Is this destiny?

Marija smiled victoriously. She can see that Nick is hooked. "Slow down, Nick. Take your time to absorb this outcome. I will secure the drug and sort out people from this list."

As much as Nick likes the idea of Sarah being by his side willingly, he had a feeling that a lot of things are missing. And he didn't like that Marija is telling him to wait. "You came here to tell me that there is a half-baked plan, and I'm not involved?"

"Of course, not. There is a role for you. But promise me that you will not act rashly."

Nick's expression darkened. Who is she to set conditions? "Stop playing and tell me."

Marija saw that Nick's patience is running low. He is such a handsome young man, with good background and money, and only if his temper is better, he would be an amazing catch for any girl.

"We tried hacking into their internal network, and every time it was a failure." Marija reminded Nick.

"Yes. The Ceresc Solutions has skilled engineers." Nick said stiffly.

Marija waved her hand, indicating to Nick how that is not the point she is trying to make. "I'm not talking about the company. When we made a move on the Ceresc Solutions, we hit firewalls and faced people with good skills, but when we tried Sarah's and Aiden's private network it was an impenetrable wall. There was an obvious difference between the two, almost as they were set up by different people."

Nick pressed his lips into a line. "Yes, it felt like Sigma and Omega are right there, online… slapping my hand as soon as I dared to extend it in their direction."

Nick closed his eyes and gritted his teeth while remembering the excruciating defeat he suffered from Aiden in the underground hideout of the Sigma army which came with an endless amount of shame. Since then, Nick dreams of getting even and directing the same obnoxious look at Aiden who would crawl and beg for forgiveness. That is the motivation behind Nick's endless desire to improve his skills, so that he can defeat Omega and prove to Sarah that she made a mistake when she chose Aiden over him.

Marija saw that Nick is getting lost in his thoughts, and she rapped her fingers on the desk, reminding him to stay present.

"Other than their impenetrable network, three of their properties are in complete darkness. Satellite imagery is not showing anything other than tree canopies even though we know they are there. Two in California and one in Texas." Marija added.

Nick opened his eyes and looked at Marija. "I'm sure there is a reason you are bringing all this up."

"Two out of three properties have significant traffic, showing that people live there. More than fifty in each of those two locations, yet we can't see anything inside, like those places are empty lots. Both of us agree that there is no way how famous hackers like Sigma and Omega would live off the grid. That only tells us that Sarah and Aiden are hiding something important and we need to find out what that something is…"

Marija reached into her pocket and took out a silver drachma.

"An old coin?" Nick asked suspiciously.

"Not just any coin. Sarah gave one to each of us after you left the group. This is a beacon." Marija said and flipped a side which revealed a button. "If you press here, it will send a SOS signal. Sarah said that as long as we have this on us, someone will find us within twenty-four hours, so it is some form of a GPS tracker. She also mentioned that it does not matter if we are within the cell phone range, so it's definitely relying on satellites."

"You want to use this to lure Sarah out to come to us?" Nick guessed.

Marija shook her head. "No. What I want is for you to analyze it and extract the information on where this signal will go. It must be system-specific, otherwise it would alert random satellites or receivers. They have an impenetrable defense, and this coin is our ticket inside it. Once we get more information about what is hidden in the darkness, we can come up with a smart way to separate two lovebirds. I get my revenge, and you get your girl. Just how we agreed initially."

"What about these families?" Nick asked while gesturing to the file which is shown on his screen. "How do they fit in the plan?"

"Sigma and Omega are smart and cautious, and they have skilled people living with them." Marija was referring to Sarah's and Aiden's kids. She will never forget how she underestimated Oni. "Those families will act as distraction. We will use them to cause a commotion, something that will get Sarah and Aiden to react. I'm thinking that if we get several diversions at the same time, their forces will split up…"

Nick listened to Marija and thought that this plan might work. Since they are watching them, Sarah and Aiden are always together. However, if he can separate Sarah and Aiden, and Sarah ends up in his hands, and he feeds her the medicine which will get her to forget about Aiden… that sounds… wonderful. The best part will be when one day Nick and Sarah appear as a loving couple in front of Aiden. Aiden will cry and beg, but Sarah will be loyal to Nick. Ah, Nick will get his revenge and show that pompous Omega that he messed up with the wrong guy.

After three years, Marija finally came up with something useful. She is not stupid, after all. He will keep her a bit longer.

"Divide and conquer." Nick said with glee in his voice, still high on the image of Sarah clinging onto him while Aiden is kneeling.

"Yes. Let me work on dividing them, so that you can conquer." Marija said while walking behind Nick.

She put her palms on his shoulders and slowly pushed lower against his toned pecs. Nick is full of himself and easily manipulated, but he is a good looking young man who takes care of his body and not many women would be able to resist him.

Nick rotated his chair so that he faces Marija, and she got on her knees between his legs.

He wanted to chase her away so that he can work on examining the drachma, but then he saw that she is unzipping his pants and he thought that he can postpone that work for the morning. After all, Marija chased away two girls he was planning to spend the night with, so she will need to make up for his loss.

Nick put his hands behind his head and leaned back in the chair while Marija did her magic. Marija is a nasty woman full of spite, but her mouth can do things which are borderline magical.

Nick's breathing became erratic while he drifted closer to ecstasy with Sarah's image in front of his closed eyes. Just as every time when he imagines that Sarah is pleasuring him, he came in less than two minutes.

Marija swallowed his release and grinned. "You are still easy to please."

Marija's words pulled Nick out from his stupor. Instead of Sarah's smiling face, he saw Marija's grin and Nick's disappointment mixed with anger.

He stood up abruptly and yanked Marija up to her feet.

In the next moment, he pushed her to lean on his desk.

"If I'm so easy to please, then please me until I'm satisfied…" Nick squeezed through his teeth while pulling her skirt up. In one move he ripped her panties and reached between her legs, only to feel that she is dripping wet. "Slut…"

Marija didn't mind, they did it many times before. Nick is not much of a lover and he can get violent, but his stamina is enviable. She felt him adjust her hips and then he pushed inside her, and she knew that it will be a long night.

This is Nick's favorite pose, to take a woman from behind, because then he does not need to close his eyes and imagine he is with Sarah. He can't see the face of the woman in front of him, anyway. And in this room, there are many Sarah's photos he can focus on. His Sarah… Soon, he will not need to imagine. Just the thought of it made him grow harder and he pounded himself inside Marija with more vigor.

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