full of frozen food, but there were also some vegetables and eggs.

Christopher put on an apron and rolled up his sleeves,

revealing his strong arms.

Under the warm light, he seemed like a caring man at home. He rinsed vegetables, prepped them, made poached eggs, and cooked pasta.

He was so skillful and it was such a pleasant scene to behold. It seemed that he often did it.

The stark contrast made Cecilia a little uncomfortable.

Who would have thought that Christopher, who had always been resolute and strict to everyone out there, would be such a gentleman at home? Christopher felt the intense gaze on him, so he cast his gaze

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upon Cecilia, who was at the door.

"Are you surprised? Cooking is a basic skill after joining, Peacekeeping Forces, isn't it?"

After joining the army, it was not about a stormy road or fierce battle all the time. Some secret missions required various skills. Cooking was merely the simplest one.

Cecilia walked into the kitchen and looked at the pasta boiling in the pot. She said, "Mr. Christopher Forte has been known for being imposing and strict. I'm surprised to see this. "I'm also a human. I need to eat when I'm hungry"

Soon, two plates of pesto pasta were served.

Cecilia took a bite, and it tasted pretty good. Besides, she was hungry, so she even licked the plate clean.

Christopher was afraid that she was not full, so he prepared some fruits for her.

Then only they began discussing the real deal.

The conversation between them lasted for an hour,

Cecilia knew she had suspected the wrong person and also found out why Christopher would investigate what had happened three years ago,

The oldest captain of the squad involved in the accident was Christopher's life-and-death friend, and he had also taken good care of Cecilia,

She had suspected the captain because his son had kidney disease and needed a kidney transplant.

Even if they did not consider the expensive medical fees, it was extremely difficult to get a kidney.

However, after the accident, a kidney for the captain's son wast found, and the operation was very successful.

Just that Cecilia did not expect it was all because Christopher

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had been helping out secretly.

She looked at Christopher gratefully and said, "Mr. Christopher Forte, thank you for telling me the truth."

"I didn't tell you before because it involved his family's privacy. I'm sorry."

"It's not too late to know it now."""

Christopher then talked about the matter in which they were hunted down that night.

"What do you think about those people on the list?"