Ch. 1046..1050: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1046-1050

Chapter 1046

"Harvey, my house is on the beach.You can't get a cab there.Are you sure you want to come back with me?"

Nicole got in the car, trying to dissuade him again.

"I love the beach so much.Let's get going.I can't wait."

Instead of getting out of the car, Harvey urged Nicole to drive.

Harvey's cheekiness defeated her.She could not continue to harp on the issue with him, so she started the car and drove to the sea view villa.

On the way, Harvey felt the car was too quiet and asked, "Don't you think you should play some music?"

Nicole gave him a frown and kept driving.

After a while, he asked again, "If you don't have music in the car, I can play it on my phone."

Nicole gave him an impatient look and turned on the music.Since she could not stop him, she might as well play the music in the car.

At least the sound was better than his.Harvey hummed along with the rhythm of the music, really not taking himself as an outsider.He got high, becoming so relaxed that Nicole felt a bit embarrassed of him.

"Harvey, just listen to the music.Don't make a sound, okay?"

Nicole could not enjoy his outstanding musical talent.

"Okay."

Harvey stopped humming.

"Nicole-"

Harvey was about to speak when Nicole made a silent gesture.Now, it felt much more comfortable on the way back.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

The door to the sea view villa slowly opened, and Nicole drove in.

"What a beautiful villa," Harvey said.

Nicole parked the car and got out without saying a word.

Harvey quickly followed her.

"Nicole, your grandfather treats you so well.He even gave you such an enormous villa with a sea view."

Tia heard someone open the door and came over.

"You are back, Nicole!"

"Where is Grandma?" Nicole asked.

"She is resting in the living room."

"And this is?"

Tia noticed another person behind Nicole.

"This is Harvey."

Nicole just introduced Harvey by his first name.Harvey let out an awkward smile and introduced himself.

"Hi, I'm Nicole's friend, Harvey Ellison."

"Hi, I'm Tia.Come on in."

Tia greeted him warmly.

Compared to Nicole's attitude, Tia's attitude made Harvey feel more welcoming.Harvey followed Tia inside.

When he saw Nicole's grandmother, he greeted her warmly, "You must be Nicole's grandmother.Hello, Grandma."

"Why are you calling her grandma? She is not your grandma." Nicole gave him a look.

Harvey laughed awkwardly and sat down to chat with Mrs.Wallace Sr.Tia whispered to Nicole, "What is the situation?"

"Don't misunderstand.He was curious about my house and had to come over to see it," no.vel.ebook.Nicole explained.

"Don't tell this to Jared when he comes back," Nicole said.

Tia covered her mouth and snickered.

"Grandma, let Tia take you out into the sun.It seems like you haven't been outside for days."

Nicole did not want Harvey to ingratiate himself with her grandmother.

 

Chapter 1047

Tia stood up and helped Mrs.Wallace Sr.walk outside.Harvey looked at Nicole.

"What do you mean? I'm having a wonderful conversation with your grandmother.What's with the sun? I know you too well; you are just afraid I will annoy your grandma.You could have just said so."

Harvey also stood up.

"Where are you going?" Nicole asked when she saw him get up.

"I'm changing a spot, can't I?"

Harvey looked at her with a puzzled expression.

‘When did she become so bossy? Even if this is her house, can't I change to sit in a different spot?"

"Abh, okay."

Now Harvey sat a little closer to Nicole and glanced at her.Seeing that she had no intention of talking to him, he had to find something to talk about.

"Nicole, any news from Scott?"

Nicole was still thinking about the hospital thing and heard not his question.

Seeing that she was not paying attention to him, Harvey plucked up his courage to ask again.Only then did Nicole hear his question.

"Yes.He has set up the R&D team."

Then there were no more words from her.

Again, Harvey saw Nicole was not interested in this topic, and he tried to find another thing to talk about.

"I heard that the Johnston Group has announced that Henry is now the acting chairman of the company.Does Jared have no opinion on this decision?"

He could only talk about Jared, hoping that Nicole would talk to him a little more.

"What can he do even if he has an opinion? He is only the CEO of the company.It is the board of directors that appoints the acting chairman.There is really nothing he can do."иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

"I didn't know that.Since Henry has become the acting chairman, Jared might face resistance in the company from now on."

Harvey sincerely felt sorry for Jared, but at the same time, happy about it.He was still not happy that Jared stole the woman he liked from him.

Nicole looked out the window at the sea and did not respond to him, her mind filled with all that had happened recently.

Things occurred so abruptly that she was not prepared for them.

Harvey saw Nicole's drifting mind and said nothing again.He knew from the look in her eyes that she was worried about those things.Not wanting to bother her anymore, he stood up to look at Nicole with a heartfelt smile.

"Get some rest.While Jared is away and if you need someone to talk to, call me.My phone is on 24 hours a day.I'm leaving."

"I will give you a lift."th. Nicole heard what Harvey said this time and let out a firm smile.

"I don't want to bother you.I will figure it out myself," Harvey said jokingly, trying to get Nicole to relax a bit in this way.

"Don't try to be a hero.You can't really get a cab here."

Nicole could not bring herself to let Harvey return on foot.She grabbed her car keys and prepared to open the door.

Just then, a car sounded its horn outside the house.

Feeling strange, Nicole looked outside, and Harvey looked at her with a smile.

"You don't have to drive me home.My cab is here."

In fact, he texted his driver to pick him up when Nicole was lost in thought just now.The door opened, Nicole saw the car outside, and smiled—that was Harvey's own car.

"When did you summon the car over?"

"Just when you were lost in thought.Well, I'm off.See you tomorrow."

Harvey waved to her, got in his car, and left.Nicole smiled and waved before she came to her senses.

"See me tomorrow? What did he mean?"

Tia and Mrs.Wallace Sr.came back from their walk and saw Nicole standing outside.

"Why are you standing outside? Where's your friend?"

"He has gone."

"Gone? Why didn't you ask him to stay for dinner?"

Mrs.Wallace Sr.was a kind and warm person.

When she was in the countryside, she would always ask her guests to stay for dinner, no matter who came to her house.Not that she was rich or something, but she always gave the best food to her guests.

Chapter 1048

"Absolutely.I can see this guy cares about you a lot.You should have asked him to stay for dinner." Tia snickered.

"Tia, I think you are looking for a fight, right?"

Nicole raised her hand and chased after Tia.

The two of them started a mad scuffle around Mrs.Wallace Sr.

"Alas, you two are going to make me dizzy."

Abroad, Jared sat in the room and looked up at the stage.

'Max, how many of the companies here today really want the land?"

"Most of them are here for the fun of it.Only 80 percent of those in the front row want the land," Max said.

Jared smirked when he found that there were not as many competitors as he thought and was confident of winning the bid for the piece of land he wanted.

The bidding started with the auctioneer coming onstage and gave some obligatory talk, then entered the main business.

"Now on the big screen is the first land, a total area of 336,415 square feet with a starting price of $93 million and a bid incremental value of $2 million.The bidding starts."

"$95 million."

"$95 million from Bidder 13," the auctioneer announced.

"$97 million."

"$97 million from Bidder 22."

"$100 million." Jared told Max to raise his bid card.

"$100 million from Bidder 5.Any higher?"

"$100 million once.$100 million twice." The auctioneer shouted.

"$105 million."

"$105 million from Bidder 11.Is there any higher?"

The auctioneer swept his eyes over the audience under the stage.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм

"Mr.Johnston, should we raise it again?"

"No." Jared was deliberately raising the price.

"$105 million once.$105 million twice.$105 million one three times.Sold.Congratulations to Bidder 11."

The venue resounded with celebratory applause.

Bidder 11 smiled and glanced at Jared, as if to say, "Boy, your wallet isn’t as thick as mine."

Jared ignored his taunts but smiled back.He could not care less, since it was not his money.

"The following bid is for a piece of land with a total area of 607,859 square feet.The starting price is $100 million, with a bid incremental value of $5 million.Start bidding."

"$110 million."

"$110 million from Bidder 45," the auctioneer shouted.

"$115 million."

"$115 million from Bidder 27."

"$125 million."

"$125 million from Bidder 8. Is there any higher?"

The auctioneer looked down at the audience.

"$125 million once."

"$140 million."

"$140 million from Bidder 18.Any higher?"

The auctioneer shouted.

"$150 million."

Jared told Max to raise his bid card.

"$150 million from Bidder 5.Any higher?"

The auctioneer excitedly scanned the stage as many people chattered.

"$160 million."

A beautiful blonde raised her bid card and then glanced back in Jared's direction.

Jared also looked at her and nodded, not letting Max raise his bid any further.

"$160 million from Bidder 9.$160 million once.$160 million twice.$160 million three times.Sold.Congratulations to Bidder 9."

The venue erupted in celebratory applause again, and the blonde stood up happily and looked back at Jared.

"The following bidding is the last piece of land today.Total area of 1,333,519 square feet with a starting price of $200 million and bid incremental value of $20 million.Now start bidding."

Finally, it was the land Jared wanted.He took a glance at the people inside the venue; except for a few in the front row, those at the back hung back.

"Mr.Johnston, what is the bid this time?"th. Max looked at Jared.

"Let's not rush into it.Let them warm up first." Jared laid back and watched.

"$240 million."

 

Chapter 1049

"$240 million from Bidder 19."

"$260 million."

"$260 million from Bidder 23."

"$300 million."

"$300 million from Bidder 4.

$300 million once."

"$350 million."

"$350 million from Bidder 5.Any higher?"

The auctioneer waved his right hand excitedly on the stage.

"$380 million."

"$380 million from Bidder 4."

"Max.

"$400 million."

"$400 million from Bidder 5."

The middle-aged man in the front row looked back at Jared and continued to raise his bid card.

"$450 million."

"$450 million from Bidder 4."

There were more murmurs from the people in the room.

"It looks like Bidder 4 and 5 are going at it."

"Today's auction is interesting."

"$500 million."

"Awesome."

The people at the back could not contro] themselves but exclaim.

This was the highest bid in the room.

That a piece of land with an area of over 1.3 million square feet could fetch this price was phenomenal.

"Are there any more bids?"

The auctioneer deliberately paused for a few seconds; the higher the price, the more they would earn.

When the auctioneer saw no one was raising their bid cards, he shouted.

"$500 million once.$500 million twice.$500 million three times.Sold.Congratulations to Bidder 5 for winning Lot 3."иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σм The room erupted in thunderous applause as Jared stood up and looked at the crowd, and nodded.

Max was driving away from the venue when a group of people suddenly appeared in front and stopped Jared's car.

"Mr.Johnston, someone is in the way." Max stopped the car.

"Who are they?"

"I don't know.They look like gangsters."

Max looked carefully at the group of men who blocked their way.

"Give them some money to send them away."

Jared knew these people were all about money.He did not want to waste time with them, and he would just tip them and ask them to leave.

"Come here."

Max took out a stack of cash from the car and waved to the group.A man in the lead approached Max.

"Mr.Johnston is in a good mood today.This is for you all.Here you go."

Max tossed the money into the man's hand.

He thought the man would take the money and tell his men to get out of the way, but the man stomped the money on the ground and pointed at Jared sitting in the back seat.

"Get out of the car."

Max saw that the kid did not know what he was doing, and he looked back at Jared.

"Mr.Johnston, I will take care of it."

"Okay."

Jared ignored the man who was screaming outside the car.

Max loosened up his tie, pushed open the door, and got out of the car, asked the shouting man, "Who sent you here?"

"You have no business here.Get out of the way—"

Before the fat man could finish his sentence, Max snapped his hand at once and looked at him expressionlessly.

"Your hand is too rude."

When those men blocking in front of the car saw Max had snapped the fat man's hand, they charged at Max with their sticks.

Max flung away the fat man and moved toward those guys wielding the sticks.

In just a short while, the group of men was beaten to the ground, screaming in pain incessantly.th.Max brushed down his suit, walked straight back to his car, and drove toward the hotel.

Chapter 1050

At the hotel, Jared took out his cell phone and called Nicole.

"What are you doing now?"

"Just woke up.How about you?"

"I'm at the hotel.You must be exhausted from the days I was away, are you?"

"No, you can hear in my voice that I'm full of energy." Nicole joked about herself.

"How are things going on your end?" Nicole asked how he was doing abroad.

"It is going well.I guess I will be back soon."

"So, when will you be back? I will pick you up."

Nicole was happy to hear Jared say he was coming back.

"The date is not set yet.I will let you know when it is set."

"Okay."

It was a false hope for Nicole.

"Has grandpa's condition changed these days?"

Jared's biggest concern when he came abroad was his grandfather's condition.

"Nothing has changed, just a little better than when you left."

Nicole reported the good news, but not the bad.She did not tell him about the fake doctor's injection to Mr.Johnston Sr., afraid that he was worried about him.

"Thank you.I feel much more at ease with you by Grandpa's side."

Jared was grateful to Nicole.

"Why do you always say thank you? Aren't we a family? That is what family is for," Nicole said.

"It is still dark on your side, right? I won't keep you from sleeping.Get some rest early.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмI will wait for you to come back"

"Don't hang up yet.I will give you a present," Jared said dotingly.

"What kind of present can you send from so far away?"

Nicole did not believe he could send a present.

"Muah!"

Jared sent her an affectionate kiss over the air.

Nicole smiled and reciprocated with hers.

"Good night."

Jared hung up the phone and then called Max.

"Book my flight home.You can take over the rest from here."

"Mr.Johnston, it is nighttime.Do you want to leave now?"

"Yes"!

"Okay, I will book the next flight for you right away."

Max drove Jared to the airport.

On the plane, Jared was thinking about Nicole's face when she saw him, and he fell asleep thinking about it.

When he opened his eyes again, it was the flight attendant who woke him up.

"Mr.Johnston, the plane is about to land.For your safety, please adjust your seat.Thank you for your cooperation."

Jared looked out the window; the sun was high, and it seemed to be almost noon.

In the hospital, Nicole was sitting on the chair in the ward as usual when the door of the ward was pushed open suddenly.She looked at the door and asked, "What are you doing here again?"

Harvey looked at her with a serious face.

"I was here today fora medical check-up, so I came up to see Mr.Johnston Sr."

While speaking, he walked over to check the equipment.

"Hasn't he woken up yet?"

Nicole ignored him, thinking that he was probably the only one who could come up with such an excuse.

"Don't look.Sit down and don't touch the machine."

"Come on, I'm just concerned about Mr.Johnston Sr.By the way, he has been in a coma for a few days, right? If he doesn't wake up, will he..."

Harvey hesitated halfway through.

"No, the doctor changed a new medication, and he should wake up soon."

Nicole looked with confidence at Mr.Johnston Sr.whose eyes were still shut tight.

After using the new medication, the toxins in his body should be gradually drained out, and he was supposed to wake up after all the toxins injected by the fake doctor were drained out.

Harvey thought Nicole was too sad and paranoid.So he tried to comfort her.

"Relax, don't think too much.He has been in a coma for so many days..You can't force it.As long as he is alive, he is going to wake up one day.It is just a matter of time."

"Are you trying to comfort me?" th.Nicole looked at him in puzzlement.