GoodNovelWith no other option left, Theo clenched his fists before exclaiming,
“Cut off all networking to our database right now!”
Everyone inside the control room, including Gatlin, who had just arrived, gasped in horror after hearing Theo’s command.
Nobody could believe that they had to resort to such drastic measures.
Cutting off all networking to the database wasn’t ideal.
Doing so would definitely prevent the hacker from stealing any data.
But as a consequence, they would lose everything that wasn’t saved on-site.
They’d be protecting themselves from current and future cyber-attacks in exchange for everything except the original data.
“Director…” Stried to reason with Theo, hoping there was a better solution.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtBut after opening their mouth, they realized that it was a hundred times better to lose a part of their work instead of losing all of it.
With a frigid glare, Theo ordered, “Hurry up!”
While Gatlin was thinking of a better solution, he suddenly remembered a conversation he had with Joey.
After mustering up all his courage, Gatlin clenched his fists and exclaimed, “Wait, I have an idea!”
Despite the optimism in his voice, Gatlin’s words fell on deaf ears.
Theo was too busy looking at everyone’s screen and making sure that no one was making a mistake.
On the other hand, everyone was working as fast as they could to get the database ready for disconnection.
“Director, we’ve finished preparations! Just press enter and we’re gone from the internet!” a technician shouted with urgency.
Theo quickly cover to check the codes.
Once he was satisfied with their work, he stared down at the Enter key and hesitantly placed a finger above it.
After a deep breath, he slowly lowered his finger.
Gatlin ran towards Theo at full speed to try and stop him.
Luckily, he had enough tto grab onto Theo’s wrist, preventing him from pressing Enter.
With furrowed eyebrows, Theo looked Gatlin in the eye before shouting,
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“What do you think you’re doing, Gatlin? Unhandright this instant!”
“No.
I can’t let you do this.” For someone like Gatlin, causing a scene was deeply unsettling.
He was so uncomfortable holding Theo’s hand that cold sweat trickled down his forehead while his face turned pale.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm“Stop this nonsense! You’re just an intern, Gatlin.
Know your place!
If you don’t let go ofright now, I’ll report you to Mr.
Salazar!”
Theo tried his best to break free.
However, due to Gatlin’s determination not to let everyone’s hard work go to waste, he gained the strength to hold Theo still.
While this was happening, an alert went off, signaling that the hacker was about to break the firewall.
The expression on Theo’s face turned menacing.
Gatlin could sense his immense anger, but he still refused to let him go.
If it was any other day, Gatlin wouldn’t have had the courage to stand up to his boss.
But because everyone’s hard work was on the line, he gritted his teeth and refused to back down, “I can’t let you do this, director!
Think of all the sleepless nights everyone has had to go through to get us to this point! If you cut off the connection, all our efforts will be in vain!”
“That’s enough, Gatlin! We have no other choice!”
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