Ch. 1286..1290: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1286-1290

Chapter 1286

Max drove Jared and Nicole gradually away from The Herald under the watchful eyes of Harvey. Kelly, and Martin.

Martin then turned to Harvey and Kelly and asked, "Do you want me to drive you home?"

Harvey waved his hand, and Kelly said, “Thank you, Mr. Wyance, but it's okay. I will take Harvey back to his home.”

"Well then, be safe. I shall leave now." Martin left in the car that had arrived to pick him up once he had said his goodbyes.

This left Kelly and Harvey, who remained standing at the entrance outside The Herald on their own.

"Harvey, what is your home address?" Kelly asked.

Harvey mumbled a few incoherent words and blacked out. Seeing this, Kelly had no choice but to help Harvey into a cab.

"Make your way to 455 South Avenue,” she said.

The next morning, Harvey woke up with his throat parched. He opened his groggy eyes, still feeling a little dizzy. It took him a

while before he could see the furnishings in the room clearly.

"Where is this?” He looked around the room, the pastel-colored decoration telling him that this was not his room.

Just as he sat up from bed, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside as Kelly walked in with a glass of water.

Seeing Harvey wide awake, she said, "You're awake?"

Then, she handed him the glass of water.

Harvey looked at Kelly, grabbed the glass of water, and took a sip. "What is this place?”

"It is my home.”

Harvey looked at Kelly in surprise as he almost spewed his mouthful of water. "Your home?"

“Yeah, is there anything wrong with that?” Kelly looked at Harvey calmly.

Harvey looked around again, and noticed that the entire room was in pink. He did not expect Kelly to be so cute.

"Wait, why am I at your house?” Harvey frowned.

"You got hammered last night, and I didn’t know where you lived, so I brought you straight to my home.” Kelly looked at Harvey bashfully.

"I was drunk?" Harvey looked at Kelly, unable to believe that.

"You don't believe me? Do I have to tell you about it?" Kelly asked, wishing to explain the entire situation to him as she could see that Harvey did not believe what she had said.

"No, it is alright. Thanks for bringing me here.” Harvey said as he got up and staggered out of the room.

Seeing this, Kelly rushed forward to help him out.

"I'm fine on my own.” Harvey stubbornly brushed Kelly's hand aside and hobbled out on his own.

After leaving Kelly's house, Harvey hailed a cab and headed for his villa.

Back in Jared's villa, Nicole had spent the entire night taking care of Jared and had fallen asleep on his bedside.

After Jared had woken up, he saw Nicole sleeping on the edge of his bed.’ Has she fallen asleep while taking care of me?’

Jared placed his hand on his forehead, which still hurt a little. He gently got off the mattress before carrying Nicole to the bed and covering her with a blanket. After doing so, he looked at her beautiful visage and gave her a peck on the forehead. Then, he left the room so that she could get some rest.

He came into the living room, sat down on the couch, and took a breather, recalling the events of last night. He could vaguely remembered that Nicole had helped him out of

The Herald, but he could not remember anything that had happened thereafter. Following a short rest on the couch, he got up and made his way to the kitchen, where he wanted to make a hearty breakfast for Nicole.

After a while, footfalls began thudding down the flight of stairs. It was Nicole. She scanned the living room but Jared was nowhere to be seen. Hearing a sound in the kitchen, she made a beeline for it, and it was there that she saw Jared cooking.

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Jared spun around and saw Nicole looking at him. “You are awake? Why didn't you get more sleep?”

‘I didn't see you in the bedroom and thought you were not feeling well again.” Nicole looked at Jared.

Jared looked at Nicole with a frown. “Wait, why would you think I was not feeling well when I'm not in the room?”

Nicole was amused at the thought of Jared not feeling well. Last night, he had wandered around alone looking for the bathroom, and she ended up helping him in.

‘What are you laughing at?" Jared asked, perplexed by the mocking look on Nicole's face.

‘Nothing, just recalling some of your strange behavior last night.” Nicole said, and erupted into a gale of laughter again.

Jared could not help but shake his head, and returned to the kitchen to get busy, with Nicole following right behind to see what he was doing.

‘What are you doing?” she asked.

“I'm cooking your favorite steak," Jared said.

‘That’s nice of you.” Nicole looked at him with her brows raised.

"Not a problem. Take it as token of gratitude for taking good care of me last night.’ Jared looked at Nicole with a smile.

"Now, go and wash up," he urged. "The steak will be ready once you're done. =

“Okay.” Nicole turned around and headed upstairs.

Jared sped up, and in no time, he got two sets of hearty breakfasts ready. After Nicole was done giving herself a rinse, she came back into the dining room. The two sat across from each other, with Jared handing her the steak which had been sliced. Seeing this, she smiled as she enjoyed his displays of chivalry. Besides, she had not eaten steak that he cooked for a long time.

Jared glanced at Nicole. "Give it a try. Haven't you been missing it for a long time?"

"No, I haven't. I could have steak every day abroad, you know?" Nicole clapped back, though she was actually happy, and did not mean what she said.

Jared knew she was lying, but he could not be bothered to expose her. He sliced the piece of steak on his plate, took a piece and chewed it in his mouth. Then, he looked at Nicole in the eye with a smile on his face.

‘What happened last night?" Jared asked while staring at Nicole.

‘Nothing. You and Harvey were drunk, while the other three of US were sober."

“Harvey was drunk too?" Jared looked at Nicole with a brow raised.

"Yeah, I had to ask Kelly to take him home," she said.

Jared was secretly delighted with the fact that he had also gotten drunk last night. Otherwise, Harvey would have asked Nicole to take him home.

“Do you have anything going on today?" Jared asked, looking at Nicole, thinking if she had nothing to do, they could catch some rest together in the villa.

‘I don't think I have anything to do. Do you?” Nicole asked, looking into Jared's eyes.

“Since you have nothing to do, why don't we cut ourselves some slack and laze around here today?” Jared stared into Nicole's eyes, unsure if she would agree.

“I'm going back to my Grandma's today. Have yourself a good rest here. Thank you very much for the breakfast,” Nicole said, placed her cutlery down, and turned around before making her way upstairs.

Looking on as Nicole went up, Jared felt a little disappointed. He began wondering if she was still mad at him.

After a few minutes, Jared walked up to her as she returned to the lower floor, fully dressed.

Puzzled, Nicole looked at him. “Don't you have to get some rest? Are you going out as well?”

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‘‘It bores me to stay here on my own. I might as well go to work." Jared pushed the door open and walked out ahead of Nicole.

Nicole shot him a glance and followed suit.Now sitting in his car, Jared looked over at Nicole. "Are you coming back to stay the night?’

"No, I'm not coming back,” Nicole said, after which she stepped on her gas pedal and drove away.

Jared then ignited his engine and drove to his office. On the way, he could not get Nicole out of his head and was in no mood to work, so he turned around and drove to the hospital.

Once he had arrived at Maximillian's ward, he pushed the door open and walked over. "Grandpa, why are you out of bed?”

He had not visited his grandfather for just a while and to his surprise, his grandfather had already gotten out of bed.

"Jared, you are here?" Mr. Johnston Sr. was standing by the window, admiring the view outside when he heard Jared's voice and turned around.

"Grandpa, did the doctor say that you can get out of bed and move around? ' Jared asked.

"The doctor said I'm recovering fast, and can get out of bed slowly now." Maximillian looked at Jared with sincerity in his eyes, though he was lying.

Jared nodded, believing him. "That's good, but you should also get more rest and take it slowly."

"Don't worry. I know what I'm doing. Anyway, what brings you here today?" Maximillian asked, looking over at Jared.

"It has been a few days since I've last visited you. It just so happens that I'm not as busy today, so I dropped by to see you," Jared said, not telling him the real reason.

"Come over and sit down." Maximillian gestured, signaling Jared to walk him to the couch and sit him down. "Jared, when the doctor comes later, you ask him if I can be discharged from the hospital.”

As he said those words, the intention of getting out of the hospital was written all over his face.

"Judging by how quickly you are recovering, you'll probably be discharged from the hospital soon. I will ask the doctor later when he comes by," Jared said.

"By the way, have you gotten any information regarding Henry yet?" the old man asked.

Maximillian was always thinking about Henry, and would ask Jared the same question during every visit.

"My men found him abroad. They said that he seems to have joined forces with some foreign company. Now, we have no way of bringing him back." Jared said, telling Maximillian everything he knew, as he knew that he would not be able to fool his grandfather.

"Traitor! How dare he defect to foreigners? Find him, and I will break his legs!" Maximillian bellowed.

‘Grandpa, don't worry about it." Jared said, not wanting his grandfather to worry about Henry when he was still sick. “I will take care of it."

He would try his best to handle the issue for him.

While the two were talking, the doctor, who had just walked in from the hallway, was stunned to see Maximillian sitting on the couch, talking to Jared.

"Why are you out of bed?!" The doctor hurried over to Maximillian.

Maximillian did not look too happy because he thought that the doctor had talked too much. ‘Could he not come in later? I have only just gotten out of bed and have moved around for just a while.’

‘Hi, Mr. Johnston," the doctor greeted Jared.

Jared then realized that his grandfather had secretly gotten out of bed on his own, and that the doctor had not allowed him to move around.

"Mr. Chairman, you can't get out of bed yet. Haven't I explained that to you?

Why are you getting out of bed again?" the doctor said with a tone of concern, after which he helped Maximillian back to bed with Jared.

Jared eyed his grandfather with a look of helplessness, as it seemed that this was not the first time he had sneaked out of bed.

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"Grandpa, you can't be doing this anymore. It will affect your recovery, and as a result, you'll have to extend your stay here." Jared admonished him with concern.

'l know, but it is just too uncomfortable to be in bed all the time. Besides, I didn't make any rigorous movements. I just went to the window to look at the scenery outside.”

Maximillian knew he had done something wrong and spoke with a much gentler tone than usual.

"Mr. Chairman, just hang in there for another week, and you should be able to get out of bed after that. I won't stop you from doing whatever you want after that," the doctor reassured him.

Maximillian nodded in agreement with the doctor's advice.

"Doctor, how long do you think it will take for my grandfather to be discharged from the hospital given his current rate of recovery?" Jared asked.

"With his current rate of recovery, I think it should be about two or three more weeks," the doctor said in Maximillian's presence.

Maximillian, who was on the bed, was happy, knowing that he could leave this boring ward soon.

"Grandpa, you heard what the doctor just said, didn't you? You can get out of here soon." Jared looked at Maximillian, happy for him.

"I hear you." Maximillian’s face broke into a smile.

Jared then checked his wristwatch after he had spoken to Maximillian for a long time. "Grandpa, get some rest. I will come back to see you some other time.”

"Go ahead. With so much going on in the office, you won't have to come over again until I'm discharged," Maximillian said.

Jared nodded, said his goodbye, and left the hospital.

Meanwhile, Nicole, who had arrived at the Sea View Villa, ran into Mrs. Wallace Sr. as soon as she entered the house.

"Why didn't you come home last night? Where did you go?" Mrs. Wallace Sr. asked.

"Oh, I went to Jared's house," Nicole said as she held Mrs. Wallace Sr.'s by the arm.

"Why didn't you tell me about it?” her grandmother asked. “I was up all night, unable to sleep well."

"It was my fault, Grandma.” Nicole said, feeling guilty for making her elderly grandmother worry.

‘It was Jared's fault for getting drunk and giving me a hard time last night. Otherwise, I would have been home,' she thought to herself.

"Grandma, let's go and take a seat on the couch," Nicole said, helping Mrs. Wallace Sr. toward the couch. It was then that Tia came in from the garden, and when she saw that Nicole had returned, she hurried over. “Nicole, you're back."

Then she sat down beside Nicole and whispered, "You didn't call when you couldn't make it back home last night. Your grandma really couldn't sleep, as she had spent the entire night worrying about you."

"I know. Grandma saw me as soon as I came home." Nicole gave Tia a sheepish glance.

"What are you two talking about?" Mrs. Wallace Sr. asked.

"Nothing. You didn't sleep well last night, grandma. Why don't I help you into your bedroom now so that that you may catch some rest?” Nicole turned to look at Mrs. Wallace Sr. with concern.

"Okay. I'm relieved to see that you're back, and I'm really sleepy now.’ Mrs. Wallace Sr. said.

"Let me help you." Nicole helped Mrs. Wallace Sr. up walked her into her bedroom.

After tucking her grandmother in, she walked out of the room. "Tia, don't call me for lunch. I'm going to catch some sleep, too."

Nicole had not slept well either, because she had to take care of Jared last night. Now that she was home, she turned around and headed upstairs to her room.

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Closing the bedroom door behind her, Nicole plonked herself on her queen size bed, able to finally get some proper sleep.

A few days later, she went to Martin's factory.

"How is the production coming along, Martin?” Nicole asked, looking at Martin in his office.

"It is going well. The production levels are gradually returning to the same as before," Martin replied.

"That's good," Nicole said. “Are there a lot of orders piling up?"

"There are quite a lot of orders coming in, but we're certain that we'll be able to complete them before the delivery dateline," Martin said, confident in his abilities.

‘It seems that you've already gotten a handle on it. By the way, what about the technicians that Jared had recruited for you?" Nicole asked, as she thought of Jared.

"Those technicians that Mr. Johnston had recruited were godsend.

Otherwise, I guess we would have to wait for a few more days before we can start with the production.” Martin looked at Nicole with gratitude in his eyes.

‘I knew I could trust Jared with this.” Nicole looked at Martin with pride. She knew Jared would always be circumspect and would do his best in everything he was assigned.

"Nicole, I heard that the McCarthy family is back, but the thing is, why haven't we heard anything about them?” Martin looked at Nicole in puzzlement.

"I've got no idea. I’ve received no news about the McCarthy family as of late. I'm not sure what they are up to," Nicole said as she narrowed her upturned eyes.

"Nicole, have you discovered the identity of the person whom the stalker of yours was working for?" Martin asked.

"Joyce," Nicole calmly uttered the name that Martin had in mind.

"I didn't expect it to really be her,” Martin murmured.

‘How did you know that?" Nicole looked at Martin in bafflement.

‘When I told you about it before this, my first vague suspicion was that it might be her. However, I had nothing to back it up, so I didn't dare to tell you lightly.” Martin explained.

"Oh, it is fine. I just didn't expect that the McCarthy family would have the nerve to return and put a target on my back,” she said.

As Joyce was the one who had started it all, Nicole wouldn't let her get away this time.

"Have you noticed any suspicious individuals in the factory recently?” Nicole suddenly asked.

‘No, things have been rather quiet. I think that, after the last incident, they would not dare make another again.” Martin looked at Nicole with a hint of assurance in his eyes.

‘The only issue is, we still do not know who was behind that arson attack." Martin added, looking distressed.

"Don't worry. The truth will come out eventually,” Nicole said.

"Mhm,” Martin uttered.

"Until we're able to bring the mastermind behind the attack to justice, we must not let our guard down, so that they can't find an opening to exploit," Nicole said.

"I have beefed up our security," Martin said.

"That is great. Well, you should get busy now. I will leave you to your work." Nicole got up, said her goodbye, and proceeded to leave.

"Would you like to see the newly installed production plant?” Martin suddenly called out to Nicole.

‘Yeah. Why not?” Nicole turned around and followed Martin.

Concurrently, Max had walked into Jared's office after placing a few knocks on the door to report something to his employer. "Mr. Johnston, we've gotten some intel about the McCarthy family.”

Jared looked up at Max. "Speak up.”

‘We've found Joyce in a private mansion located in the outskirts of town. The McCarthy who had returned to the country earlier was indeed Joyce," Max said, telling Jared about all the information he had gathered.

‘So it really is her." Jared's eyes darkened as he stared ahead.