The person who took the microchip had to be either Wanda, or another competitor from the same industry. Soon enough, there would be a company that would launch their products with brand new updates and it would crush Tate Industries.
An hour later, Elyette arrived at the hospital to visit Averie.
He had dropped by at three in the morning, but left after a glance as Averie was still sleeping at the time. It was half past eight in the morning and he had only slept for less than four hours; his eyes were red.
When Mrs. Cooper saw him approaching, she immediately said, “Averie just had her breakfast and said she felt dizzy, so she went back to sleep.”
He stepped towards the bed and stared at Averie’s paled face. Her brows furrowed and appeared uneasy even in her sleep.
Suddenly, his phone started ringing. He immediately answered the call and walked towards the balcony.
“Mr. Foster, I got it. The stolen microchip that belonged to Tate Industries is now in the hands of Wanda Tate!” His subordinate said, “they have successfully cracked the code open so there’s no point of recovering it!”
Meanwhile, Averie slowly opened her eyes from the bed.
She stared at Elyette’s slim, yet strong figure from behind and struggled to get up from the bed.
She thought she was dreaming, because she could see the light surrounding his body. She stepped towards him and he turned around abruptly; she saw his brooding eyes and sensed the warmth radiating off his body and it was then that she finally sobered and realized that it was not a dream.
“Why did you get out of bed?” He held her by the arm and asked, “did I wake you?”
She shook her head. “I slept too long last night and feel dizzy whenever I am asleep for too long.”
“Why don’t we go down for a walk, then?”
Elyette had asked the doctor and the doctor told him that there was nothing wrong with the baby. The main issue was that Averie was emotionally unstable, which led to hyperventilation and increased heart rate. Once she calmed herself and rested, Averie would recover; but if she failed to do so, it would affect the child.
Averie glanced outside the window and saw how sunny it was outside, so she nodded and stepped out of the room with34 Elyette.
“Averie, the trouble your company is facing is no big deal.” As they walked out of the hospital, Elyette hesitated and said, “you can’t get everything you want in life, whether it’s in daily life or work One can only grow when there’s adversity.”
She gazed up at him. “Are you trying to comforted me?”
“You need to strengthen your mental tolerance.” Seeing that Averie was energetic enough, he cut to the chase and said, “so what if someone took your core technology and earned the money that belongs to you? It’s just a financial loss. Health should always be your top priority for as long as you are alive.”
Averie nodded. “So, you drink and smoke when you are ill because you know that health is the top priority in life. If only you had no clue of how important health is, you would have probably just drowned yourself in a whiskey barrel!”
“…” Elyette realized that he had worried too much and Averie didn’t need comforting after all.
“Haha!” Seeing that he was rendered speechless, she couldn’t help but laugh. “Look at how red your eyes are. Did you even sleep? If you need to get an electrocardiogram, maybe I can give my room to you.”
“I was worried that you might be upset, so I couldn’t sleep,” he explained, “but judging from the way you are right now, I guess you are stronger than I thought you were.”
“I wasn’t admitted to hospital last night because I was in despair. Shaun was sobbing so much when he called me that I felt like the company was going to crumble into nothing. Losing the company isn’t that big a deal to me, personally; but when I thought of the possibility of those employees that I hired going unemployed… What if they can’t find a new job afterward?”
She was losing sleep over this.
Elyette studied the concern in her eyes. “It won’t get that bad. Technology industries depend mostly on core technologies, but even if yours is stolen, you can upgrade on the foundation of what you had.”
She nodded and asked, “how did you catch the traitors?”
“Torture.”
“Oh.” She guessed so.
“Do you think that I’m cruel?”
Elyette wanted to explain to her that one simply had to be crueler than the people that harmed them, or the others would only bully them.
If there was no severe punishment in accordance with what had happened to Tate Industries, there would always be employees who would dare to betray the company for profits or out of fear; what happened the night before was a warning to all employees that worked there.
“You are cruel,” she said and his heart sank at the words.
“Not only are you cruel to others, but yourself as well. Your body can’t take it any longer if you won’t sleep.”
Elyette froze.
“Go back and sleep.” She held his hand and looked at him. “I’m okay now and I should be discharged tomorrow.”
He held back her hand. “Then let me walk you back to your room.”
“I want some fresh air down here. The bodyguards are with me, so I’ll be just fine.” She glanced at the bodyguards that were following them closely from a distance. Once Elyette left, she turned on her phone.
The headline of the news popped into her sight.
‘Core Technology of Tate Industries was stolen; Where Would This Enterprise Go Next?’
There were plenty of comments below.
‘Tate Industries only started two years ago, right? Are they closing down already? I highly suspect that the building their office is in is haunted!
‘Does no one else realize how expensive Tate Industries’ products are? The quality isn’t bad, but the high-end drone market is completely ruled over by them, and I hate it!’
‘Hehe! So is the price for drones going to drop from now on?34 Clap-clap!’
‘My dad works for Tate Industries and I don’t want to see it go down! It treats its employees with great benefits and most importantly, the president is kind to everyone! My dream is to work there once I graduate…’
Averie closed the news and opened her messenger to find Mike’s message.
‘Wanda has the microchip!’
Averie was not surprised by this outcome; she simply didn’t think that Wanda would act so fast.
That afternoon, Wonder Technologies had opened a press conference in a hotel. Wanda announced with joy that there had been a break-through in the technical department of her company and they would be releasing a brand-new line of high-end products by the end of the year with a lower than average selling price.
Wanda might as well announce that she had stolen the core technology from Tate Industries at this point.
During the Q&A session, one of the reporters asked Wanda, “Madam Tate, the core technology of Tate Industries has been stolen. What do you think of that?”
Wanda burst out laughing, “I don’t think much of it, because I’ve always focused on surpassing my own limits. Naturally, I wasn’t the one who stole their core technology, as I don’t have the guts for illegal acts.”
“We heard that you were once Averie Tate’s stepmother. Now that she has been admitted to the hospital, have you gone to visit her yet?”
Wanda’s lips curled into a sarcastic sneer. “I will go see her right away as soon as she calls me’ Mom’.”
Averie stared at the smug expression on Wanda’s face from the news and felt somewhat calm.
Everything that had happened was set and done. What she needed to do was to adjust herself as soon as possible to handle the ever-changing situation.
In the evening, she requested to be discharged.
The doctor ran some tests on her and gave her the permission.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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