Chapter 2212

“But…” This case was not over yet, and a threat remained.

Jared frowned, deep in thought. “I’ll let Preston troubleshoot the issue, and check whether there was a hacker breach.”

“Why not have Mrs. Johnston…” Max paused before he could finish his sentence. He remembered Nicole was still in the dark, thinking the company’s matter has been resolved. Jared worried about Nicole as she had too many things going on recently, so it was right for Preston to look into the case.

“Yes, sir,” Max complied and left.

Soon, Preston arrived at Jared’s office after Jared contacted him.

“What’s up? You sounded so serious on the phone,” Preston asked solemnly after walking into Jared’s office. Preston was aware that Jared would only contact him for something important.

“Help me check if someone hacked the company’s software defense system,” Jared said, and a glint of coldness crossed his eyes.

“Someone hacked into this place! I wonder who had the guts he took out his laptop and turned it on.

After a while, Preston got in Johnston’s Group system. “I couldn’t find anything,” Preston said after checking for quite some time. He then sighed, “I couldn’t find any traces.

Maybe the other party was too powerful.”

“No, that’s unlikely,” Jared said in a cold voice.

Confused, Preston asked, “What do you mean by that?”

“Nicole designed the system, even maintaining and upgrading it after she came back. It would be challenging to hack into the system, let alone without a trace,” Jared replied.

“If it wasn’t a hacker, what could it be?” Preston frowned.

“There are no issues with the company nor the system. But what means are there to get Johnston’s Group data undetected by the outside world?” Max could not figure it out, feeling staggering.

“Don’t tell me that the people on the outside of Johnston Group can obtain the private information of the Group,” Preston murmured, feeling this was the only logical reason.

Max jerked his head to look at Preston and widened his eyes as he felt what Preston said made sense.

“Don’t look at me like that. I was just saying things,” Preston explained, feeling flustered by Max’s stare.

“Mr. Johnston, what he said makes sense. I’ll arrange someone on it,” said Max, waiting for his approval.

Jared nodded, giving Max the go-ahead. Looking at Jared’s expression, Max noticed Jared also seemed to think that this was their last direction of investigation.

After Mac left, Preston looked at Jared, probing, “Do you have a suspect in mind?”

Faintly sweeping a glance at Preston, Jared noncommittally said, “Thanks for coming over. We’re fine now.”

“Don’t mention it.” Moved by Jared’s gratitude, Preston turned and left after bidding his farewell.

Jared got up and walked to the French window. His dark gaze made it impossible for people to figure out his thoughts.

At dusk, Nicole and Lulu took care of all the documents and left the company. Just as they got out, Lulu’s smile faded while Nicole frowned.

“Lulu!” Spencer waved at Lulu, walking toward them in huge strides.