Ch. 1201..1205: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1201-1205

Chapter 1201

Jared turned to Mr. Johnston Sr. and asked, "Yes, grandpa?"

"Have you received any updates about Henry?" Mr. Johnston Sr. asked, his expression blank and cold when he broached the topic.

"Not yet. I'll let you know as soon as I get any." Jared walked out after leaving him with those words.

Jared knew that Mr. Johnston Sr. would only become more worried if he knew the truth, so he chose to hide it from him until he could bring Henry before Mr. Johnston Sr.

"Max, how's Martin's company doing?" Jared asked while walking.

"Everything is fine with Mr. Wyance and his company. They've already produced a huge batch of equipment," Max reported.

"How's the sales?"

"There aren't many orders for now. After all, we're only selling them locally, so there aren't many opportunities for these devices to be used to their best capacity."

"When you return, contact Martin and see if it's possible to export it to a country in which we are influential."

"Yes, sir."

"And one more thing, try not to let Mr. Johnston Sr. know about Henry."

"Got it." Max replied, watching Jared get into the car and before they left the hospital.

"Mr. Johnston, are we going to the office or back home?" Max asked.

"To the office."

"Sure." Max steered the car and drove them to the office.

When they had arrived at the office, an assistant entered Jared's office and said, "Mr. Johnston, this is the contract detailing the project between Henry and Miss Fisher. Now that he's not here, this project..."

"Okay, just leave it here," Jared said, frustrated as soon as he thought about Fiorella, who was the reason as to why there was a misunderstanding between him and Nicole.

He picked the file up and perused it. 'Henry signed it!'

Jared became furious and threw the file on the table. 'He's gone but he left a huge mess for me to deal with.'

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became.

Suddenly, he thought of something and asked Max. "Where's Castor?"

"I heard he's been locking himself in his room, not going anywhere."

"Get him to clean Henry's mess!" Jared looked at Max.

Max narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you saying that you want Castor to take over the project?"

"Yes."

"Won't our company suffer a massive loss?" Max asked. "Besides, Miss Fischer wouldn't agree to that, would she?"

"Just get Mr. Wyatt to supervise him. I'll talk to Miss Fisher." Jared replied, having already figured out what he was going to say.

"Yes, sir," Max uttered.

After Max had left, Jared took his phone out and sent a text to Nicole. [I'm back in the office.]

After some time, he received a reply from her. [Don't work today. Just take a rest at home. By the way, did you go to the hospital? How is Mr. Johnston Sr.?]

[He's recovering, so don't you worry. He even asked me about you.]

[You didn't badmouth me in front of him, did you?]

[Am I that much of a jerk to you?] Jared texted, starting to feel upset for some reason.

[Yup, a grade A jerk too.] Nicole replied, deliberately aggravating him as she thought about the incident that night.

[How dare you! Do you think my hands are tied just because I am miles away from you? Seems like I have to fly over for a little heart to heart again.]

Chapter 1202

[Come over then, I'll be waiting for you.] Nicole mocked, unafraid as she knew that Jared was threatening her. 'Why would he even come over when he just flew back, anyway?’

[You dare challenge me? Very well. We'll see what I'm going to do to you the next time I see you...] Jared replied, sending a few emojis along with the message.

Nicole quickly gazed off at Harvey's direction. As luck would have it, Harvey was not looking at her, so she shifted over and used the monitor to block his view of her.

"No more second chances. Goodbye!" Nicole quickly turned her phone off and acted like nothing had happened after she had sent that message.

Jared chuckled when he saw Nicole's message before placing it aside. He then began to work on the tasks that had accumulated over the past few days.

Hours passed, and the second he looked up from his desk, the sky was already pitch black. Seeing this, Jared turned to the documents on his desk and thought, ‘I won't be able to complete them even if I stay up all night.’

Knowing this, Jared took his phone out and gave Max a call. "Max, buy me some food."

"Yes, Mr. Johnston,” Max replied.

Jared hung up, stood up, and moved around. Then, he made himself a cup of coffee before returning to his desk to continue working.

Soon after, Max gave his door a few knocks and entered. "Mr. Johnston, I've brought you some food."

"Just place it here.” Jared gestured at the coffee table.

Max placed Jared's dinner on the coffee table and left the office.

After he had reviewed the document that he was holding, he went over to his coffee table to eat his dinner as he looked at the time. ‘Nicole is probably done with her work by now.’

He opened his chat log with Nicole and video-called her, but as no one answered, he ended the call and began eating all by himself.

Just when he was about to finish his meal, Nicole returned his call. "Sorry, I was busy, so I missed your call."

"It's alright. Haven't you gotten off work?" Jared asked with concern.

‘No, I must still arrange everything that we're going to do tomorrow. Are you having dinner?" Nicole asked, noticing the cutlery in his hand.

"Yeah, have you had yours?”

"Not yet, but I'm going to have mine after I'm done.”

"You should grab something to eat first. You can always work after you've had your dinner.” Jared said, concerned about her as he did not want her to work on an empty stomach.

"It's okay. I'm going to be done soon. Don't worry.” Nicole smiled.

"Well, work as quickly as you can, then,” he said. "I won't bother you anymore."

"Okay,” Nicole uttered.

Jared quickly ate what was left of his dinner and returned to his work pile. In another part of the world, Nicole had already completed everything she needed to do, and was already having dinner with Harvey and Kelly.

"Nicole, would you like to stay in the hotel with US today?" Harvey asked as he looked at Nicole.

Nicole took the last bite of her vegetable dish and returned the gaze. "Nah, I'm good. It's closer here anyway. I'm going to come here earlier tomorrow morning.”

"Okay, but wouldn't you want Kelly to accompany you?" Harvey asked, feeling that it would not be safe for her to make her way back on her own, now that Jared was gone.

"It's fine. I'll feel much better with the idea of the both of you returning together. I'd be worried if you were to go back to the hotel on your own,” Nicole said, knowing that she would be perfectly fine if she returned to her hotel alone.

However, she was not confident that Harvey would be able to protect himself, as she had seen his combat skills, or rather, his lack thereof.

Harvey's heart melted when he heard that Nicole was worried about him.' Seems like I did well by staying here with her. My efforts are finally paying off

 

Chapter 1203

Harvey immediately put on a show of machismo. "You don't have to worry about a big guy like me. Instead, I should be the one worrying about you going back alone.’

"Kelly, you should follow Nicole home later. It's better to have company," Harvey looked at Kelly and said.

"I'm fine with anything. I'll just go along with whatever you've decided.” Kelly said with a look of indifference, as she was Nicole's aide, and would do whatever she ordered.

Upon seeing how stubborn Harvey was, Nicole decided that she did not wish to argue anymore. "Whatever then. Just let me know when you're home.”

"No problem." Harvey looked at Nicole with a smile.

Soon after, the three of them walked out of the restaurant and Nicole proceeded to drive Kelly back home. Harvey stood there and watched until the car had vanished from sight. Then, he entered the car that had been waiting for him for quite a while.

Meanwhile, Carl had finally kept his end of the bargain by bringing the Beacon back to Zane after pulling some strings.

"Carl, what are they carrying?" Zane asked as he looked at the boxes that his men were carrying.

‘It's good stuff, Zane. Nicole told me to bring them here.” Carl smiled at Zane without answering his question directly.

"Good stuff? Let me see." Zane demanded, looking at Carl with his brows raised.

‘Open it for Zane,” Carl ordered his men.

His men opened the box, revealing devices as large as a person's palm. Zane frowned as he looked over. "What are these?”

Carl took one of them out before approaching Zane. "This is the good stuff Nicole had sent you. The Beacon."

"The Beacon?" Zane looked at the item in Carl's hand with his forehead creased.

"Yes. It is a portable medical equipment.

"Look, there are two buttons and a screen here. It's used to examine, detoxify, and repair the cells in one's body..." Carl explained the function of the Beacon to Zane while holding onto it.

"Oh? Can it really serve that many functions?” Zane looked at Carl in disbelief, as he had seen his fair share of cutting-edge inventions, but none of them ever came close to this.

"Yes. The owner of the factory even gave me a live demonstration when I was there. It works really well,” Carl mused as his eyes sparkled.

“Anyway, Nicole has also made it clear that you must contact her before the syringes run out, so she could make some arrangements in advance."

‘That's very thoughtful of her,” Zane complimented. "I'm sure nothing will go wrong, given the fact that Nicole had her hand in this, and you've seen what it could do.

"Yeah Zane, it's going to benefit US greatly," Carl said. "Nicole said that it's going to drastically decrease the risk of our men getting into life threatening conditions while they're operating."

Zane's eyes lit up as soon as he heard that. 'If what she said is true, then she is doing US a huge favor.’

"If that's the case, hand all of these out now. You've got to make sure that everybody gets one." Zane beamed as he said to Carl.

"Right away.”

Zane held one of the Beacons in his hand as he made his way back to the house and sat on a chair. He stared at the device, his eyes filled with curiosity, "The person who invented this medical contraption has got to be a genius. I have to meet this person if I ever get the opportunity."

Nicole's image appeared before his mind's eye as he looked at the Beacon in his hand. It had been some time since he called her up and he could not help but wonder how she was doing.

He took his phone out and dialed Nicole's number. After waiting for a moment, Nicole answered the call.

‘Hello, Zane." Nicole greeted, her voice a little low because she thought that something wrong must have happened to Zane when she received a call from him.

Chapter 1204

"Chill out. Everything is fine here," Zane assured Nicole as he could tell that she was worried.That's good to know. How are you, Zane?" Nicole asked.

‘I'm swell. I've seen the Beacons you got Carl to deliver to me.”

"What do you think about it?" Nicole asked.

Carl introduced it to US and I found it amazing!” he said. "It’s really useful to us."

"That's true, and I've been looking forward to it even before it was produced," she replied. "Now, I can rest easy when you and your men go about on your missions.”

"Yeah. How are you, by the way?” Zane asked with concern.

‘I'm doing pretty well for myself,” she replied. “I'm on a business trip in Lanningbourg."

"Lanningbourg? You've got to take care of yourself. It's not the safest place to be," Zane reminded.

"Why? Is the Raven up to something again?” Nicole immediately asked as she wanted to know the latest update.

‘They've been pulling little tricks in silence. Previously, one of the factories of Curley Corporation was vandalized, but fortunately, the company was prepared for it and took precautions, otherwise, they might have faced a great loss."

"Why haven't I heard of this?’ Nicole asked, confused.

"The attack wasn't that major, so not many knew about it.”

‘Oh. By the way, has Curley Corporation completed the Brave Al robot production?" Nicole asked.

"I think they have produced the first batch," Zane replied.

"Alright Zane, can you see if it's possible to order an entire batch of Braves from Curley Corporation?” Nicole asked.

"What would you need them for?"

"We can put them to good use after some modifications," Nicole said in a low voice.

I've thought about that too, but Curley wouldn't just sell those Braves to just about anyone.’ Zane said, knowing what the Braves could do.He wanted to get his hands on a few of them too, but it was just too difficult for him to do so.

"They wouldn't sell it to anyone other than the fire department and other rescue groups. One of the reasons is that they cannot produce them fast enough to meet the demands,” Zane finished.

"In the world we live in, no business would say no to profits. As we know what the problem is, there is always a chance. I'll give it a try." The light in Nicole's eyes dimmed as she was thinking of solutions.

"You have lots of crazy ideas, so you might as well go ahead, but I must ask that you do not push your luck." Zane reminded.

"Yeah, I know my limits,” she said.

"I'm not going to get in the way of your rest now. Just contact me if you come across any issues.” Zane said and hung up right thereafter.

"Sure." Nicole placed her phone down.

She wanted to give Jared another call, but when she saw that it was getting late, she laid down and got herself some shuteye.

The next day, the weather was great and there were white clouds floating in the sky. Nicole and Kelly were already at the R&D lab to work early in the morning.

"Kelly, take these and bring them to that office.” Nicole pointed at the documents on the table.

“Sure.”

Nicole had prepared everything that she needed before she began the process of tuning and debugging. Many people were entering the lab at that time, and all of them greeted Nicole when they saw her.

"Good morning, Miss Riddle."

Nicole looked at them. "Good morning."

"You're really early, Miss Riddle.” Ike walked in as well.

Chapter 1205

"You're here just in time, Ike. Help me see if I've missed anything." Nicole looked at Ike and thought, ‘Finally, someone can help me.’

Ike looked around as his eyes ranged over the equipment in the office.’ Everything's here already. This place is almost as good as my lab now."

"Yeah, okay. Still, this place is not remotely comparable to yours. How's the preparation going on your end?” Nicole stopped what she was doing and looked at Ike.

‘A few members of my team have not arrived yet, so I suppose your team is more disciplined than mine.” Ike looked at Nicole in admiration.

"We're just fine." Nicole smiled humbly.

"Well, I'm not going to stick around for a chat. I've got to go back and start preparing too,” Ike said, after which he left Nicole's workplace.

Nicole watched Ike as he left and smiled is everyone here?” Nicole asked, eyeing the people in her office.

All of them looked around and it was then that one of them said, "One of us isn’t here yet.”

‘Call that person and ask them where they're at."

"Okay."

Kelly, Harvey isn't here too, right?’ Nicole looked at Kelly, who was beside her.

‘He told me he was on his way when I texted him earlier,” Kelly said.

"Alright.”

"Before we begin, let's have a discussion. You can state your opinions. Tell me what you think about this chip.” Nicole looked at them.

While they were discussing, Harvey arrived and walked in after pushing the door open, and for a moment, he locked eyes with Nicole before taking a seat.

Nicole was at the front, going over the ways in which she could work with the R&D personnel. Soon after, the person who got stuck in traffic barged in as he panted heavily, rushing to join the discussion. After it was over, Nicole charged a few of them with the task of developing the chip, and though everyone was assigned a different responsibility, all of them would be working collectively toward the same goal.

From time to time, someone would call out to Nicole and say, "Please have a look at this. Miss Riddle.

The office was busy, but Harvey was afforded the privilege of being the most laid-back person in the room. However, he did not just laze around, as his eyes were fixed on Nicole. His gaze followed her wherever she went. He knew that Nicole was busy, so he did not wish to bother her. All he could do was watch her in silence.

As soon as lunchtime came, Harvey went up to Nicole to speak to her. Unfortunately for him, Ike, who was slightly late, had walked over too.

"Wow, you really are working hard. Usually, you'll come over early for lunch. Why are you the latest among everyone today?” Nicole teased.

"I won't allow myself to lose to you. For the entire morning, I haven't drank a single sip of water.” Ike said before he gulped a big glass of water down.

"Seriously? You have so many people working with you, but you don't even have the time to drink water?" Nicole said, unable to believe what he was spouting.

"I'm serious.” Ike replied with a look of defeat.

As the exchange occurred, Harvey glared at Ike as he was utterly annoyed with him.

Back in the office, Jared was working when someone walked in after opening the door.

"Mr. Johnston, I'm glad you're finally back, as the project might be delayed if you aren't.” Fiorella fussed as she entered Jared's office.

"It seems that the news got to you rather quickly, Miss Fisher. I just got back yesterday and you're already here today," Jared joked as he looked into Fiorella's eyes.

"Oh, that's very charming of you to say, Mr. Johnston. You were the one who brought me here.” Fiorella looked at Jared affectionately.

Jared was rendered speechless and changed the subject at once. "Did you come here to talk about the project?”

‘Yeah, I can't believe I actually forgot about the elephant in the room after looking at you," she said. "Mr. Johnston, though Henry has fled to another country, I signed this contract with the Johnston Group, and that is why it's still in effect. Thankfully, it's stated in the contract that you and Castor are the people in charge of this project. This why I'm now talking to you about it."

Fiorella smiled. To her, Henry's absence was a boon, as Jared would not have an excuse to avoid her anymore.