The True Lady Strikes Back by Susanna Lucius - Season 3 Episode 51

Cecilia briefly explained how Hayden was caught.

While it sounded like there were some coincidences, it was actually the result of using psychological

manipulation on Jeffrey.

For Jeffrey, having someone else die in his place was better. If he had to die, he must drag someone

else down, too. His thinking was prevalent in history.

When Christopher heard this, he took Cecilia’s hand, intertwining their fingers together.

He sighed. “Finally, it’s ending.”

Cecilia’s rosy lips curved up into a smile, and her bright eyes glimmered. It was as if her eyes

contained the brilliant stars in the galaxy.

“Yeah, it’s almost over.”

As long as they succeeded in infiltrating the core of the “Wolf Killer” organization, they wouldn’t take too

long to destroy this heinous criminal organization.

Christopher stared at Cecilia affectionately. He let go of her hand and gently brushed aside a strand of

hair from her forehead.

“Ceci, send me a copy of the data Aiden gave you. Let’s find their phone’s actual IP address together.”

Cecilia gave Christopher a head–to–toe glance. “You’re still seriously injured. Can you really do it?”

As soon as she finished speaking, she added jokingly, “I almost forgot that men can never say no even

if they can’t do it.”

Christopher tapped Cecilia’s nose. “I’m just injured, and my hands are intact. What do you say? Can I

do this or not?”

“Fine, you’re the best. I’ll go get my laptop.”

Cecilia was away from home for three years. Her laptop model was rather old, but its performance was

excellent, and its age didn’t affect its

usage.

She brought two laptops to the guest room and uploaded the data sent by Aiden.

“Let’s have a competition. Let’s see who finishes checking these fake IP

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addresses first,” she suggested.

She was uncertain if they could find the actual address, but they could eliminate all the fake ones.

Christopher received a laptop from Cecilia and said with a smile, “Sure. The last time we had a competition for hacking skills was when we showed our identities to each other.”

Cecilia corrected him. “We didn’t show our identities to each other. You knew who I was, but I didn’t

know who you were.”

“Are you still holding a grudge, Ceci?”

“Mister, I’m a petty person with a narrow mind.”

“Got it. If you win this time, I’ll make a promise to you.”

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Cecilia smiled. “You’d better keep your word. No matter what I say, you can’t refuse it.”

“Of course. I always mean what I say.”

“Let’s start.”

The room was so quiet that the only sounds were from their fingers typing on the keyboards.

Since Christopher took his foot off the gas pedal, Cecilia was the first to pinpoint the actual location–

tracking IP address of the phone number.

She looked at the tiny red dot flashing on her laptop screen and exclaimed happily, “I got it! I won!”

When he heard her exclamation, Christopher stopped typing and looked at the smiling Cecilia.

“Tell me. What do you want me to do?”

Cecilia rose from her seat and walked to Christopher. When she saw the four fake IP addresses on his

computer screen still pending examination, she became suspicious.

“Christopher, aren’t you too obvious about going easy on me?”

Christopher had indeed let her win on purpose, but he wouldn’t admit to

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He slowly raised his injured arm and said, “Ceci, your boyfriend has a bullet wound on his shoulder.

Isn’t it normal for me to be slower than you?”

Since the excuse he gave was logical, Cecilia believed him.

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“Then let’s forfeit this competition’s result. We’ll have another competition when you’re fully recovered,”

she proposed.

“As long as you’re happy.”

Christopher thought, “Anyway, I’ll agree to anything Ceci requests. It doesn’t matter if I make a promise

to her.”

After Cecilia sent the obtained location pin to Aiden, she pushed Christopher aside and said, “Let’s

sleep together.”

Christopher looked at Cecilia, who occupied half of his bed. He asked with a smile, “Ceci, is it okay for

you to sleep with me?”

There were quite a few housekeepers in the Shaw residence. He was worried about ruining Cecilia’s

reputation if someone saw them in the same bed.

Cecilia hugged his lean waist and nuzzled her face against his chest. “People in the Shaw residence

don’t gossip, and Grandma Elaine is not old–fashioned, so you can sleep well. Moreover, we’re simply

lying in bed and not doing anything. How will this be a problem?”

With that, she raised her hand to cover Christopher’s eyes.

“Go sleep. I haven’t had a good sleep these days since I’m back in Acocester.”

‘Now, the toxins in Grandma Elaine and Christopher have been

eliminated. In addition, we arrested two shareholders of “Wolf Killer” and confirmed Charlie hasn’t

defected. Moreover, we’ve found something about the stand–in.

It can be said that everything is settled,‘ Cecilia thought.

She felt incredibly exhausted after she was no longer on edge. She just wanted to sleep.

Christopher gently patted Cecilia on her back. “Sweet dreams.”

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With her eyes closed, Cecilia muttered, “Set an alarm clock for me. I need to get up at five o’clock in

the afternoon to cook dinner and bring it to the hospital.”

“Okay. Go to sleep. I’ll wake you when the time comes.”

“Hmm. I love you.”

Christopher was stunned by Cecilia’s sudden declaration of love. When he was about to respond, he

realized she was breathing evenly.

He smiled in amusement and, lowering his head, he kissed Cecilia on the

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forehead.

“Ceci, you should at least hear my reply, ‘I love you too, before sleeping.” His voice was very soft as if

he was afraid of waking Cecilia.

However, the couple was physically very close. Cecilia heard every one of his words clearly and

smiled.

She was indeed sleepy, but it didn’t mean she could fall asleep in a second.

Although she didn’t respond to Christopher, she tightened her hands around his waist slightly.

Christopher felt Cecilia’s response and closed his eyes contentedly.

After Aiden, now in the military hospital, received the location pin from Cecilia, he immediately checked

the surveillance cameras near that location and successfully found the caller.

‘It’s Charlie!

He’s possibly made the phone call under the orders of the “Wolf Killer” shareholders to propose

exchanging Cecilia for the antidote.

Moreover, “Wolf Killer” is likely testing Charlie with this,’ Aiden thought. Aiden suspected the remaining

two shareholders had sensed danger. If the organization couldn’t kidnap Cecilia as soon as possible,

the two shareholders might escape and hide!

When he thought of this scenario, Aiden felt he couldn’t wait any longer. He had to use the opportunity

of exchanging antidote with a stand–in to allow Charlie to kidnap “Cecilia.”

Otherwise, they might not be able to execute the rest of their plans.

He checked the time and realized Cecilia’s stand–in would arrive in six hours. They still had time.

Aiden summoned his secretary and asked, “Is there any movement at the ‘Wolf Killer‘ headquarters?”

After destroying the organization’s Lusterg branch in Yowhayton, he found the approximate location of

their headquarters with the obtained clues.

Later, Charlie disclosed their headquarters address to win Cecilia’s trust. Aiden then sent personnel

and put the location under surveillance.

The secretary replied, “Everything seems to be normal on the surface. However, since our people can’t

infiltrate their headquarters, we won’t

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know even if something happens in the organization.”

Aiden understood this very well, but it was not a problem he could solve, They had reached a critical

period, He didn’t want to act recklessly lest he alarmed the “Wolf Killer.”

“By the way, how’s the investigation on John, the middleman, going?”