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“Goddamn it,” he murmured
“I did not access that device! Damen—” Nikki started to say
The prograorith too fast for her to register anything
Yet relief rushed through her veins
“What is all of that?” she asked, shocked and dumbfounded
“Part of the encrypted data It has to be dissected, broken down, processed…”
“But Damen—”
“It’s okay, Nikki,” he said, dragging his gaze fro her with a look “You didn’t breech the encryption—not the launcher and not the prograe code”
“Great I’m innocent Give me back my computer”
“You know I can’t do that”
“What the hell?” she raged under her breath
He stared deep into her eyes “Think this through”
She gaped Her relief instantly evaporated
He said, “Please don’t throw your glass of merlot in my face Let’s not draw more attention to ourselves”
“You son of a bitch You knew that once you launched that program, you’d have to confiscate my computer”