Chapter 124

Aurora

Alex hadn’t come back home and he stubbornly hadn't called me yet. He was still an *asshole*, always protecting his workers, those he had affairs with. Was it so hard to just fire them? He could find other workers, couldn't he? Did he think his research was more important than me?

I looked at the ball floating around me; this was the central unit of the system, the artificial Intelligence, we called it Linda. I knew Alex might still be watching me through that ball. “Linda, I don’t want you to monitor me all the time.”

“But, Mrs. Aurora, I have a job given by the master to check on your health periodically, to ensure you are well,” Linda responded.

“Enough with that!” I snapped, suddenly filled with rage with the artificial intelligence. “I command you to stop monitoring my health. If Alex wants to check on me, he should fire his workers and come himself.”

Linda suddenly stood more upright, and the light on it started blinking, signaling a connection to Alex. After conveyin