"Wil... William..."
After seeing William's dazed expression, Halsey gathered her courage and softly spoke her boss's name, her gaze growing hazy.
Suddenly, a similar scene played out once more.
"Boss!"
A manager below shouted loudly, interrupting the two directors in the middle of what they were doing.
!
Halsey immediately pulled away from William. A flush spread across her fair cheeks as she looked toward the central screen and said between light breaths:
"Huff... Boss, you should still listen to the lieutenant..."
William was also unbearably hot all over. He undid the button at his collar, rolled his neck, and calmed his violently pounding heart before saying:
"Yeah. Work comes first."
William then stood and walked behind the railing in front of the sofa. Looking toward the large central screen, he ordered:
"Lieutenant, once Porcupine One finishes dropping the bombs, have all troops launch their attack!"
"Yes, Boss!"
Time rewound more than ten minutes.
23:55
The western wall of Gerard Mahmud's manor.
John, Mylon, and Carl crouched at the mouth of the alley, waiting for the connection to the drone.
A few seconds later.
An overhead view of the manor appeared in the upper-right corner of their Holographic Glasses.
After confirming that the militia patrolling behind the wall had gone far enough away, John swept his hand forward and quietly issued an order over comms:
"Team Seven will enter first and carry out the Decapitation Operation. The remaining teams will eliminate the hidden sentries and patrols. We'll maintain radio silence.
Everyone, Good Luck."
"Team One received."
"Team Nine..."
Responses from the other Spartans squad leaders came through the comms in succession.
The three men then bent low and ran to the base of the four-meter-high wall, looking up to inspect it.
Barbed wire covered the top, and they