Love in the Limelight novel Chapter 492

Astrid glared at Chad, her patience thinner than the crust on a frozen pizza. Maddox's computer was about as useful as a chocolate teapot—underpowered and always freezing up.

After a tense moment of silence, Astrid said, “Fine, dig up what you can. If the results satisfy me, I'll let you off the hook... for now.”

She'd deal with Chad later. There were scores to settle once this mess was sorted out.

With her final word hanging in the air, Chad booted his brother from the room with a swift kick and hunkered down in front of the computer.

The others didn’t know Chad, but Maddox did. In matters related to the gaming company, Chad usually took charge, but Maddox had dealings with Chad during a business collaboration once. Chad was a shark in the boardroom, a wizard in business and tech circles, but in front of Astrid, his usual bravado was nowhere to be seen. Astrid was someone nobody dared to mess with.

As Astrid watched the clock on the computer screen, Chad was sweating bullets.

Wade, the cheeky younger brother, taunted, “Big bro, can you even handle this? I thought you were really good at this. Need me to step in? I bet I could run circles around you.”

Chad snapped, “Zip it, Wade!”

After shushing his brother, Chad dove back into the digital fray. Seconds ticked by until, finally, he unearthed the opposing side's information and exhaled a sigh of relief, sending everything he’d found to Astrid.

Astrid and Elio showed no surprise at the name and evidence before them. Maddox, however, was taken aback—it wasn't his nemesis they’d uncovered but Jay Lampard.

Jay, the General Manager of International Trade at the Morgenster Corporation.

Once the evidence hit the public domain, there was no way for Jay to wiggle out of it.