Chapter 296 He is back!

Chapter 296 He is back!

"Boss, didn't you tell me not to keep tabs on Finn? How would I know!"

Byron's first reaction to Emily's words was that she must be testing him to see if he'd been obediently doing his work lately.

He immediately stated his position.

Emily knew Byron all too well - with his personality of loving drama, there was no way he could resist taking a peek when something happened to Finn.

"Cut the crap. I know you well enough. Don't worry, I'm not testing you. Just tell me the truth."

Emily saw right through Byron's real thoughts.

Hearing that Emily wouldn't blame him, Byron finally smiled. "Boss, you're truly the boss. Even from thousands of miles away, you know what's happening with Finn."

He started with some flattery, then when Emily showed obvious impatience, he began talking about what had happened to Finn these past two days.

"Apparently, Finn was lured into gambling by his friend. When he ran out of money, he borrowed from loan sharks. Of course, he lost everything. The creditors demanded immediate repayment. He said, 'Didn't we agree on one week to repay?' But they said the one-week agreement was for the initial $500,000 he borrowed. Later he borrowed another $2 million, which he also lost. And considering he might not have the ability to repay now, to cut their losses, they demanded he pay back immediately.

Finn may be stupid, but at least his brain came back a little in the end. He realized he'd been scammed and got angry enough to confront them. But people who run loan shark operations aren't good people, and they definitely have backing. He didn't get anywhere and got beaten up instead. They threatened that if he didn't have the money, they'd contact his family directly..."

At this point, Byron paused for effect, asking with a grin, "Boss, guess what Finn did? You'll never guess."

Emily raised an eyebrow. "Since you brought it up, he definitely wouldn't let those people go to the Johnson family."

Emily didn't just guess this because of Byron's words - she also understood Finn somewhat.

Limited abilities, but probably because he grew up in such privilege, always surrounded by people flattering him, he was both arrogant and proud, especially concerned with saving face.

So having just had a conflict with the Johnson family, how could he possibly be willing to let these people go to them for money and lose face?

Byron was slightly disappointed that Emily guessed correctly right away.

But then he cheered up - this just showed how amazing Emily was!

"Boss, you're spot on as always. That's right, Finn really is all about face. He actually agreed to get the money within one day. And you'll never guess what he did next!

He actually tried to steal a sports car from home, but the newly hired security guard caught him and sent him to the police, thinking he was a thief. Although they released him later when they realized it was a misunderstanding, the police had already contacted Eli. When Eli heard that Finn tried to steal the family car, he immediately scolded him. Finn stubbornly talked back to Eli, which made Eli so angry he declared on the spot that he wouldn't recognize him as a son anymore and told him not to come back to the Johnson Villa.

Finn was so stupid - instead of apologizing to Eli at that moment, getting the money first to pay back the debt, he argued with Eli. He got all worked up and declared he'd win the championship and make Eli regret it.

But guess what - in the competition he was so confident about winning, he lost to his opponent due to an operational error. Now he not only got no prize money, but was also called an idiot. The key thing is, he still won't admit his skills aren't good enough.

After that, I heard he went to do gaming livestreams to make money, specifically challenging those big gaming bloggers. Pretty arrogant."

Byron had people monitoring Finn's situation, so it was basically real-time information.

Of course, the one thing he hadn't gotten news about yet was that just moments ago, Finn had been defeated by someone - and that person was Emily.

Mainly because it just happened, there was a delay in the information, which was normal.

Emily knew Byron would find out sooner or later, so she didn't bother mentioning it.

"Got it. By the way, how's the progress on the AI project?"

Emily didn't continue discussing Finn, instead asking about something else.

Byron wasn't worried this time, because although he'd spent time listening to Finn's gossip, he hadn't slacked off at all on the project.

"Boss, don't worry about that. I haven't been slacking. The PR and team preparations I'm supposed to handle are all arranged! As for the specific AI situation, I don't know - you'll have to ask Terry!

Terry even told me that you're smarter than him, that you understand such complex programs, that you're even more impressive than him, and that I'm lucky to have met you, boss."

"Yes, you are indeed lucky."

Otherwise, based on Emily's memories from her previous life, Byron's ending wasn't very good.

Used by Bianca, and with Bianca's encouragement, he went further and further down the path of being a spoiled playboy, eventually becoming uncontrollable and offending people he shouldn't have.

"Oh right, boss, there's one more thing - I don't know if I should mention it or not."

"Cut the crap!"

Emily didn't like it when people kept her in suspense.

"James seems to have come back." Byron had also heard from friends who apparently saw him at the mall. Supposedly he brought back a good project, and a woman.

Emily paused for a moment.

But soon her expression relaxed again, showing both acceptance and indifference.

"Okay, I know."

Emily's tone was flat.

Byron thought she really didn't care, so he treated it as unimportant and didn't continue.

Little did he know, Emily was actually a bit dazed at the moment.

In her previous life, until her death, James and Bianca were a loving couple who already had children, and he even wanted her bone marrow for Bianca's health.

In this life, she had already voluntarily stepped aside, yet instead of being together like in the previous life, these two now had a third party interfering in their relationship?

She just wondered if Bianca knew about this news, and if she did, what her reaction would be.

With her jealous nature, she probably wouldn't easily let James go. There would likely be quite a show to watch going forward.

"Emily, what's wrong?"

Just as Emily was lost in thought, Kaia, who had finished making arrangements, noticed Emily seemed to be spacing out. She called out several times without pulling her from her thoughts.

Just as Kaia was getting worried, Emily finally emerged from her reverie. "Sorry, I was too deep in thought. All done?"

"All done. Are you... are you tired? If not, I'll take you somewhere to enjoy yourself."