Chapter 370
Chad opened the door to Elliot’s office in Sterling Group once the company network was restored.
“Mr. Foster, the Network Security Department asked me to take this to you,” he said while setting down a stack of documents before Elliot.
Elliot glanced at the document and asked, “What are these?”
“… I think these are the codes of the malware written by Hayden Tate.” Chad simply glanced through it. He did not dare continue reading.
Elliot opened the file and saw a sentence hidden within the code that said, (Elliot Foster is an idiot.)
His expression darkened. When he flipped to the second page, he saw another sentence.
(Elliot Foster falls into the river while driving!]
On the third page was (Elliot Foster runs out of toilet paper in the bathroom), while on the fourth page, there was another sentence (Elliot Foster chokes on bread.]
Elliot picked up the documents and tossed them into a paper shredder. Despite the dark expression on his face, he did not respond in any way. Hayden was a four-year-old child, after all, and Elliot did not intend on taking him too seriously.
Just then, someone knocked on the door and pushed the office door open..
Ben stood by the door and said, “Let’s go eat, Elliot!”
Chad cast Ben a look, and Ben immediately stepped in to have a look. “What happened?”
Chad walked toward him and whispered, “Avery’s son is too good at pissing people off.”
“Oh… Well, I am mad, too!” huffed Ben. “Isn’t that kid just four years old? How can he be this good? This makes me feel like everyone in the network security department is all trash!”
It was hard to respond to what Ben had said. After all, all the employees of the network security department were talented people.
“Maybe it’s because Hayden has a good teacher.”
“Oh, you mean Mike?”
Chad blushed slightly and left. He was escaping from any further discussion of the subject.
Ben and Elliot headed to a restaurant near the company. After ordering, Ben asked in a voice laced with jealousy, “Did you all go to Avery’s for a barbeque? Why didn’t you call me?”
“Do you know why Hayden Tate decided to hack my company’s network?” Elliot asked.
“Because he hates you!”
“I went uninvited.”
Shocked, Ben asked, “Elliot, since when have you grown so thick-skinned?”
“I wanted to know why Avery was in a good mood.” Elliot took a sip of his tea. To his understanding, people would only invite their friends for a barbeque when they were happy.
“So did you find out after going there last night?”
Elliot shook his head. “They didn’t welcome me.”
Ben suddenly felt sorry for him. “Just don’t go over there if you aren’t welcomed. I can treat you to whatever you want to eat.”
“Their displeasure does not affect my mood.” Elliot set his cup down calmly.
Seeing how composed Elliot was, Ben smiled and said, “You just can’t help but go looking for Avery, can you? You canceled your engagement because of her.”
“You are wrong,” Elliot corrected him. “The main reason I canceled my engagement is because I don’t love Zoe.”
“Though I don’t like Zoe, I have to say, she has suffered quite a lot this time. She lost you and her child… Do you really not feel anything for that child? That’s your child, after all, and it would have been born into the world in a few mouths’ time had it not been for the miscarriage, “Ben said regretfully.
Elliot remained expressionless, and his voice was cold and void of emotion. “If I have to have a child, I do not want it to come from another woman.”
