Lucius stood there for a moment, his expression thoughtful as he processed Catherine's words. His brow furrowed, a slight tension in the air. He stepped back slightly, studying her face as though trying to gauge the depth of her concern. "So, you're suggesting someone might have hacked into my laptop?" he asked slowly, his voice calm but carrying an underlying sharpness, as if he were already thinking through the possibilities.
Catherine hesitated for a moment, her fingers nervously playing with a lock of hair. "I don't know," she said quietly. "But... the data I was working with was wrong, and it seemed like it had been altered. I didn't touch the files that way, and when I went through everything, I found discrepancies that weren't there before." She met his gaze, a mix of frustration a
