Dumped My Cheating Ex. Now I'm Sleeping Next to a Billionaire CEO novel Chapter 339

The study was thick with tension.

Forty minutes had crawled by, and most of the sand in the hourglass had already slipped away.

Suddenly, Krystina slammed her hand down on the desk, eyes shining with uncontainable excitement. “I did it!” she shouted, her voice breaking the heavy silence.

Nico jerked to a stop, groaning in frustration. “Oh, come on, how are we supposed to do this?” He abandoned his keyboard and leaned over to peek at Krystina’s screen. “Seriously, how’d you do it, Krystina?”

Jules pushed up his glasses, curiosity written all over his face.

Krystina tossed her chin up, clearly ready to show off. She was just about to launch into her victory speech when—

A loud alarm blared from her laptop. In a split second, her screen turned blue again.

Instead of solving the problem, the virus had gone berserk, multiplying even faster and swallowing up the entire system as if it had been set free.

Krystina’s triumphant grin fell flat.

Nico blinked, then burst out laughing. “You call that a win? Please, even I lasted longer than that!”

Krystina’s face went from red to pale. She stared at her screen, totally stunned.

Ten more minutes ticked by. The hourglass was almost empty.

Dominic strolled behind them, hands clasped behind his back, moving at his own slow pace. He paused behind Emmy’s chair, watching lines of code race across her screen. For a moment, a flicker of approval shone in his usually tired eyes.

He walked to the front and cleared his throat. “Just so you know, someone’s already found the answer. You’ve got, at most, three minutes before this is over.”

Nico started sweating bullets. “Krystina, for real, how did you do it? No matter what I try, the virus just keeps coming back!”

Krystina looked just as lost, biting her lip, sweat beading at her hairline. She’d always prided herself on handling every type of Trojan out there, but this one—the one their mentor had written himself—was just too weird and unpredictable. Even if she had another half hour, she doubted she’d figure it out.

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