Ch. 1136..1140: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1136-1140

Chapter 1136

"What?" Mr.Johnston Sr.looked at Jared in complete shock.

"It seems that he was already prepared," Jared murmured.

"That insolent brat!" Mr.Johnston Sr.yelled.

"Get him back here, even if he is in hell right now!"

Then, he burst into a fit of coughs.

"Don't get so riled up, grandpa.Your health is our priority.Let us take care of this,"

Jared comforted him.

"Get the doctor and bring these two downstairs," Jared proceeded to order.

"Then, get someone to keep an eye on that tattooed lackey of his and see if Henry contacts him."

"Yes, sir," his security detail said.

"You should lie down." Jared laid Mr.Johnston Sr.down as he did not want his grandfather's condition to worsen.

"Mr.Johnston, what should we do with the terrorist?" one of his men asked.

"Just do whatever is necessary," he said.

"Yes, boss," his bodyguard replied.

After a minute or two, the doctor strode in.

"What's wrong with Mr.Johnston Sr., Mr.Johnston?"

"He was slightly agitated.Please check on him,"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмJared explained to the doctor as he looked at him.

"Alright," the physician said, and proceeded to perform his checkup.

After a round of examination, the doctor looked at Jared and said, "

He is fine, but his blood pressure has slightly increased.

Please don't get him worked up again."

"Understood." Jared nodded.

The next day, Nicole bade Mrs.Wallace Sr.and Tia farewell before taking Kelly to the airport.

When they were in the waiting lounge, Nicole gazed off at a plane that just took off and lamented, "I was planning to go fora vacation, but I don't think it's possible anymore."

"Miss Riddle, just go wherever you wish.We're going abroad, so it's pretty much the same as going for a vacation, no?"

Kelly beamed, as she was elated at being able to travel abroad with Nicole.

"I wanted to go somewhere chill and laid-back to relax, and with you here, it's starting to feel more like a vacation now, but it's just that..."

Nicole suddenly thought of Jared.

‘It'd be perfect if he was here"

"It's just that what?"

Kelly looked at Nicole with her head tilted.

"You're here, Nicole!"

Harvey greeted, as he was close to searching entire airport to look for Nicole and Kelly.

"Didn't I tell you to wait at A2?"

Nicole looked at him, resigned.

"Did you? I was in a rush, so I didn't get the message."

Harvey sat down next to Nicole.

"Anyway, how much longer do we have to wait before we board?"

"Probably, around twenty minutes," Kelly answered him.

"By the way, I haven't introduced the both of you to one another, right?"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмNicole said, and began introducing them to each other.

"This is Kelly, my assistant, and Kelly, this is Harvey Ellison.You've probably heard of him."

"Of course, he's pretty famous.I've always wanted to meet him."

Kelly's cheeks flushed as she looked at Harvey Nicole caught it and teased her, "Why are you blushing, Kelly? Do you have a crush on Harvey?"

"Come on, don't make fun of me, Miss Riddle."

Kelly quickly shifted in her seat, not wanting to look at Harvey anymore.

Harvey's lips twitched.He did not like Nicole joking about this.

"Why isn't Mr.Johnson here to send you off?"

Harvey arched his brows and looked at Nicole.

Nicole rolled her eyes at him.

"Do you miss him or something? If that's the case, don't come with me."

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"No, no, you've misheard,"

Harvey quickly denied, knowing the if he were to piss Nicole off trying to be playful, he would be digging his own grave.

"Miss Riddle, we should board the flight now."

Kelly, who was keeping watch of the time, reminded Nicole.

"Let's go."

The trio then made their way to the entrance.

Jared sent a text message to Nicole but got no reply, so he figured that Nicole was already on the plane.

‘'I would've sent her off if grandpa isn't in the hospital"

Now, all Jared could do was think about how much he missed her in his office.

On the plane, Nicole proceeded to put on her headphones to watch a movie, as she had nothing better to do.She had chosen to spend her time on a comedy film.

Harvey, who was sitting next to Nicole, took a glance at the movie that she was watching.

"I've watched this before.Something funny is going to happen.Wait for it."

Nicole rolled her eyes at him and continued watching.

"Something is going to appear...Right here! Hahaha...!"

Harvey burst out laughing, but Nicole did not find anything funny at all.

"Why aren't you laughing?" Harvey asked Nicole.

"I hate spoilers."

Nicole looked at Harvey, evidently annoyed.

Harvey's smile instantly vanished from his face as he shifted in his seat, and turned his own screen on.

Displeased, Nicole switched her screen off.

Seeing this, Harvey began sneaking glances at her, not wanting to speak to her as he was afraid that he would add fuel to the fire.

Throughout the journey, Harvey did not really pay attention to the movie he was watching as he was busy thinking about Nicole.

However, Nicole kept her eyes closed until] they landed.

"It's time to get off the plane, Nicole." Harvey patted her gently.She gradually opened her eyes.

"Wow, that's fast, wasn't it? Let's go then."

Nicole then stretched and got ready to get off the plane.

Ike had been waiting for some time at the area where he was supposed to pick her up, and when he saw Nicole, he quickly waved at her.

Ike had a tall build, so it was rather easy to spot him in the crowd.

Nicole, who had noticed him from afar proceeded to wave back at him.иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмThen, the trio approached him.

"You're finally here." Ike greeted Nicole with a smile.

"I guess you must be tired."

"I'm okay.I've just been sleeping," Nicole greeted him with a smile too.

"Hi, Harvey." Ike shook hands with Harvey.

"You're here too."

"Yeah, how are you?" Harvey asked politely.

"I'm great," Ike replied, after which he turned to Kelly.

"And this is?"

"She's my assistant, Kelly," Nicole introduced.

"Nice to meet you." Ike nodded at Kelly.

"Nice to meet you too," Kelly responded in kind.

"Let's go."

Ike extended his arm and gestured to them, taking them to their vehicle.

Ike thought that Nicole was coming alone, so he personally drove over to pick her up, as he wanted to have a chat with her.He did not expect her to bring along two other guests, who had ruined his plan.However, there were enough seats for all of them, and so, none of them had to get a cab.

Once they were in, Harvey and Ike took the front seats, while the ladies, Nicole and Kelly, sat at the back.

Ike could only look at Nicole from the rear-view mirror.

"Nicole, we've been stuck on the same problem for a few days now.Thank God you're here.I believe you'll be able to help us out."

"What could have been difficult enough to cause an expert like you to be at his wit's end, I wonder?" Nicole asked, as she was a little surprised at what he had said.

"The issue is, we can't seem to find common ground and arrive to some understanding," Ike said.

"Some of them wanted to implement solution A while some wanted solution B.That's why there have been some conflicts going on between the teams during the discussion.

"Anyway, I don't even want to go there these days." Ike finished, looking defeated.

"You're overreacting.If there's a problem, go ahead and solve it.Just use whichever solution is better.It's understandable that conflicts would arise from time to time,"

Nicole comforted him.

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"If everyone shared your pragmatic approach, there wouldn't be any problems." Ike waved, still feeling defeated.

Harvey and Kelly did not really understand what they were saying, so they did not know how to join the conversation.

They just maintained their silence, with the atmosphere in the car gradually becoming quieter with each passing second.

Then, after the car had pulled up in front of the hotel, Ike took a look and said, "I think this is your hotel."

"Thanks for picking us up from the airport.We'll be heading up now, so I'll be seeing you at the lab tomorrow," Nicole thanked Ike.

"Don't mention it.Go and catch some rest.I'll see you tomorrow." Ike smiled at them, got into the car, and left.

"Let's head inside."

Nicole looked at Harvey and walked into the hotel.

A porter went over to them and helped them with their luggage as Nicole walked up to the concierge and presented them her ID.

Then, a staff guided them to the room that they had booked.

"Miss Riddle, this is your room."

The staff looked at Nicole and gestured.

"Bye, I am going in now."

Nicole opened her door and walked in.

"This is your room, Mr.Ellison."

"Thank you."

Harvey grinned with satisfaction as his room was right next to Nicole's.

"And this is your room, Miss Henderson."

"Thank you."

Kelly opened her door and entered her room.

Their rooms were next to each other, so Harvey quickly unpacked his things and left his room to knock on Nicole's door.

Nicole walked up to her door when she heard someone knocking.

"Who's there?"

"Me."

Harvey's voice rang from the other side of the door.

Nicole opened her door and marched right back to her room, giving Harvey a view of her back, and so, he pouted and closed the door.

"What are you doing, Nicole?" Harvey asked as he walked in.

"Unpacking, obviously.Are you done unpacking already?"

Nicole continued to arrange her belongings without looking at him.

"I-I don't have much to unpack."

"Nicole, there are entertainment facilities in one of the floors above us.Do you want to check it out together?"

Harvey invited Nicole, hoping that Nicole would join him.

"Entertainment? Really?"

Nicole turned to him with a brow raised and her head tilted.

"Probably, I saw a recommendation at the ground floor lobby just now."

Harvey looked to the side and saw a paper sitting on the table, and proceeded to pick it up.

"Look! They really do have it.It is written here."

Nicole stopped and stood next to him as she perused the contents written on the paper.

"It looks promising.I think I'll check it out after I'm done."

"Hurry up, then.I'll wait for you on the couch."иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмHarvey took the flier and walked up to the couch.

"Tell Kelly that she is coming with us too," Nicole said.

"Huh?" Harvey utter, never having thought of bringing Kelly along.

"What do you mean by 'huh'? Go!" Nicole urged him.

"Okay."

Harvey's smile faded.

‘What do I tell Kelly to make her tell us that she doesn't want to join us?' he wondered.

He walked to the door slowly as he pondered, but before he realized it, he was already at Kelly's door.

"I'm here already?"

Their rooms were not far from each other's anyway, so Harvey knocked on Kelly's door, and once it opened, she appeared at the doorway "What brought you here, Harvey?"

"Are you busy with something?" Harvey asked.

"I'm unpacking. Would you like to come in?" Kelly asked, and made way for Harvey.

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Harvey hesitated as he thought, ‘Nicole would definitely be suspicious if I return to her too soon, right?' Thus, he walked in.

"Do you want anything to drink?" Kelly asked.

"It's okay, I'm just looking around," Harvey replied.

"What are you going to do after you're done?" Harvey asked.

"Eh, I'll probably meet up with Miss Riddle." Kelly sat next to Harvey and looked at him.

"I wonder if she has anything for me to do."

When he heard that she was going to look for Nicole, his plan was ruined.

All he could do now was invite Kelly.

"Well, I've heard that there's an entertainment lounge upstairs.Would you like to check it out together?"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмHarvey looked into her eyes and asked.

Kelly was suddenly flustered as she thought, 'Is Harvey asking me out?"

Harvey seemed to know what she was thinking, and so, he quickly added, "Nicole and I are planning to head over there later.So, I came over to ask you if you'd like to join us."

He breathed a sigh of relief as he waited for her answer.

Kelly immediately knew that she had misunderstood, so she calmed herself down and looked at him, embarrassed.

"Ah, okay.I'm fine with anything."

"All right, you can continue unpacking now," he said.

"Let's gather in Nicole's room once you're done.See you there."

Harvey left right after he was done passing her Nicole's message.

"Sure,"

Kelly uttered as she watched him leave.

After he closed the door, Kelly mumbled to herself, "What were you thinking?! Why would Harvey even be interested in you?! You almost made a fool out of yourself."

Outside her room, Harvey looked at Kelly's door and figured that he should be more vigilant when speaking to Kelly.

When he returned to Nicole's room, Nicole asked, ''What did she say?"

"She's unpacking too, so she'll come over when she's done."

"I'll head back for now.When you're about to leave, please remember to holler me," Harvey said, and went back to his room.

"Alright," Nicole said.

On the other end, Jared was still in his office, checking his phone from time to time.

He was afraid that he would miss her texts, but whenever he checked his phone for messages from Nicole, there would be none at all.

"This woman sure knows how to keep a grudge.I'll see how long she can keep up with this charade."

Jared toughened up and did away with the questions that were plaguing him.

But after having completed his work, Jared picked his phone up and called Nicole anyway.

Beep...beep...

Though the call was connected, no one was there to answer it.

This angered Jared, who was about to hang up, until he heard Nicole's voice muttering a soft, "Hello?"

Jared drew a deep breath, and he suddenly did not know how to continue the conversation.

"Did you land safely?"

"Of course, who else are you even talking to?!" Nicole answered.

"What's up with you?"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмhe asked.

"Nicole, let's look over there."

Harvey's said, his voice reaching Jared's ears from the speaker.

"Okay," she replied to Harvey.

"Can you speak up?" Nicole asked Jared as she walked.

"Is Harvey with you?" Jared asked sharply.

"Yeah, he came with me."

Nicole did not hide anything from Jared as she was the one who brought Harvey here.

"Why didn't you tell me that he was traveling with you?" Jared asked.

"Do you really need to know?" Nicole asked.

"It is that important to you?"

"Of course it is.As long as it has anything to do with you, I have the need to know."

Jared did not notice what he had said, registering it only after he had blurted it out.

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Nicole halted in her tracks and kept mum.

The call went silent, and after some time, Jared said, "Well, you're safe now and that's all that matters.Take care."

Then, he hung up.

Nicole placed her phone down slowly and stood still as she had suddenly lost her interest in the entertainment facilities.

After a while, Harvey realized that she was no longer following them, prompting him to turn around and say, "Why are you standing there? Let's go!"

Nicole looked at him.

"I suddenly remembered that I have something I need to do.You should go ahead, I'll catch up with you later."

Without waiting for Harvey to respond, Nicole left the area, leaving him stupefied as he watched her leave.

'She became an entirely different person after she answered the call? Did something happen?’

"Kelly, has anything happened before you came here with Nicole?"

Harvey looked at Kelly and asked.

Kelly thought about it as she furrowed her brows, before responding, "No, I don't think anything happened today.Miss Riddle was doing just fine before we came here, and I didn't receive any urgent

messages either."

"That's weird."

Harvey thought about it as he was confused.

"What happened to her?"

"Harvey, Miss Riddle said that she will catch up with us later.Perhaps she remembered that there was something that she had forgotten to do," Kelly said, surmising that this was the only explanation.

"Maybe," Harvey replied, although he felt that something else was going on.

"Let's play some games over there while we wait for her." Harvey pointed.

"Sure." Kelly beamed, as any chance to be alone with Harvey was a good thing for her.

Nicole took the elevator back to the room and closed her door.She sat down by the window as Jared's words raced across her mind in continuous fashion.She looked at the picture that she had taken with Jared on the phone as a smile unconsciously crossed her face.

'What's wrong with me? Why am I smiling at a picture? He was the one who was being all intimate with Fiorella, so how could I forgive him just because of that one line? I can't do this!' Nicole calmed down and laid down on her bed, facing the ceiling as she stared into space.

When she picked her phone up and opened Jared's chat log, she suddenly wondered if she should give Jared a call.

All of a sudden, Jared's request for a video call popped up on her screen.

Nicole's heart skipped a beat, and after a few seconds of hesitation, she clicked on the green button.

Their faces were immediately on full display.

Jared was leaning against a chair as he watched Nicole on the screen.

"Are you lying on a bed?"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмhe asked with a brow raised.

"Yeah," she replied.

"Weren't you with Harvey moments ago? Are you..."

Jared's eyes widened in an instant as he thought, 'Are they really.."

"I am back in my room."

Nicole could guess what he was thinking, so she quickly killed that thought for him.

Jared was relieved when he heard her answer.

'Thank God she explained.Otherwise, I would really buy a plane a ticket and fly over to meet her"

"You just hung up, so why are you video-calling me again?" Nicole looked upset as she looked at him.

"I probably called you on accident," Jared said, being stubborn and egotistical once again.

"I see.Well then, let's end the call," Nicole responded, acting as though she was about to hang up, as she wanted to rid Jared of his obstinacy.

"It's okay, since we're already here, let's just stay on the call," Jared said, and stopped acting as stubbornly as he did.

"Okay then, just say what you need to say," Nicole stated, giving him another chance to admit his mistake.

"Are you two alone on this trip?" Jared asked, evidently still concerned about the issue.

"If I said no, would you believe me?" she asked.

"Of course. Who else is there?" Jared continued asking.

‘He obviously doesn't believe me"

Nicole looked at Jared on the screen and remained silent for quite some time, as she wanted to make him anxious.