The Double or more Life of the Fake Heiress (Mirabella) novel Chapter 1072

Minutes later, Mirabella strolled over to James's villa.

James, coffee in hand, was in the living room. When he spotted Mirabella stepping through the door, he looked up. She wore a dark wool coat with a matching shirt underneath, which made her skin look as smooth and pale as marble. Her legs were long and straight, and as she drew closer, a subtle, pleasant scent filled the air.

James lightly traced the edge of his coffee cup with his fingertips, his voice steady, "You're here."

Mirabella gave a soft hum of acknowledgment, giving him a brief glance before turning her attention to Curtis, who was sitting nearby. "What's the video about?"

Curtis cleared his throat and brought up the source file on his laptop, then handed it over to her. "This one."

Mirabella glanced at the file extension on the screen, then took the laptop, settled down on the couch, and rolled up her sleeves. "Let me give it a shot."

Curtis stood not too far away, eyes gleaming with curiosity about how she'd tackle the task of restoring the video.

Mirabella opened the recovery program and swiftly typed in a sequence of recovery codes. Just as she was about to overlay her prepared recovery code onto the source file, something familiar caught her eye in the sequence. Mirabella paused, her finger hovering over the Enter key.

Noticing her hesitation, Curtis couldn't help but ask, "How's it going?"

"Hold on, not done yet," Mirabella replied calmly, opening another command prompt and typing in a new set of complex codes.

Two minutes later, she shook her head. "Nope, can't do it either."

James looked up, surprised. "You can't either?"

Curtis was taken aback, glancing at the screen, surprised that even Mirabella couldn't crack it. After all, she'd once effortlessly resolved a cybersecurity issue for the national security department.

Mirabella handed the laptop back to Curtis, not blinking an eye. "Yeah, whoever did this is seriously skilled. The source file's fragments are trashed; I can't fix it."