Love in the Limelight (Astrid and Elio)

Chapter 491

The title "Boss" threw everyone for a loop.

Viewers in front of their screens were utterly baffled. [What's going on? Boss?]

[Is this dude part of our Astar crew? Man, this is a total disgrace. Just look at him, it's like our stock

plummeted! Especially with those red undies!]

[Hold up, are these two clowns throwing shade at Astar? That can't be right, it's crystal clear Astar

knows this Aaron or whatever!]

[Just look at that guy's face! He looks like he's about to burst into tears, LOL, I can't even!]

[What the heck happened here? We're all on pins and needles!]

[Seeing these two looking all shabby, they don't seem like they'd know a cyber legend like Aster. I

mean, Aster's a god among hackers back home!]

[It's like Astar wants to smack that guy.]

The online crowd was having a blast, but Chad was wishing he could vanish.

He had wondered who could crack his firewall so swiftly. If it was Boss, then it all made sense. NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

Just a regular operation.

Chad was still clueless about what had gone down, but he knew speed was of the essence in owning

up to his mistakes. That way, Astrid might just go easy on him.

With the live-streaming audience watching, Chad grabbed some eye drops, turned away to squeeze

out a few tears, then spun back and hoisted up his little brother, launching into a sob act, "Boss, it's all

this little guy's fault, messing around online and dragging you into it. My bad for not keeping a tighter

leash. If I'd known he was gunning for you, I'd never have handed over that firewall!"

"What are you waiting for? Apologize, man! Say you're sorry!"

Chad slapped Wade across the face.

Snapped out of his daze by the slap, Wade suddenly blurted, "Bro, bro! Isn’t your Boss... Mmph mmph

mmph..."

Before Wade could spill the beans, Chad clamped his hand over his mouth. Quick reflexes saved the

day; otherwise, Wade would've stripped Boss of his disguise right there and then!

And that would've been game over for Chad.

"Apologize now, and zip it about everything else, or I swear I'm smashing your junk computer today!"

Chad roared, and Wade, who was frightened, straightened up quickly, bowing deeply to the camera,

saying, "I'm sorry, Astar, my bad!"

Astrid was fuming at the sight of Chad. "I'm asking you, what in the world is this mess? Who told you to

get in touch with this person to play the ghost?"

By this point, Wade didn't dare hide anything. His brother's glare was lethal. If he didn't spill the truth,

he was in for a public thrashing.

Swallowing hard, Wade confessed, "There's this dark web market that specializes in doing things for

people. I picked up gigs there all the time. My client found me and asked me to get someone inside

Serenity Peaks to spook the place. Said I'd get a cool ten grand if it worked out, seventy percent for

me, thirty for the ghost."

"I thought it was easy money, so I agreed. Then, to avoid being tracked, I bought a firewall from my

hacker bro. I thought it was foolproof, but who knew... it'd all blow up in my face..."

Wade's voice trailed off, and Chad was itching to throttle him.

Boss's punishments were notoriously brutal; Chad couldn't bear to go through that again.

Holding back tears, Chad pleaded, "Boss, I didn't mean for any of this to happen. Please let me off the

hook this time. Just give me five minutes, and I'll track down the person behind this for you, okay?"