Chapter 172
172 – I Am Hacked
Madeline:
I was standing with my back to them, ready for them to tell me they had found something inappropriate.
When I heard them gasp, I turned around to look at them.
The three stared at me, and I wondered why that was.
I reached behind the couch to lean down and check what they were looking at.
I noticed they were actually staring at a new email I had received.
There was no name on it, only numbers, and the subject said it was about the sickness.
I felt confused, but I leaned back, anxiously rubbing my palms, knowing they would now check my emails with suspicion.
“We should open this email. Maybe it is a disguised one,” Lord Eldon remarked as he quickly checked it.
There was a link inside, and the body said to check the link because there were pictures about the sickness and the secret behind where it was spreading from.
I stared at the screen, tense, but then Lord Eldon decided to click the link as well.
I knew I could not tell them not to do it. They were far too curious.
Lord Eldon was certain I was the one behind the attack on Yuvonne.
He wanted to know what kind of emails I was getting, so he clicked on it, acting as if it might reveal something about the attack, only disguised as something related to the sickness.
However, I knew I had not done anything wrong. I was only afraid of the nudes and my conversation with Sawyer.
Apart from that, everything was fine for me. So I did not stop him when he clicked the link.
The minute he did, the entire laptop went black.
At this point, Baxter and Yuvonne were just watching us, while Elgin did not care and stayed busy on his cell phone.
Then a gasp erupted and he lifted his head, looking at us.
“What did you do?” Lady Abigail scolded as Elgin stretched his hands back.
I leaned down and snatched my laptop out of their hands, trying to turn it on.
“What is going on?” Elgin voiced from the couch.
I stepped over to him and sat down.
“Look, there was an email with a link. Lord Eldon pressed it and then my laptop went blank.” I showed it to Elgin, who tried a few buttons and then grunted.
“That has to be a virus that Lord Eldon clicked on.” As soon as Elgin stated this, everybody turned to look at him, and he started to gulp anxiously.
“How was I supposed to know?” he complained.
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“Don’t you know you are not supposed to touch someone else’s computer? We were only going to check her emails with Sawyer,” Lady Abigail yelled.
The old lady had far more strength than she looked.
Even Lord William did not look pleased with the outcome.
Everyone was upset with Lord Eldon, and this was the first time I had seen him look so guilty.
“I don’t think we will find anything in the emails anyway,” he explained, making everyone roll their eyes at him.
“But my email could be hacked too. I have important emails here,” I hissed at Lord Eldon. “And I have a huge file saved in my documents about the sickness. I have done research and there is no backup.” I hissed again, slamming my laptop shut and putting it aside as I stood to face Lord Eldon.
“I mean, I am an old man. I do not know much about technology. How was I supposed to know that just by clicking a link the entire thing would shut down?” he complained, avoiding our eyes and anxiously rubbing his palms.
“Anyway, I will leave.” He stood after he had damaged everything for me.
He had saved me from embarrassment, but the rest of the work was gone,
Elgin grabbed my laptop, trying to do something.
“It says some kind of password. I guess it is hacked. Do not worry. I will get it repaired, but everything will be gone,” Elgin replied, and I slammed my forehead.
“We are really sorry. We did not want to cause trouble,” Lady Abigail said as she got up from the couch.
Now that they realized they had jeopardized an entire research project about the sickness they had brought me here for, they all looked guilty.
“You should have done things professionally. You cannot just march in and demand someone read their private emails to you. This is the job of gamma warriors!” I started to yell at them.
Now that I knew they had not seen my emails, my confidence returned, and I was able to scold them.
“It is okay. You will try to get your email back. We will also help you,” Lord William told me, sounding guilty.
He was the only one I could not bring myself to yell at. He was not a bad man.
“Anyway, we hope you can retrieve the emails. We will try to contact your husband about Justin,” Lady Abigail murmured as she rose from the couch and started to leave.
One by one, everybody left.
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