His Wicked Obsession (Archer and Virginia) novel Chapter 374

The clues were scattered and designed to be highly misleading.

As Virginia mentally mapped out the solution, a text box pinged in the bottom left corner.

G: [Try matching the colors in the paintings to the dates in the journal.]

Virginia's fingers flew across the keyboard.

Virginia: [The dates don't align. We're missing a day, so the logic loop is incomplete.]

G: [There's half a scorched note in the ashes beneath the fireplace.]

Taking his word for it, Virginia guided her character over and unearthed the final missing piece from the cinders.

They didn't jump on voice chat, relying purely on text, yet their synergy was surprisingly seamless.

This "G" wasn't just razor-sharp with logic; he consistently matched the exact rhythm of her deduction process.

He offered no useless banter, never hogged the glory, and executed perfectly synchronized movements for the co-op mechanisms without a single wasted frame.

Barely ten minutes later, the massive castle doors groaned open, and a golden banner reading "Stage 1 Cleared" splashed across the screen.

Virginia leaned back in her chair. As the tension bled from her shoulders, she felt an unfamiliar wave of genuine satisfaction.

The rare feeling of syncing up perfectly with someone without needing to explain herself was incredibly refreshing.

Just then, a friend request popped up.

[G has requested to add you as a friend.]

Virginia clicked accept.

G: [Great teamwork. Let's play again when you're free.]

Virginia: [Sure.]

She closed out the game and took a sip of ice water from her glass.

Not only did this guy have brains, but he also knew his boundaries. He was surprisingly her speed.

...

Inside the executive suite of the Vanderbilt Group.

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