Lucas looked up from his screen, golden eyes gleaming. "Good work, Beauty."
Ava wiped her hands on a cloth, glancing up from the last adjustments she'd made to the drones. "Of course it is. I don't do bad work."
Lucas chuckled, tapping the screen. "Come here. You'll want to see this."
Ava stood, walking over, eyes scanning the encrypted feed displayed on the tablet. Live surveillance footage. Multiple angles. Some of them weren't even from inside this bunker.
Ava frowned. "What am I looking at?"
Lucas tapped the edge of the screen. "This is what that lawyer sees. And by contract? I see what he sees."
Ava stiffened. "Wait—your contract lets you spy on him?"
Lucas grinned. "It's mutual. He watches me, I watch him. A fair trade."
Ava exhaled sharply. "Bai, that's not fair. That's insane."
Lucas smirked. "Insane is thinking you can control information without understanding the consequences. Zhao thought signing me into his system would put me under his thumb."
