Julie, who had her head lowered in a mixture of sorrow and guilt, didn't catch the change in Bill's expression.

But Maria did.

Feeling a strange pair of eyes on him, Bill turned his head and met Maria's gaze.

He stared at her for a moment before hastily suppressing his emotions in order to convince Julie.

But at the same time, he also cast a warning glance at Maria.

Deep in those eyes, there was unbridled hatred for this meddling adopting daughter.

“You must have gotten a report from Heaven, right? Let me take a look at it," Bill said softly, turning back to Julie.

After hesitating for a moment, Julie took out the report and handed it to him.

As Bill read through it, he muttered, “I know Heaven is filled with the best hackers in the country. But even the most skilled people are human, and humans make mistakes..."

Of course, Bill didn't expect Julie to believe and forgive him after hearing just a few words.

But he said these words to buy himself more time.

When Bill got to the Last page of the report, his gaze snagged on the words written at the very end: “This report was provided and approved by M. Heaven is willing to take full responsibility for the accuracy of the content."

Reading the words "full responsibility" almost knocked the breath out of him.

He knew that there were different ranks among the hackers in Heaven, and each rank of hackers was treated differently by the organization.

For example, if an ordinary hacker had completed this task, Heaven would have issued a disclaimer saying that they would only take partial responsibility, or not even take responsibility at all, for the contents of the investigation report.

However, when an order was completed by the top hackers of Heaven, the organization would give them a stamp of approval.

This meant that Heaven would take responsibility. It just went to show how skilled and professional those top hackers were if the organization was willing to blindly vouch for them.

And therefore, when a client received a report from a top hacker of Heaven, they could also blindly trust the contents. There would be absolutely no mistake.

Realizing that Julie had gotten a top hacker to investigation, Bill paused, and his lips twitched in irritation.

He knew that if he continued to question the reliability of the report, he would sound Like a fool.

Now, he had to find another way to comfort Julie.

“Well, Julie, in order to prove my innocence, let me tell you that the contents of this investigation report are correct. I did secretly invest in Patricia's company," Bill said, putting on an serious Look as if he had done nothing wrong.

Julie looked at her husband in bewilderment.

Bill had just admitted that he had invested in Patricia's company, and that too without Julie's knowledge. How could he still say that he was innocent in the same breath?