Chapter 180: A Lesson from a Mother to Her Daughter
After waking early in the morning, Eleanor went to the bathroom to freshen up. Freya had slept with her the previous night and was still sleeping peacefully. Eleanor checked the time and decided to let her rest a few minutes longer.
She picked up her mobile and glanced through the news. As expected, James and Jennifer’s scandal was trending on every app. Some news sites had already detailed the events that had unfolded the night before. She clicked on an article that caught her eye.
"Greyson did a good job with the timing," she thought.
Yesterday, she had sent all the photos and videos to one of her old contacts in the World Hacker Alliance. That hacker goes by the name ByteWitch. Their relationship had been solid back when Eleanor was still active in the hacker community a few years ago. ByteWitch had handled several jobs for her back then, and she had always been meticulous in her work.
These days, Eleanor was preoccupied with the various businesses she’d recently invested in. More importantly, she wanted to spend as much time as possible with Freya before the Trial of Yggdrasil. She no longer felt particularly interested in the revenge against the Whitmore family. It remained a necessary task on her list, but her emotional investment had long since faded... unlike five years ago.
That was why she had delegated the job to ByteWitch, instructing her to make sure the scandal remained in the spotlight for an entire week. She believed a week would be more than enough to completely destroy the reputation of James and Jennifer, along with their family.
After scrolling through several headlines and reading the comment sections, she was satisfied with ByteWitch’s work. With a faint smile, she set the phone down, changed into a fresh outfit, and made her way to the study.
Sitting at her desk, she retrieved her Bittium Tough Mobile and powered it on. After entering the secure interface of the World Hacker Alliance, she sent a message directly to ByteWitch’s profile:
"BlackCat: Great job. You will receive 100,000 dollars today. The remaining 200,000 will be sent to your account after six days."
She didn’t wait for a reply.
She copied ByteWitch’s bank account number from the profile to her regular mobile and sent it, along with a message, to Teresa:
"Send 100,000 dollars to this account today, anonymously. Another 200,000 will be sent in six days. Ensure that the recipient cannot trace my identity."