Chapter 1036
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Eclara City.
After successfully ditching the Sanctum Holdings tail, Juniper and Shanley headed straight for the Cybernetic Shadows headquarters.
“Extract the footage,” Shanley ordered, handing the micro-camera to Felton before leading Juniper into a private room.
After a tedious process of removing the adhesive and washing off the makeup, Shanley finally peeled the mask off.
*Smack!*
He threw ‘Luella’s’ face onto the table with absolute disgust. He didn’t want to look at that tomboy for a second longer than necessary.
“All done? Let’s go.” Juniper changed into her normal clothes and turned toward the door, only to have her wrist caught in a firm grip.
She paused, looking back at him in confusion.
“You promised me something this morning,” Shanley said, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her flush against him. He lowered his head, his gaze intensely focused. “Pay up.”
“Promised what?” Right now, all Juniper cared about was the footage on that camera.
Shanley’s brow twitched. He tapped his lips, clearly annoyed. “Kiss me.”
He had refused to let her kiss him while wearing Luella’s face. Now that he was back to normal, he wanted his due.
Juniper stared at him, her lips parting slightly in disbelief.
“What? No words?” His frown deepened, completely dissatisfied. “You were all over me when I looked like Luella. Now that it’s just me, you’ve got nothing to say?” “Alright, alright.” Juniper blinked, feeling somewhat wrongly accused. She went up on her tiptoes, gave him a quick, placating peck on the lips, and patted his chest. “There you go. Happy?”
“Better.” Shanley smiled, his mood instantly improving. He caught her hand, kissed her knuckles, and led her out. “Let’s go watch the video.”
Juniper rolled her eyes. She never realized how insanely jealous this man could be. She couldn’t wait to see the look on his face when he eventually found out Luella was actually a woman, and he’d been throwing a tantrum over nothing.
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Inside the Cybernetic Shadows core operations room.
Juniper walked in first, with Shanley trailing behind her like a dutiful bodyguard, carrying her backpack.
“Ms. Payne. Boss.” The hackers sitting at the terminals offered respectful greetings, shooting curious glances at the pair.
“Mhm.” Juniper took a seat at the main console.
Instantly, Shanley unscrewed her thermos, tested the temperature, and handed it to
her. Once she took a sip, he capped it and sat quietly beside her.
The entire room stared in stunned silence.
Damn. Ms. Payne’s aura was terrifyingly dominant.
But more shockingly… their ruthless, untouchable Boss was acting like a total househusband. He looked completely domesticated!
“The video is ready.” Felton turned the laptop screen toward Juniper breaking the silence. “They had signal jammers in the facility, so the resolution is a bit gritty, and the audio cuts out in places.”
But considering the camera was the size of a hair, it had captured an impressive amount of detail.
“Play it.”
Both of them focused on the screen. The footage started right as they entered the underground facility. Rows of specialized medical rooms flashed by.
As they moyed deeper, the camera captured a massive, state-of-the-art laboratory. Dozens of older,
distinguished-looking scientists interes lab coats were bustling around high-tech equipment.
Juniper narrowed her eyes. This underground base was colossaltat least several thousand square feet. The engineering required to carve out a facility this size inside a mountain was staggering.
“Boss,” Felton spoke up softly. “While the video was processing, we ran facial recognition on the scientists in the background against the Global Genetics Database.”
“We got multiple hits. Almost all of them are top-tier medical experts who either mysteriously vanished or abruptly announced their retirement a few years ago.” “Show me the files,” Juniper demanded.
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