748 Upsell

The Mimic held out a data tablet, and Nico smiled at her. "Thank you for the data. This will come in handy." 

The girl looked at her in confusion. She was still holding the tablet. Assuming it was a preemptive comment on Nico's part, she handed it over and watched as Nico set it delicately on the table in front of her without looking at it. 

Her thought was that Nico was a bit odd, well, more than a little odd, given how she was groped the moment they met, but she never considered the possibility that Nico already had the data and had only refrained from hacking every device in the room out of courtesy, not because she couldn't. 

The boss came in just then, and Max stood to shake his hand. "Boss Maddox, it's good to see you again." 

The boss's daughter giggled at Max using the public name when he had used his real name when they had first met. A name which so few people, even in the business, knew.