Ch. 1291..1295: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1291-1295

Chapter 1291

"Have you noticed any sort of activity from her as of recently?" Jared asked Max.

"Since her return, she has been on the down-low. Other than the gym, she hasn't been to many other places.”

Jared could not believe that she would live such a quiet and normal life. To him, her actions were definitely suspicious.

"Get someone to check out the gym which she frequents," Jared ordered.

"Understood," Max said.

"By the way, I need you to find out if the person who went abroad with Nicole has any sort of connections with Joyce." Jared ordered. “Take note of each and every move made. Should there be any updates, report to me immediately."

"Understood," Max uttered again.

"Oh yeah, have you gotten any updates regarding Henry?" asked Jared.

"No," Max said. "His bodyguards are always with him, so our men can't make a move just yet.”

"If that's the case, create a window of opportunity to whisk him away."

Jared instructed coldly.

"Understood," said Max.

‘Martin, I think the new facilities are a lot better than the previous ones." Nicole said as she and Martin were having a chat outside.

"That's right. All of the facilities were imported by Mr. Johnston. It was a massive step-up as compared to our previous batch," Martin praised.

‘I take it that when I wasn't around, you've gotten really close to Jared?" Nicole raised her eyebrows and looked at Martin.

"Mr. Johnston has done a lot for me.” Martin's eyes were filled with gratitude.

"I've heard you repeating this line multiple times already. That's all for today. I'll get going now, she said, after which she got into the car and drove out of the factory.

But once she was in the car, Nicole's phone suddenly rang. Seeing this, she pressed the ‘accept call’ button

“Hello?”

"Nicole. Where are you?” Harvey's voice sounded from the phone.

"I just left Martin's. Why are you calling me?" Nicole asked.

"We've been back for a few days now. Shouldn't we continue working on the chip soon?" Harvey reminded her.

"Yeah, I get it. I'm driving now, so if there's nothing else, I'm hanging up. Bye -bye.” Nicole immediately hung up after she was done speaking.

All of a sudden, Nicole recalled what Jared had said the other day at The Herald. Then, she immediately made a turn and drove to Jared's office.

Upon reaching the headquarters of the Johnston Group, Nicole got down and stared at the building. It was a place which gave her mixed feelings, for the place invoked feelings of sadness while brimming with surprises.

However, for the sake of the chip, she had no choice but to walk into the building.

As soon as Nicole had arrived at Jared's office, the assistant immediately stood up and greeted Nicole upon seeing her.

"Is Jared in?" Nicole asked.

"Mr. Johnston is in, Miss Riddle," the assistant replied politely.

“Alright,” Nicole said, whereupon she strode in and pushed the office door open.

When Jared heard the door opening, he thought that it was his assistant delivering documents to him.Without lifting his head, he coldly said, "Just leave it here.”

"Mr. Johnston, are you hiring me as your assistant now?” Nicole's voice sounded out in the room.

Jared immediately stopped writing and looked up at Nicole.

Asmile crossed his face at once. "What brings you here?"

"Why? Am I not welcome here?" she asked.

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"You know that's not true. Come over and have a seat." Jared stood up from his desk and gestured her toward the couch.

"Is there anything I can help you with?" Jared asked Nicole.

"May I only come to you if I need help?” Nicole purposely questioned.

Jared studied Nicole from head to toe. ‘What's up with her today? Why is she being passive aggressive with her words?’

"You know I don't mean it that way,” Jared said, briefly explaining himself.

"Fine, I'm done messing with you. I have something important to discuss with you today.” Nicole spared him the banter and began to speak in a more solemn tone.

"What is it?” Jared looked at her.

"Didn't you ask for the proposal when we were at The Herald a few days ago?” She took the proposal out of her bag and handed it to Jared. "I've brought it to you today. You may have a look at it."

Jared took it from her and flipped through it, “Is this the chip you're planning to develop?"

‘This isn't just about making the chip, it's for you as well.” Nicole stared at him and answered.

"For me?" Jared looked at her in puzzlement. ‘What does she mean by that?’

"Have you forgotten?" Nicole replied with a question, able to tell from the expression on his face that he was clueless.

"What did I forget?" he asked.

Nicole sneered, "I guess you've really forgotten everything.”

Jared continued looking at her in confusion. He was perplexed by Nicole's questions.

"Why did I agree to Mr. Harmon's invitation? Have you really forgotten all of that already?" Nicole reminded Jared.

It was then that what she meant dawned upon him. ‘So, that was what she was referring to.’

Flashing her an awkward smile, he said, "If you had told me earlier, I would've recalled it right away.”

Then, Jared began to frown, “Are you trying to say that this chip you're developing is meant for the manned flying car?"

"That's right. To be precise, it was designed for you." Nicole gave him an amorous glance as she explained.

Hearing this, Jared felt touched and locked Nicole in a tight embrace at once.

"Thank you for sacrificing so much for me.” Jared's honeyed voice sounded in Nicole's ear.

"I'm glad that you're aware of that. Now, let's see if this proposal is feasible or not." Nicole wriggled out of Jared's arms and urged him to take action.

"Okay, I need to read it through in detail.” Jared replied as he gave her a serious look.

"Yeah, you must peruse it thoroughly." Nicole reminded him.

Then, Jared took the proposal, walked to his desk, and sat down. He placed all his focus and attention on the proposal in his hand. Not forgetting that Nicole was there while he was reading, he asked the assistant to make a cup of coffee for her.

Naturally, Nicole loved the sweet and caring side of Jared. She sat on the couch and drank her coffee while admiring Jared's look of diligence while at work.

After a while, Jared completed his read. He lifted his head, looked at Nicole and said, "This proposal is feasible. What do you need me to do?”

Nicole sat there and began to think, ‘There's an empty workspace at Harvey's place on site. No doubt, equipment and raw materials will be the most challenging areas to manage.'

Making up her mind, she looked at Jared and said, "I need your help on equipment and raw materials."

Jared looked at Nicole and smiled. It seemed that she had entrusted him with the most difficult task. At the same time, this showed that Nicole still thought of him as a pillar of strength on which she could depend.

"No problem. When do you need it?” Jared asked.

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"It'll be great if it could be done as soon as possible." Nicole looked at Jared and smirked.

‘Okay, I'll make the arrangements right away,” he replied.

"Thanks in advance," she said.

"You should get back to work. I'll leave you to it then.” Nicole said, as she had completed what she had intended to do there, and did not want to stay and bother Jared.

"Why? You're just going to hurry off once you've settled your business here? " Jared asked upon noticing that she was about to leave.

"No, I’m just worried that if I stay here, I'll be bothering you while you work." Nicole looked at him and explained.

"Nonsense. I'll be even more efficient if you stay.” Jared looked at her affectionately and smiled

Nicole gave it some thought, 'I don't really have anything to do right now, and since he has already asked, I'll just stay here and accompany him."

"Okay then. But it'll bore me to just sit here and do nothing. Do you have a computer which I can use?" she asked.

"Yes, there is. I have a laptop here, you can have it.” Jared reached into the desk drawer beside him and took a laptop out.

Then, he passed it to Nicole.

Nicole took the laptop from him, went back to the same spot, and sat down. After she had turned it on, her slender fingers began darting across the keyboard in continuous fashion.

As she did, Jared would look at Nicole from time to time. ‘Even though she’s just sitting there, she's as gorgeous as ever.'

Nonetheless, Nicole did not know that Jared was looking at her. The entirety of her being was focused on the screen as she was gleaning for information about Joyce, and after hours of searching, she finally found what she was looking for.

‘It seems that she really did return home earlier. In that case, the person I bumped into the other day might be her.’

After thinking about it for a moment, Nicole quickly searched for the latest updates about Joyce, but to no avail. It was as if Joyce had vanished from the internet altogether. Some of the applications which Joyce would frequent back then had no records of her login history for a long time either.

Nicole frowned as she sat still. ‘How am I going to investigate further from here?’

When Jared got up to make some coffee during his break, he noticed Nicole locked in a state of bafflement on the couch.

With his mug in hand, he walked over and asked, "What's the matter? Who is giving you such a massive headache?"

Nicole noticed Jared but her eyes were fixed on his cup of coffee. "That coffee you have with you, could you give it to me?"

Jared chuckled, "Sure, take it."

He passed the mug in his hand to her and turned around to make himself a new cup. After that, he returned.

"Tell me, what is it that is stressing you out?" Jared asked.

"I'm digging into what I can find about Joyce, but she hasn't been on the internet for a while. And now, it's practically impossible to get any updates about her on the internet,” Nicole said, telling him everything about her investigation.

"You want to find the most recent updates about Joyce?" Jared raised his eyebrows and looked at Nicole.

"Yeah."

Nicole's eyes suddenly lit up. "Why did he ask me such a question? Does he know something?’

"Jared Johnston, do you know anything about Joyce?” Nicole's eyes narrowed at Jared.

"That's right. I do know a few things about her,” Jared answered without hesitation. "My men have found the place that Joyce is holed up in.”

"You've found her? Where is she?" Nicole asked as she looked at him in disbelief.

"She's residing at a private mansion in the suburbs. It's a secluded place, so no one can gain easy access to it. I guess that's the main reason as to why she chose that place.” Jared replied, telling her what he had discovered.

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The suburbs?” Nicole frowned and looked at Jared.

“No wonder there are no traces of her activity on the internet. The signal in the suburbs must be pretty poor, right?”

In Nicole's imagination, the suburbs which Joyce was staying at must be a remote and secluded place with no residents. it's not like how you imagine. I think the reason as to why she isn't on the internet is that she doesn't want to give her location away." Jared calmly analyzed.

After Nicole had heard Jared's analysis, she lowered her head and began to think. 'What he said makes sense too. The McCarthy family had publicly announced that they're returning to their hometown. Why would Joyce hide her whereabouts?"

‘Jared, there's one thing which I don't understand. The McCarthys have already made the announcement that they're going back to their place of origin. Why would Joyce go into hiding?" Nicole frowned and asked Jared.

"I guess she must be harboring some sort of unspeakable secret," Jared blurted out.

‘Yeah, that must be the case." Nicole agreed.

"Jared, what has Joyce been doing recently?" Nicole continued to question Jared.

"She has been behaving well. Other than going to the gym on a daily basis, she doesn't go anywhere else." Jared told her everything he knew about Joyce.

"Gym..." Nicole murmured.

‘Could there be something odd about the gym as well?" Nicole guessed.

‘I've sent someone there to investigate it. If there are any updates, I'll let you know," he replied.

"Nicole, are there any interesting stories from when you were abroad? I'd like to hear them.” Jared smiled, easing his way into the topic about everything that had happened abroad.

"When I was abroad? I guess the best thing that happened to me on this trio was that I went on a shopping spree,’ Nicole recalled, as the shopping trip was the most interesting that had happened to her.

"Shopping spree? Tell me more," Jared said, following his instinct. He felt that something must have happened during that shopping spree.

Nicole did not register this, but she was falling for Jared's trap.

"The other day, the three of US went shopping. While we were walking, a child suddenly appeared out of nowhere and tackled Harvey to the ground. At that moment, Harvey just couldn't stop crying.’ Nicole burst into an incessant gale of laughter as she recalled the experience.

Watching Nicole’s laughter, Jared looked at her in confusion. "Is it that funny?”

Nicole looked at him and nodded. Then, she continued with her fits of laughter on the couch.

Initially, he wanted to find out if Harvey had done anything that had crossed the line. However, it seemed to him that Harvey had been making a fool out of himself in front of Nicole.

After a few minutes, Nicole finally stopped laughing, "You should get back to work. Am I being a distraction to you here?"

"It's still fine." Jared got up, walked to his desk, and continued working until noon came around.

Then, he got up from his desk and turned to Nicole, "It's already noon. Let's have lunch together."

"Okay." Nicole shut her laptop down and left the office with Jared.

At the restaurant, Jared had ordered a few of her favorite lunch dishes.

"Are you going to stay and accompany me in the afternoon?” Jared asked Nicole.

"I was thinking of visiting Harvey and checking out the site in the afternoon. " Nicole blurted out, as she did not find anything odd in that statement.

‘You wish to visit Harvey?" Once Jared heard Harvey's name, he began to feel on edge.

"Yeah. I plan to move out right after lunch.” Nicole added.

She had no clue that Jared was acting weirdly.

"Why are you in such a hurry?” Jared stopped eating and asked.

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“I'm not in a hurry. After all, I've got nothing else to do today. I thought I'd just check out how things are progressing on site," she said.

‘If you need a space, I can rent one that will fulfill all your needs. Then, you wouldn't have to go around the bush with Harvey,” Jared offered, wholeheartedly wishing to prevent

Nicole from meeting Harvey.He did not want his own fiancee to constantly associate herself with a selfish man like Harvey.

‘It's fine. There's a free one available, so why would we spend money on rent? Why should I say no to freebies?" Nicole declined, for although she knew that money was not an issue for Jared, she felt that there was no need to waste it on rent.

"Okay then, whatever makes you happy,” he said.

Jared had already tried his best to persuade her, and he knew that he could not force her into it.

Then, they continued with their lunch.

After lunch, Nicole bade Jared goodbye and immediately drove to where Harvey was.

‘Harvey, are you free now?" Nicole asked as she called Harvey on the phone.

"Yeah, why?” Harvey asked in confusion.

"Nothing much. I'm just thinking of visiting the site you mentioned. Will you be available to head over there now?"

"Yeah sure. When will you be reaching? I'll head over there now." Harvey quickly took his jacket and rushed out of his place as he was talking on the phone.

‘I'm driving now,’ she said. "Can you send me the exact address?’

“Sure.” Harvey immediately sent the location to Nicole. Then, he ignited the engine and drove over.

"Nicole. I've sent you the address. I'm hurrying over now, so I think I'll be arriving earlier than you,” Harvey said in a voice note to Nicole.

"Got it," she replied.

After twenty minutes, both of their cars pulled up at the basement of a building at the same time. There, Nicole and Harvey got out of their cars and made their way toward each other.

"You're pretty quick. I thought I'd arrive before you, and yet here we are. Here at the same time.’ Harvey looked at Nicole with the corner of his lips raised, smiling.

‘Didn't you see my ride? It'll be odd if I arrived late with that." Nicole shot him a glance

"Soon, I'll get myself one that's faster than yours.” Harvey narrowed his eyes at Nicole's car and commented.

“As long as it's not the same model as mine, it's your call to make,” Nicole said, and walked into the building.

Harvey followed her at once and said, "I've never thought of buying the same model as yours. But after hearing what you just said, it makes me even more interested in that idea. Who knows, I might just buy the exact same model with the exact color.”

Nicole turned around and glared at Harvey. ‘You! Fine, if you like it that much, I'll just sell mine to you then.’

"You're willing to sell me the car which Mr. Johnston had gifted you?” Harvey raised his eyebrows and reminded her.

Hearing Harvey's words, Nicole's lips twitched. "You actually took it seriously? I was just messing with you."

"Pfft. If I didn't mention it, you would not have remembered that," Harvey mocked.

“Just lead the way." Nicole took a few steps forward and pushed him a little.

Then, the both of them got into the elevator.

When the elevator opened again, the entire floor of the empty office building was unveiled before Nicole's eyes.

‘Why isn't anyone here?" Nicole murmured. ‘’It's working hours and yet there's not a single soul here”

Harvey seemed to have noticed her doubts, during which he replied," There's no one here. The entire floor is yours.”

"The entire floor?" Nicole whirled around in shock and looked at him. 'Did I hear him correctly?’