The hacker had been waiting for a while now, after noticing that the account of his target had been empty for quite a while.
He was starting to doubt if he had realized or not, but he kept on waiting. Then, all of a sudden, he saw a huge amount of money enter into his target's bank account, his crypto wallet too and everything had been funded back. Then he took the chance.
He straightened up in his chair and started typing a series of code on his keyboard, eyes locked on the screen. He kept at it for a while, then finally got access into the account and wiped everything off. It was so smooth he didn't even break a sweat.
He was counting the figures when a notification popped up on the screen. He cleared it, and the next second, he saw the account being drained of its money.
'What the fuck?'
He started typing furiously, trying to stop whoever was hacking him, trying to block the other person but it was too late. All the funds were already gone. The balance was empty. Another notification popped up: Try again. Try harder next time.
He stood there, breathing hard, out of breath. He slammed his hand on the table and threw the keyboard across the room, scattering everything. He was pissed. How did this happen? He'd lost more than he'd gained.
The account he was hacking was supposed to be the last one for the day before his mission was complete. Now all the money he'd been hacking along with the one he'd just gotten was gone.
...
Fidelia knew of Topnotch Investment Company; it wasn't specifically special but the person running it was who she was after.
Topnotch Investments had once been a rising star in the market and the brains behind it was Victoria. A sharp, fearless investor, she'd been the one to pull the company up from nothing. But when the leader abruptly walked away, she saw her chance. She would acquire Topnotch and turn it into a weapon against her enemies.
All she needed was to get Maya to make the purchase for her.
She put those thoughts aside and went to dress when she came out, she was looking stunning in a black suit. She was wearing heels and an expensive handbag. Her face was glowing and she was looking quite stunning. Her skin seemed to glow under the sunlight, her face composed but sharp.
The tears she'd shed last night were gone. Today was different.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa… you look good," Maya said
"I heard you're going to your parents' place."
"Yeah," Fidelia said. "I have to sort out some things. After that, we can check out the wedding dates. Hope that's cool with you."
"Sure, sure. No problem," came the reply.
Before Fidelia could say more, Andrian stepped out. His face was handsome, commanding the kind of presence that made her heartbeat skip.
"Here comes the husband," Maya teased.
"You still haven't gone, have you?" Anton said flatly.
"Go back home "
"I hate you too," Maya shot back.
Andrian turned and looked at Fidelia who was looking really great and beautiful.
"You look good." Andrian said, stopping himself from staring.
"So do you."
"So do you?" Andrian raised an eyebrow.
"What was I supposed to say?"
"You could've said I look good too."
"That's what… so do you means."
"..and how are you a complim…."
"You know what? Never mind. Let's just get this over with."
Fidelia grinned, loving how easy it was to get under his skin. She was a menace and she knew it.
When they got into the car, his tone shifted.
"So, what's the plan?"
Andrian kept his eyes on the road as she spoke.
"Looks like we're walking into a full house. I plan to make things straight and set them right… then I'll give them a surprise. Just a small package."
She glanced over her shoulder at the envelope sitting on the back seat.
Her phone rang ' Maya's' name lit the screen.
"Alright," Maya's voice came through. "I've made the payment. Sort things out. When you're done, let me know."
"Yes." Fidelia hung up without another word.
….
Fidelia stepped into her parents' house.
Her stepmother was there. Her stepsister too. And… Silas.
Silas smiled at her, that same soft, practiced smile.
"I've forgiven you," he said, voice warm. "You can come back… you can come back to me."
They were all smiling at her when Fidelia smiled back.
Then Andrian walked in.
He'd been delayed earlier by his ex, so she'd arrived first.
Now he stepped up beside her, and Fidelia's voice cut through the room.
"I want you to meet my lovely husband."
She walked to him, kissed him on the lips, then turned and faced them.
"This is Andrian," she said. "My husband."
Silas' smile was gone now. He frowned, then pulled an envelope from his jacket.
"Babe, you forgot this," he said, handing it to her.
Fidelia took it, then passed it straight to her stepmother.
"This is for you. You destroyed the one I had before, so I had to get another one."
Her stepmother's eyes narrowed.
"What are you doing here? Why did you bring him here?"
"Not your business "
"Mom what's that" Bridget asked but she did not reply. She opened the envelope, and when she brought the documents out and read through it her hands vibrated.
Her chest began rising up and down. Her breathing ceased for a second. Her heart started beating faster. She was trying to calm herself down, but her body kept vibrating.
Fidelia smiled seeing that her plan had worked. Knowing she had hit her hard. This was the document…the full document. The one that was on her phone. But it wasn't the same one.
This one contained the bank transaction that was made for the donation. The money had been embezzled back to Alice's account . The document showed all the details.
Alisa was confused. She was scared. At this point, she could not ask how they had done it. She just had to keep quiet. If they had walked closer to her and whispered in her ears.
" This is not payback. This is just a warning. So do well to follow as planned"
Fidelia stepped back and held Andrian's hand.
"We had decided on our wedding date and that's on Saturday"
"What?" Silas was angry. He was boiling in anger as he looked at Fidelia and Andrian. He fisted his hands trying to control his emotions. He did not like the feeling of it.
"Our families would be meeting on Wednesday. I would send the location…you would be there right mom?"
"Mom!!" Bridget screamed, unable to continue watching her in silence and Fidelia talking.
"Alright. Fine." Alice finally struggled to say.
This was what most people expected. And Silas, Andre, and Fomin were shocked. He knew what was going to happen. He did not know what they had done to her last night. He did not pity them.
They moved to meet Fidelia.
"You better stop what you are doing before you regret it."
Fidelia said, "Regret it? I think the only place to regret it is you. Your bed is nasty, right? I think I have a surprise for you."
Fidelia and Joseph split up. He went to meet his mother. He broke down and said, "Silas has already stormed out of the house. He was pissed. I'll see you, Andre. I'll see you on Wednesday. I'm going to take my luggage and leave the house. I'm going to Silas' room to pick up my luggage."
"Alistair, this is not part of it. I know you are doing this because you are angry. You need to tell me the reason why you are angry."
"I'll ask you later in the room," I was talking to her. "I think I'm way past anger now."
"Angry? You are sitting on me with the things I don't know. You never loved me in the first place. I was being stupid. All your emotions were towards me while you were having sex and your love played its biggest. Now you want to marry me. You are pathetic."
"I already told you I'm marrying you."
At this point, Silas wanted to hit her. But then Andrean got there already. He folded his hands and pointed at her.
"You are going to regret this. I'm giving you a last chance to marry me," he said once more.
Stella laughed. "I think she's back up now."
Andrean said, "Back off. You, you so-called playboy of the Anderson family. You should be more worried about how you are going to take your position. You are playing. You love Kim. You see what I'm about to marry. I'll do whatever I want to do, whenever I want to do it."
Andrean replied, "Now, back off. I'll make sure you regret this.He stormed out of the house.
After Stella was done packing, she carried her load and headed to the house.
...
A man walked into a dark room and saw everything scattered around. He look at the man who was typing on the keyboard non stop and was acting like he was panicking.
"What happened here?" The man in suit asked as he moved in to meet the hacker on his chair.
"I…I.. lost it" His voice was shaking as he spoke.
"You lost? Then try again to hack him till you get his funds! Send the rest of what you have hacked to me" The man said as he pat the shoulder of the hacker.
It didn't matter if he wasn't able to hack Andrian now. He can continue trying later.
"No no.. I.. I lost everything. All the money is got. I got hacked back" The hacker tried using whatever strength he had left in his throat to speak up.
"You what? You fucking what?" Immediately the man sparked he scattered the whole table and grabbed the cloth of the hacker by his chest and pulled him up.
"Say it again!" He said. Just when he was about to speak, the man in a suit punched his face and he fell right to the ground.
"I didn't know… the other hacker was faster…but wait..wait.." The hacker pleaded when he saw the man in suit coming at him.
"I was able to trace the location of the hacker, we can track them down" saying this made the man froze.
"That's it there " The Hacker spoke ones more pointing at the screen.
The man in suit finally turned and moved closer to the screen.
"This…this address…it's Andrian house" His eyes widened as realisation Struck him
So he had his own hacker too