Ch. 116..120: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 116-120
Chapter 116
Chapter 116 It was this sentence.
Harvey looked at Edwin and asked quizzically, “How do you know that she doesn’t like me?” · The way he asked as if he still wanted her to like him. Edwin rolled his eyes and handed him the phone.
“3 minutes and 42 seconds in the video, watch it.” Harvey did not refuse and skipped to the 3 minute and 42 seconds mark, it was the part where Nicole was speaking to Snow and the others.
He quietly listened to Nicole saying that she was not interested in him, and a dark gloom soon shrouded his eyes. Edwin watched him replaying the video again and again like he was possessed, and could not help but whisper, “Harvey, you alright?” Harvey did not look up, but his tone was as usual as he smiled.
“Why am I not alright?” Edwin did not say to speak out, but his heart roared.
‘Bro, you have been rejected, bro! You don’t look like you’re alright at all Both of them were quiet as Nicole’s cold, determined voice echoed in the room.
As Harvey listened on, the smile on his lips gradually faded away. The only reason he asked her to be his girlfriend was because he simply felt that grandpa valued her, and perhaps she would be useful to him, and not out of any sincere intentions. But yet, why does he feel some slight pangs of discomfort inside him when he heard her say something like this.
It was almost driving to run before Nicole and yell at her, asking her why. But he cannot In the shadows, Harvey’s smile appeared once again.
A moment later, seeing that Harvey had somewhat calmed down, Edwin spoke again, “Harvey, do you really like Nicole?” Harvey did not speak, and Edwin thought that that was a tacit acknowledgement, so he said excitedly, “Woah, I can’t believe that your tastes have finally levelled up.
I’ve long been sick of that fake wench Snow.
Nicole is way better.
Not only she is pretty, but she also has a personality and she is seemingly skilled in martial arts.
She even gave Austin a shoulder throw the first day she came to school, as if Austin’s six feet stature was like nothing.
When I saw his expression in the video, he was so bewildered…” Harvey listened on quietly as Edwin praised Nicole and did not interrupt him.
Yet just as Edwin stopped to take a drink, he asked, “You seem to know Nicole well?” Edwin immediately paused and shook his head. How could he? They haven’t even met before. “Then why are you speaking up for her like that?” Edwin was taken aback.
He after all could not say that he had a favor to ask of her, so he could only sheepishly say, “I always felt that she is a pretty nice person.
At the very least the light in her eyes is real.” When Harvey heard that he was stunned. Indeed, there was a bright light in Nicole’s eyes no matter when she looked at someone in the eyes. It was the light of her soul, her attitude towards life. Harvey looked at Edwin, and the latter too was looking at him,
seemingly with some musings in his eyes. “Harvey, I seem to understand why Nicole doesn’t like you now.” Harvey did not respond but instead silently put on his coat as he got up to go out.
Edwin did not stop him.
As he looked at Harvey’s back, he whispered, “Harvey, Snow is spreading news about the two of you being a couple.
Are you really not going to stop her?” Harvey turned around, his face hidden in the shadows, making his expression hard to discern. “Why should I stop her?” When Edwin heard Harvey’s voice, it was still that gentle and polite tone. “But she’ll use your name to hurt Nicole, no?” He looked at Harvey, believing that the latter could read between the lines. Harvey did understand as he turned his head around, and his tone turned chilly. “Do not interfere, Edwin Bradford.” As he said that, he closed the door and left. Edwin looked at the closed door somewhat speechlessly.
Oh, how he wished his friend there could do better.
‘What was so great about Snow anyway? She’s not as pretty as Nicole, and she’s also a schemer to boot,’ He thought. Harvey could do nothing but pick up his back and got ready to head out. Nicole had no idea that there was someone in the Royal Creek Institute that could still through Snow’s true face.
At this moment, she was on her way to the cafe. It seemed like her earlier warning somewhat worked as not many dared to look at her directly along the way, and naturally there were much less whispers as well. Nicole was carefreely playing her phone, and while she may look like she was taking a stroll, she very quickly reached the door of the cafe. Jared was leaning lazily against the window, and seeing that she came here alone today, his mood was good.
His low-lying eyebrows raised slightly as he gave her a wicked smile. He looked like a trace of spring snow upon a distant mountain, and when he smiled it was extremely beautiful, a kind of stunning beauty that was eluded words. A few girls behind Nicole instantly screamed. “Ahhhh! He’s looking at me, and he’s smiling at me too!” “Screw you! He was smiling at me!” The few of them walked over with flushed face as if they were drunk.
Even when a distance away Nicole could still hear them discussing, saying things like if only the man was from their school, then Harvey will be dirt. Nicole almost wanted to snigger, and after that, her mood was somehow much better. Jared saw her push the door open, and her mood seemed better than earlier, so he could not help but to raise his eyebrow.
“You’re unhappy today?” Nicole shook her head.
“No.” She placed her bag down and sat across Jared. Many recognized Nicole and seeing the two seating together, many whispers soon started around them.
Many girls took a glance at Jared and one girl who could no longer bear it suddenly stood up and said to Jared, “Hey, handsome, don’t be fooled by Nicole, she’s not a good person!”
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She saw that Jared was good-looking and wanted to chat him up, so she deliberately skipped class to try to get close to him in the morning.
Yet this man was really indifferent, as if no one was above his notice.
She had wanted to approach him a few times but was frightened by his coldness. It was not until Nicole came into the cafe that he revealed his first smile today, and she was stunned by it. That made her fall for him, and jealous of Nicole! Thinking of the discussions in the school forum about Nicole, with nary anything positive, how could the girl watch on as he gets deceived by Nicole.
So that was why she stood up out of a sense of justice. She had thought that Jared would listen to her, or at the very least should be curious as to why she said that.
Yet, Jared did not even bother to look at her as he focused on Nicole and said plainly, “Want me to throw her out?” Nicole had been surrounded with nothing but gossip today, and Jared’s words was a refreshing breeze, She looked and him with an eyebrow raised as she casually said, “No need, she’ll leave by herself.” Sure enough, how could the girl endure such a girl attitude from Jared as her temper flared, “What the web said is true, Nicole is really a vixen!” Nicole did not even react, but Jared’s eyes immediately turned chilly. He looked at the girl, and said coldly, “Apologize.” Jared’s aura was not something any ordinary person could withstand, much less a normal schoolgirl.
When he looked · over, the girl was so scared she burst into tears as she cried
loudly, “I’m sorry, Nicole!”
And then she immediately ran out of the cafe as if she had suffered a great humiliation. Jared frowned but Nicole stretched her hand out to stop him.” Don’t mind it.” A good four-fifth of a girl could never stand being forced to apologize to a girl by a man they liked. Jared looked at her impassive face as a layer of frost slowly appeared in his eyes.
“Is the general quality of the students in the Royal Creek Institute like that?” Nicole gave him a strange look.
How could she not catch that he was asking whether she was bullied or not in a roundabout way, so when she heard that, she smiled and said, “No, it’s just that some have poor upbringing to begin with and has nothing to do with the Royal Creek Institute.” It was only then did Jared’s eyes soften. He looked at Nicole, who was looking at the sky outside, and wanted to say something but could not find the words.
She has yet to withdraw her hand on his, and as he looked over, he was slightly taken aback. There were no accessories on her fair left hand, but there was a black medium sized Esperian character tattooed on her index finger, exuding a strange beauty Nicole seemingly noticed his gaze and simply just pulled her hand back. It was only then did Jared look away as he turned towards her and smiled.
“The tattoo fits you well.” Nicole waved him off.
“It’s something I’ve gotten while I was still a naive girl, and I’m just too lazy to get rid of it now.
So, I just kept it there.”
Jared’s lips twitched a little but did not ask further as he wanted to enjoy his time with her.
“Want to order something?” Hearing that, Nicole looked over at him, and after some thought, she slowly said, “I feel like having mocha today.” Jared perked up and looked at her as soon as he heard that.
Her taste had always been more towards plain and bitter, but she actually ordered mocha this time around.
But he did not ask too much and only nodded as he asked the waiter to serve it up. Soon, the coffee was served.
He placed the coffee before Nicole and pretended to ask, “Nicole, why are there callouses on your left hand?” Most people are right-handed, but Nicole’s right hand was very smooth, almost perfectly smooth, yet when she turned her left hand around there was some almost indiscernible callouses on it. And the location was very special, the outer side of the purlicue. Jared’s gaze slowly deepened. This position, it can only be “It was a mark left after my shooting practice.”
Firearm callouses. The voice in his heart and Nicole’s voice said the same thing at the same time.
Jared then looked up, his gaze towards Nicole deepened somewhat. He did not expect that his fiancé here to know how to shoot. Nicole was holding her coffee cup and taking small sips, and seemed like she was extremely calm, as if what she had just said was nothing big. Could it be just simple practice target in the range? Is that why she is so skilled? That made him extremely curious. When she looked at Jared taking a measure of her, she felt a tinge of caution within her. ‘This guy, he isn’t suspecting me, right?’ She wondered. Taking a glance at her watch, and seeing the time, it was almost time for Austin and the others to come over for their revision.
She needed to make a move. And speaking of the devil, just when Nicole thought of Austin, a bright voice came from the door of the cafe.
“Boss.” Nicole’s eyes were impassive as she took her bag and got ready to go upstairs. Before she left; she said to Jared, “Give them an Americano each.
Studying is hard, so they could use the perk up.” “Put them on my tab as usual.” And for some reason, coffee was not served last time, so Nicole purposefully reminded him, “No forgetting them this time.” Jared looked at her silhouette , the jealousy lit up in his eyes was almost unconcealable.
He did not respond to her, but instead walked slowly to the counter and said, “Six Americanos.”
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“Oh.” Although he could see noticed that his boss was quite reluctant, the barista still started making coffee, he then asked, “How should we bill them?”
These few cups were for the guys with Nicole. Since the boss dislikes them, might as well charge them a fortune.
Yet, Jared just said plainly, “No need.”
The barista gave Jared a surprised glance. Although his hands did not stop moving, he really felt sorry for his boss.
The coffee beans their cafe used were very expensive, and they were imported by air, making them even more expensive. Normally they could only balance the sheet or even suffer a loss. ‘Giving Ms. Nicole a cup or two from time to time was fine, but what right did this bunch have to enjoy such good coffee?’ He thought.
But he could only obey his boss’ orders, so he simply just worked.
Austin, Nicole, and the guys were already at the second floor, and she simply picked a room to sit and got them to take out all of the stuff they had studied earlier.
She quickly checked through their homework and noticed there was almost none of the earlier mistakes as a hint of satisfaction appeared in her eyes
It seemed like they actually comprehended and digested the stuff she taught them.
They were teachable.
Nicole then quickly went through the parts where they made more mistakes. She was very confident with her lecture, and the content was well paced, causing the group to be engrossed in it.
The revision lasted all the way to nine o’clock, and when it ended the few were still in the mood for it.
They had never felt that studying was such a joyful thing to do before!
The group joked and laughed as they escorted Nicole out of the room. Now all of them called Nicole “boss” without any hesitation. “Boss, you are awesome! I love listening to your lectures! It’s not only interesting to me, but I can also understand what’s going on!”
“Yeah! But why is the school forum claiming that you suck at your studies?”
Nicole did not answer, but in her place, Austin rolled his eyes as he spat, “That’s because they are as blind as a bat.”
Nicole gave him a curious look, and Sammey immediately understood her as he guffawed, “Austin, I never thought you’d know how to use idioms!”
Austin was elated. “That’s because I’m boss’ favorite disciple, of course I’ve learnt more!”
Everyone burst into laughter as soon as they heard that.
Nicole too wore a faint smile on her face, and as the group was about to go downstairs. the door of the private room beside
them opened as Snow and Harvey walked out with a group in tow. The two of them were standing in the front as they chatted about something.
And Harvey, who was in the middle of speaking, saw Nicole who was walking towards him and was immediately stunned.
The girl was pretty and tall, her long legs slender, and at this moment the corners of her lips were slightly raised as her delicate features looked even more alluring under the slightly dim room.
Nicole had never smiled like that when she was facing him.
Natural yet beautiful, like a snow lotus waiting to bloom. She was so perfect that it was tempting.
Harvey’s gaze attracted Snow’s attention and as she turned around, she saw Nicole with a bunch of hooligans, a sharp look appeared in her gentle eyes.
This Nicole Wallace, why was she such a constant pain in the rear!
When she saw that Harvey’s gaze was locked onto Nicole, she gritted her teeth as she walked over and greeted Nicole.” Nicole, you’re here too?”
When Nicole saw them, her smile instantly disappeared. Harvey looked on at her bright eyes, but what was looking back at him was nothing but a cold glint.
She did not answer Snow, but instead just walked past her.
Harvey’s face twitched a little, and seeing that Nicole was leaving just like that, he subconsciously stretched his hand out
to grab her.
Nicole deftly dodged his arm, and then looked at Harvey.” What are you doing?”
Austin and the others had already recognized Harvey and Snow and knowing that the two of them were unfriendly to Nicole, they immediately stood before her. “What do you two think you’re doing?”
Harvey watched as Nicole dodged and paused his hand movement before naturally pulling his hand back. He looked
at Austin standing before him as he frowned and asked,” Nothing. It’s already late, Austin, what are you guys doing here?”
Both Harvey and Austin were rich scions, so they naturally knew one another.
However, Harvey’s status did not allow him mingle with a school bully, so he very rarely spoke to Austin.
Austin looked at his pretentious air and sneered, “What does what we’re doing here have anything to do with you, Mr. Harvey?”
Just as Harvey was about to say something, Nicole had already spoken, “Austin, let’s go.”
Austin acknowledged and immediately headed downstairs, yet a girl behind Harvey and Snow sneered, “It’s already so late, and Nicole, you a girl with so many guys inside a private room. Who knows what sort of hanky-panky things you lot are up to! And now you’re leaving when Harvey is asking you something? Why? Feeling guilty huh?”
Harvey too looked at Nicole. Their private room was by the stairwell, and at this moment his group was standing there and had no intentions to make way.
When Snow heard what the girl said, she looked at Nicole with a tinge of surprise and disbelief, but soon she calmed down,” Yvana, don’t spout nonsense , Nicole is not that sort of girl.”
Yvana followed up with another sneer, “Snow, don’t be silly. You are still protecting her? Who knows how many men Nicole had since hooked up with, and now she’s the third wheel between you and Harvey. I wouldn’t be surprised if she did anything right now!”
When Austin heard that, how could he bare the situations as he roared at Yvana, “Yvana Wyance, don’t you overstep your bounds. Don’t make me break my rule of not hitting a woman!
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Seeing that Austin only knew how to settle things by force, Yvana could not help but to twitch her lips, “You fool! You brute! You are like a stone age barbarian! You only know how to tail behind a woman!”
Back then, Austin was after her affection and did everything to impress her.
It could be said that he sincerely handed his heart over to her, yet she relentlessly mocked his intelligence; saying that he was only good at swinging his fists and was totally unlike Harvey.
Austin was so heartbroken that he swore to find someone many times better than Yvana.
Now when she heard her scolding him so harshly, Austin recalled his sad past and his entire person was stunned silly.
Seeing Austin, a burly bloke, was almost reduced to tears by this girl, Nicole frowned as she said icily, “Apologize.”
Yvana looked at him with disdain as she stood behind Snow and Harvey, feeling like she was the incarnation of justice itself.
“Who are you to ask me to apologize?”
When Harvey heard what Yvana said, his eyes dimmed a little, but he did not say anything.
Nicole’s eyes gradually grew chilly.
She did not deign to even look at Yvana as she said coldly to Harvey, “What are you implying?”
Even when others could not tell, she immediately caught on to it.
This entire topic was instigated by Harvey, and Yvana simply just followed the flow.
Simply put, she was made to
become Harvey’s gunman.
Harvey looked at his reflection in her beautiful eyes, and he was slightly engrossed in the feeling of having her attention focused on him.
He smiled and said gently, “I wasn’t implying anything.
I just wanted to know what you were doing.”
So, just because he wanted to know what she was doing, he could put up a bait and lead the people around him on to insult her without any scruples?
Harvey understood what she meant, and the smile on his face froze.
He had no other way.
Nicole hated him, and she will not answer him if he asked her directly.
He had no choice but to do this.
Harvey clenched his fist and felt he had done nothing wrong.
He can only be reassured if he used everything he can use, and master everything in his hands.
Nicole could see through him and no longer exchanged anymore words with him.
She instead walked past him towards Yvana, her eyes were so cold it was bereft of any emotions.
“Apologize to Austin, now.”
Yvana shrank under her gaze, her earlier bravado was nowhere to be found.
She looked at Harvey for help only to find the latter smirking a little as he looked at Nicole with her aura unleashed; the light in his eye was totally indiscernible.
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Yvana felt that Harvey was different from the usual him at this very moment.
He looked more like a leopard that had
encountered its favorite prey, and the assured look in his eyes was absolutely creepy.
Yvana then looked at Snow and found that she was looking at Harvey.
After sensing her pleas for help she turned to look at Nicole, a tinge of ferocity appeared in her eyes.
Yvana was taken aback, was this person still the gentle and harmless Snow?
But fortunately, Snow spoke in the end, “Nicole, we are all classmates, you don’t have to be so belligerent.”
Nicole did not even look at her as her eyes were as cold as ice,” Oh, so when you insulted Austin and slandered me, the thought of not being so belligerent escaped you?”
Snow did not expect Nicole to not give her any face.
Yvana came here with her and Harvey and she paid no heed to that at all.
She had no idea if the latter simply had no tact or was just straight up stupid.
When she looked at Harvey still staring unblinkingly at Nicole, Snow’s eyes dimmed.
“Nicole, enough is enough, let it go! After all, it’s your problematic attitude that cause you to be ridiculed.
If you have no problems, why would anyone talk bad about you?”
It was only then did Nicole turn around and looked at her with a half-smile.
“Oh, and you don’t know whether I have problems or not?”
Others may not know her relationship with Samuel or Spencer, but Snow? She had always spread rumors in school, and even incited the crowd.
When trouble occurs, she will never help her
to explain, but instead she would try to fan the flames and discredit her, and now Snow actually got the cheek to try to tell her off?
When Harvey heard Nicole’s words, a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes.
He recalled Snow showing her posts about Nicole on the school forum before he even got back to school.
One of the pictures was her with a group of guys, looking very intimate with one another.
Thinking of that picture, his eyes grew dimmer.
But it seemed like there was something behind all these.
When Nicole posed the question to Snow, she suddenly felt very guilty.
She was no longer in the mood to care about Yvana, and now Harvey was so different with Nicole.
‘If he realized Nicole had no attitude issues, wouldn’t he be attracted to her even more?’ She thought.
When that thought crossed Snow’s mind, she became extremely flustered and afraid.
She then turned to Yvana and said, “Yvana, just apologize to Austin.
It’s not like he had done anything!”
When she heard Snow asking her to apologize, Yvana straight up refused as she glared at Nicole.
“Which part I said was wrong? Who knows what you are up to with a bunch of guys! Why should I apologize to you mongrels?”
Upon hearing Yvana still slandering him and Nicole , Austin was so furious his chest was heaving.
“Yvana Wyance, know your limits! Boss is just tutoring us because of our poor
results.
How can your mind be so dirty?”
When Harvey heard that he was slightly taken aback.
He did not expect things to be like this.
Since he got the answer he wanted, he did not intend to continue to push against Nicole.
So, he smiled and prepared to say something.
At that very moment, a slothful voice came from the stairwell.
“Nicole, it’s closing time.
I’ll send you back.”
When Nicole heard this, the chill in her eyes eased a little, but before she could speak, one of her underlings behind her shouted, “Bro, boss is being bullied!”
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That underling always saw Nicole and Jared together whenever he came here, and the two were a perfect match for one another, so he naturally thought that they were a couple.
That led him to call out to Jared the moment he saw the latter. Little did he know, after calling out to Jared, he noticed everyone around him had a stunned look on their faces. Even Nicole’s somewhat emotionless eyes turned towards him. ‘Eh, was I wrong?’ Austin’s underling scratched his head and was a little perplexed. Jared fell silent.
Following the sound of his footsteps, he went up the stairs. At this moment, Austin was staring at Nicole with a confused look.
“Boss, you already have a boyfriend?” After taking a quick glance at Nicole’s face, he smacked his underling and said, “You and your nonsense!” At this moment, Jared had already come upstairs and when he saw Harvey, Snow, and the others, he spoke slowly, “Why are things to lively here?”
Seeing that Jared really came upstairs, Nicole rolled her eyes at him and said, “Nothing, I can deal with this myself.” Jared looked at her and let out a faint smile. Every girl present was stunned, and there was only one word in their mind. Stunning.’ At this moment, everyone’s attention was on Jared, and no one noticed Harvey’s expression. Ever since Harvey ascertained who was the person who came upstairs, the smile on his face gradually faded away.
His emotional control seemed to be out of sorts as his eyes looking at Nicole became pitch-black, as if it was desolate wasteland where everything had withered. Nicole did not look at him, and naturally did not know his expression at this very moment.
Jared, however, noticed and thinking of what Austin’s underling had said, he looked at Harvey with an impassive gaze as he asked, “Were you bullying her?”
Yvana had now identified that this person was the cafe’s boss.
Thinking that he was only the boss of the cafe, no matter how handsome he was, he had no right to speak to Harvey like that, so she immediately yelled at him, “Harvey said nothing.
We just happen to see Nicole with so many guys this late at night and thought that she was being improper!” In the face of Jared’s looks and aura, she could not help but to be much more elegant and implicit with her choice of words. Jared raised the corner of his lips as he walked towards Nicole without even looking at Yvana.
He then cast a half-smile towards Harvey.
“Is that so? But I was observing Nicole and can assure you that she was providing tuition to these few here.
However, for this… mr. Ellison, for him to be out so late with so many girls, isn’t that much more suspicious?” When Austin and the rest heard this, they immediately looked over.
Sure enough, aside from Harvey, his entire entourage were girls! Nicole noticed the pause when Jared mentioned Harvey’s name and could not help but to glance at him.
‘Does this guy not remember what Harvey’s name is?’ She wondered. When Jared saw her looking at him, he winked back at her.
Yvana immediately interjected, “Don’t you go accusing us without proof! Harvey brought us here because of the school’s physics team discussion.
This is approved by the school!” Yet Jared just plainly said, “You say I’ve no proof, and if I still insist on saying that you were doing immoral things, and make a big deal of it on the internet , what can you do then?” As he said that, his gaze fell upon Snow, and when the latter immediately shuddered at the glance. The others may not know who he was, but she knew him very well. Jared was the heir to the Johnston Group, and he was also Nicole’s fiancé! Although she knew who he was, but she never thought that his aura would be so terrifying; his glance alone could kill. She quickly calmed down and wanted to explain things to smooth things out, but at this moment Harvey held his hand out to stop her.