Chapter 38

Just as Lucia was getting into her game,

The doorbell downstairs suddenly rang.

"That fast?"

Lucia paused, taking off her headphones.

Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly.

She lifted her wrist, where an exquisite watch sat. Lucia checked the time—only about ten minutes had passed.

Usually delivery took around thirty minutes.

This immediately put Lucia on alert.

After all,

She wasn't just any ordinary girl.

Lucia put down her controller and walked to another computer, lightly tapping the keyboard.

Instantly,

The view from the front door appeared on the screen.

A man stood at the door.

In his hands were her favorite pizza and the drink she'd ordered.

"Not the usual guy?"

Lucia's brows furrowed again. With just one glance, she could tell the delivery person at the door wasn't the previous one.

The previous delivery guy wasn't that tall.

But today's guy was noticeably taller.

Although he wore a baseball cap that obscured his face,

From his build alone, Lucia could tell it was a different person.

She picked up the internal intercom on the desk, pressed the talk button, and her voice returned to its original crisp and lazy tone, with a hint of petulance.

"Just leave it at the door."

The man outside seemed slightly taken aback, apparently not expecting the person inside to be so cautious.

He lowered his cap brim, his voice deep and hoarse, "Miss, this is your pizza. It should be eaten while it's hot."

"I know. Leave it at the door."

Lucia impatiently pursed her lips, but her eyes remained fixed on the screen.

Lucia continued, "I can't come to the door right now. Just leave it there. Oh, and under that red flowerpot on the left side of the door, there's a twenty-dollar tip. Help yourself."

Upon hearing this, the man didn't hesitate. He placed the food at the door, then walked to the flowerpot, lifted it, and took the tip from underneath.

"Thank you."

The man said quietly.

Then, without any hesitation,

He turned and left.

Seeing the man leave without hesitation, Lucia instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

Just as she was about to go get her food,

On the screen, the man suddenly returned.

"Oh, one more thing."

"Our store is running a customer appreciation event right now. Anyone who orders pizza gets a free 'chicken wings' voucher."

As the man spoke, he pulled out a coupon from his pocket and held it up to the camera.

The coupon showed an enticing family bucket meal.

"However, you need to sign this voucher in person for it to be valid."

"Free?"

Although Lucia was already worth over a hundred million dollars, hearing about something free made her eyes light up.

Perhaps even Lucia herself didn't realize,

She was a bit of a penny-pincher.

"Wait a second, I'll come down right away."

Lucia said into the microphone, completely losing her earlier caution.

Then,

She slipped on her slippers and headed downstairs.

Soon,

Lucia reached the first floor.

Lucia opened the door.

Standing in the doorway, her pink hair hung loosely, and the collar of her oversized pajama top remained slightly open, revealing a large expanse of skin.

She crossed her arms, looking at the delivery person in front of her, "I'm here. Give me the voucher."

The man outside stood in the shadows, his black cap brim covering his face, making his features unclear.

Hearing Lucia's voice, he didn't hand over the voucher. Instead, he reached up and removed his hat.

Then looked at Lucia.

In an instant,

Lucia felt a chill run through her.

Looking at the man before her, her beautiful eyes suddenly contracted.

"You!"

Lucia's eyes widened in shock.

The next moment,

She tried to slam the door shut.

However,

A strong hand blocked it.

Jack looked at the door in front of him.

It was twice as thick as a normal door, and made entirely of special titanium alloy.

This was even better than their military safe house doors.

Lucia watched helplessly as Jack pulled the nearly-closed door open bit by bit.

Until the door edge completely left her hands.

"You... how did you..." Lucia's beautiful eyes showed fear, her face frozen as she looked at Jack, clearly not expecting to see him here.

Jack looked at Lucia, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly.

He looked at her with interest.

"Should I call you Lucia, or... Rat?"

The night he returned from Isabella's wedding,

Joseph had told him that the Department of Defense system had been breached, and someone had accessed his files.

Someone who could silently infiltrate the Department of Defense system—

That kind of person was no simple matter.

So Jack had immediately arranged for an investigation.

The person who accessed his files

Was a famous information broker on the black market, Rat.

However, he hadn't sold Jack's information.

This made Jack very curious about this Rat, so he decided to come take a look.

He never expected

That the famous Rat would turn out to be a sexy young woman.

"How did you find this place?" Lucia's voice trembled slightly.

Jack looked at the nervous her, his gaze sweeping past Lucia's loose pajamas and the barely visible skin beneath the collar.

Although Lucia tried to appear calm, the fear in her eyes couldn't be hidden.

As the black market's most skilled information broker, what Lucia was most proud of was her hacking ability.

Every time she infiltrated someone's computer, she concealed herself.

Her IP address was disguised through thousands of proxy jumps, transactions went through overseas virtual bank accounts that couldn't be traced, and even the network system in her villa had been modified by her. By all logic, no one should have been able to find her.

But now, Jack was standing at her door.

"Your skills are pretty good."

Jack said calmly, "If those guys at the Department of Defense hadn't kept a backup plan, I wouldn't have found you either."

"What do you mean?"

Lucia was stunned.

The corner of Jack's mouth curved into a smile. "There's a Trojan in my file database that can capture intruders."

"When you looked at my files, your ID address was already exposed."

Lucia's face instantly turned pale.

She'd calculated everything, but hadn't counted on the Department of Defense having this kind of backup.

"So... you're here to kill me?"

Lucia took a step back, swallowing lightly, her sexy body trembling slightly.

"Kill you?"

Jack shook his head, looking at Lucia with a faint smile, "Aren't you going to invite me in?"

Lucia looked at Jack with suspicion and uncertainty.

Her eyes were inscrutable.

Finally, she took a deep breath and stepped aside, "Please, come in."

Jack picked up the pizza from the doorway and walked straight in.