The Billionaire's Accidental Heir
I used a pair of precision tweezers from the bathroom kit to extract the chip, and then, using a hidden compartment in my bag, I accessed a tiny, pre-programmed flash drive the size of my fingernail.
This drive contained an emergency message for Mia, encrypted with a 128-bit key. But I had no way to transmit it.
I needed to get a message to a neutral, outside network, and the only vulnerable link was the penthouse's high-end, voice-activated smart home system. It was connected to a non-corporate, low-security Wi-Fi hub.
I began to work quickly, using the flash drive and the official tablet's USB-C port. I wasn't accessing Julian’s corporate network this time; I was accessing the household ne