My Wife is a Hacker

"Why have you been following Aquila and Everett for so long?" Max asked, looking confused.

He thought that even though Aquila was tough, having Everett and Doretta with him should have made him slower. Plus, Charlie had a lot of people in his group.

"Aquila took Everett and Doretta to the mountains and then vanished. I bet he had a way out planned already," Charlie answered. He and his team had searched the mountains really well but couldn't find them anywhere.

"That explains it," Preston said, a slight smile on his face. Now it made sense why they hadn't been able to catch them, even with so many people.

"Then, Seth and I split up to look for them. We might have trapped them, and that's when Aquila appeared out of nowhere, surprising me and hurting two of my team," Charlie shared, sounding a bit upset.

"Good thing you sent the signal in time so we could find you fast," Max said, clearly relieved. Charlie and two of his team were hurt, and the other two couldn't stand up to Aquila alone. Without extra help, they all could have been in trouble. All content is © N0velDrama.Org.

Charlie looked uneasy, not sure if he should say more.

"What's going on?" Max noticed Charlie seemed worried.

Charlie paused for a moment, then asked Nicole, "What do we know about Doretta?" "Not a lot. She's Ellar's cousin who came here looking for work and got mixed up with Everett," Nicole answered, showing she didn't know much more.

"So, what's with her?" Preston asked, curious.

Charlie seemed lost in thought. "It's strange. She might be the reason I'm here safe."

Everyone was surprised. "What do you mean?" "She saved me. She already helped me once in the parking basement and again during Aquila's surprise attack. If she hadn't distracted them at that moment, I could have been hurt worse," Charlie explained, his face serious.

"She must have been scared," Preston said with a shrug.

"No, I'm certain of it; her action was intentional. She secretly tried to help me," Charlie asserted confidently.

He might not understand Doretta's intentions, but he was sure that her actions were meant to aid him.

"What's going on here?" Max also seemed shocked, especially since Doretta had been bought over by Everett, and even Emma had been kidnapped because of her.

"Well find out once we catch her," Preston said nonchalantly, then paused, furrowing his brows in speculation. "Is she trying to earn a reprieve by making amends for her crimes? Maybe she thinks that if she's bound to be caught, helping you could lead to a lighter sentence.

"It doesn't seem like that. If she hadn't made a noise at that moment, I would have been dead." Charlie still felt that wasn't the case.

He understood that without Doretta's intervention, Aquila and his crew would have easily slipped away without a second thought.

"Maybe she just wanted to play both sides, you know, with how sneaky she can be," Preston mused.

The room went quiet as everyone contemplated Doretta's motives.

"No need to guess anymore," Zane suddenly spoke up. "Doretta is one of my people." "What?!" The room erupted in astonishment.

Zane clarified, "I sent her. Her mission was to get close to Everett, infiltrate his circle, and gather evidence against him."

Preston was speechless. "That's quite the deep cover," he managed to say, clearly impressed.

It was unbelievable to think that Doretta was Zane's plant all along.

"If her act wasn't convincing, how could she have fooled Everett?" Zane shrugged, indicating that everyone, including Everett, had to be fully convinced.

"So that's what it was," Charlie exclaimed, finally grasping the situation.