Richard observed the strange change in his friend, and nudged him worriedly. "Why are you looking at her this way?" He asked, but without taking his eyes off Liana, Edward replied. "What do you mean?" The tone of his voice was still the same, but it did nothing to hide the cheerful tone, and that made Richard a little startled. He and Edward had been friends for many years, and this was the first and only time he had seen his friend act this way, especially over a woman so intensely. Edward had never seriously laid eyes on a woman so much that, for a period, his friends suspected him of being gay. After he got married and had children, they finally realized that it wasn't that he didn't like women, but that there wasn't a woman in the world capable of arousing his interest. His ex-wife did not arouse his interest, and not even his current fiancée, Betina, did not arouse his interest either. Richard was sure that no woman in the world would be able to do this, because the standard

Who was this Liana, and how did she dare to speak to William Libanes in this way? Wasn't she afraid of death? William didn't think that Liana had the courage to step on his ego again and again. "All right, however, if your show loses after the results are revealed, I will make sure that you pay severely for the insults you have hurled against me!" "So, you still have confidence that you will win?" Liana asked smiling. "Of course, or do you think that third-rate software of yours can win? Don't make me laugh!" William also replied with a smile. William had support behind his words, and even though he admitted that King wasn't that bad, but it was still incomparable compared to his program that has stood the test of time, and been updated and improved. You could say it was a perfect program, and he didn't believe there would be anything better than his. "You're the one playing the clown here." Liana retorted bluntly. "You dare to use something you stole to enter this competitio

"Fine, as you prefer!" Edward replied. "Let's discuss the partnership!" And he straightened up in the chair he was sitting in. "This document contains the basic clauses, so please read it carefully and if you agree, come to my company tomorrow to sign the contract." He spoke passing it by pushing the contract through the sideboard to her. Liana took the document, put it in her purse without opening it, and was ready to leave, when she heard Edward's voice again. "Don't you even want to look at it first?" Edward asked, somewhat puzzled by her. "I'll go over it calmly at home, and if I don't find any problems, Stevie, who is the president of my company will come to you tomorrow to sign it!" She replied, leaving Edward speechless. "Why don't you take a look at it now? And if you find any problems or want to do business, we can do that now, and besides, I believe you are the one who actually runs the company." He explained. And Liana nodded her head in agreement with him, after all

"But, how did that happen?" Aisha raised her head to ask. Her face was as white as a sheet of paper. William stood before her, blocking out the light. From Aisha's perspective, his expression was as grim as the shadow that covered his body. "You idiot!" William shouted. "How did you never realize that Liana not only knew about programming, but was frighteningly good at it? If you had told me that before, I wouldn't have given her the chance to enter this damn competition, and with that, my program wouldn't have lost and we wouldn't be in this fucking situation. This is all your fault! How can you want to beat Liana when her brain is at least a hundred times better than yours?" Aisha stared at him in disbelief. "What did you say?" she was sure she had heard wrong. "Liana knows computing and outperforms Tech Corps software? How is that possible!" She had absolutely no idea that Liana was familiar with computer technology, much less at a stage where she could easily beat her husband's

Some time later, a pair of creepy eyes watched her from outside the window, and realizing that she still had the tranquility of reading by candlelight, the person licked his lips satisfyingly. Very soon, he would turn her leisure into the worst nightmare she had ever had! The door was, again, quietly opened. A tall dark-skinned man wearing a baseball cap glided through the doorway, and his footsteps inaudibly landed on the floor, but the moment he opened the door, a draft of cold air came in. The candlelight flickered slightly, and Liana's eyes widened minutely and she asked without turning her head. "Jack, is that you ? Why are you coming home so late ?" He didn't expect her to be alert enough to realize that someone had entered the room. He said no words as he approached Liana, a large baseball bat in his hand. "Jack, is that you?" Liana's voice showed no sign of alarm when she repeated, and then a laugh was heard in the dark, and when she turned her face, she faced the person b