Just Him ❤

72. Hacked.

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Chloe looked up as a glass of water and two paracetamol appeared in front of her. "Thank you." She murmured as Antti took a seat next to her, she'd been so consumed with everything that was going around in her head that she hadn't even realised that Antti was here. "Yet again you're looking after me."

"You know I'll always take care of you when Seb's not around." He said, looking down at the counter top as he realised that his words could mean something else. "Did you even go to bed last night?" He asked, although he knew the answer from her appearance.

"No. I dozed off on the sofa." She replied. "Have you heard from Seb?"

"No, sorry." He watched her swallow the tablets with some water. "You don't need to worry about him being with her, he won't sleep with her, he won't do anything stupid to risk losing you."

"It's not him I'm worried about." She picked up her phone and began turning it over and over in her hands.

"Want to talk about it?" He asked.

"No, I can't." She shook her head.

"I promise it won't go any further if you do, not if you don't want it to." He leant his elbows on the counter and looked at her, they sat in silence for a moment, only the hum of the refrigerator could be heard.

"I think I'm going to be blackmailed." She said knowing that it sounded ridiculous. "I think this has been remotely hacked and accessed." She added, tapping her laptop.

"Wow, you sure?" He raised his brows in surprise.

"A number I don't know is sending me copies of things that are only stored on here, and I think they're going to be used to blackmail me in some way."

"I've never seen you use it, how can it be accessed if you don't use it?" He asked.

"It's almost always left on and I do use it sometimes. It's been hacked Antti, I'm telling you." She blinked back tears.

"Want me to take a look at it for you?" He pointed to the laptop. "I could check your virus protection and stuff?"

"No!" She said quickly. "Sorry....I mean no, that won't be necessary, it's too late now, but thanks for offering."

"Ah, the photos they've had are very personal, yeah?" He asked, her reaction telling him there was things on there she wouldn't want him to see, except that he had seen them and they'd filled his dreams ever since.

"Why do you think I'm so worried?! I've been so stupid! I should have deleted them or moved them on to another device." She shook her aching head. "Those memories, those private moments, I feel as though my home has been broken into, I feel violated."

"Have you told Seb?" He knew that Seb should really know about this, sure that he would be able to stop this before it got any further. "If you've been hacked then it's a pretty serious thing."

"No, and he mustn't know. Not until he absolutely has to, I don't want him worrying about this."

"He won't find out from me, I promise you." Antti slipped an arm around her, ignoring Seb's order of not to touch her, it was hurting him to see her upset.

"I'm just waiting to see what he sends me next, I don't know what else to do." She sniffed.

"You know who is sending you the messages? You said you don't know the number."

"It's obvious Antti, it's Stephen, there's noone else it could be." She turned into him and slipped off of her stool to let him hold her. He wrapped his arms around her and felt her rest her head on his shoulder, he wished that there was some way he could help her. Nuzzling his nose lightly in her hair he inhaled the scent of her shampoo before placing a single kiss there. He smiled to himself as he felt her holding him, this felt good, it felt right. If Seb didn't want to be here then he was more then happy to step in.