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Money got her the new lap top, all mod cons, and some new corset tops that held her sore ribs firmly in place. Money also brought cabs to your door and favours owed brought you address information, and sometimes the universe just owed you a short cut or two.
Money can buy you a lot of things, sure, but what she didn't have was time, and what she needed was a shortcut.
Sometimes a skinny white-knight looks a lot like a shortcut
It wasn't like she was getting something for nothing, having to spend time with someone who'd watched her fall apart. Not that she liked using people and pandering to the stereotypes about attractive women either but stealing phone lines and writing crisp clean code from scratch took time she didn't have. Launching an attempt from the universities own network would be foolhardy, so when needs must and flirtation permits... It's a skill set, like any other.
She adjusted her top and ran one hand over her hair before she hit the doorbell.
Neo didn't stand a chance.
Money can buy you a lot of things, sure, but what she didn't have was time, and what she needed was a shortcut.
Sometimes a skinny white-knight looks a lot like a shortcut
It wasn't like she was getting something for nothing, having to spend time with someone who'd watched her fall apart. Not that she liked using people and pandering to the stereotypes about attractive women either but stealing phone lines and writing crisp clean code from scratch took time she didn't have. Launching an attempt from the universities own network would be foolhardy, so when needs must and flirtation permits... It's a skill set, like any other.
She adjusted her top and ran one hand over her hair before she hit the doorbell.
Neo didn't stand a chance.