Ch. 1336..1340: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1336-1340

Chapter 1336

"My apologies, but if you are not the person in charge here, you don't have the authorization to enter,” the staff refused with a coldly.

Hearing this, Nicole had no choice but to give Harvey a call. ‘Where are you? I need help with something in the building."

"You mean the Golden Coast? Wait for me. I'll be there soon.” Harvey hung up and immediately got up from the couch before running to his car and driving off in a hurry.

Soon after, Harvey arrived at the Golden Coast building.

Nicole, who had been waiting on the couch in the hall for ten minutes, then checked the time. ‘I didn't expect him to be here so quickly.’

‘Mr. Ellison, why are you here?" The staff greeted Harvey as soon as he had entered the hall.

Harvey completely ignored their question and made a beeline for Nicole before asking, “What do you need me for?’

The staff were stunned when it dawned upon them that Nicole actually knew Harvey. "She didn't say she was acquainted with Mr. Ellison. She called him here directly. What should I do?"

Before the staff could speak up, Nicole opened her mouth and said, 'l just wanted to check on the surveillance, but your people wouldn't let me in because they didn't know me."

Harvey understood what was going on at once, and shot the staff an icy glare.

The staff was frightened to the bone, with goose bumps rising on his skin as he stuttered, "Mr....Mr. Ellison, all the lady said she was that she was attacked and had to look at the surveillance footages. She did not mention that she knew you either.’

Harvey's hardened expression was unwavering, which showed how much he cared about her and that he would stand his ground if anyone made her unhappy.

"You can go and collect the rest of the month's salary," Harvey said. ’ There's no need for you to come to work anymore.”

‘What?!" the staff member exclaimed, stunned. ‘All I did was show her a bad attitude, and now I'm losing my job!?"

"Miss! I know I messed up. Please, I didn't know that you were acquainted with our boss. Please you must help me out! A great man will not remember the faults of a petty man,” the staff said hurriedly.

Nicole noticed the pitiful look on the face of the staff member as her eyes glinted with indifference. ‘This man is nothing short of boorish. Even if I had said I knew Harvey, he would just make the situation even harder for me. Calling Harvey over did make things easier.’

"Be kinder to people next time,” Nicole strode past him and walked made a beeline for the elevator after she was done speaking.

With Nicole being indifferent to the pleas of the man, Harvey too walked away, having lost all of his patience for the staff member.

The lobby manager, who had heard the news, then rushed over, and called the security guard to escort the staff away at once.

With a look of apathy, Nicole listened to the staff begging not to be kicked out as Harvey led her to the elevator and pressed a button, “I really did not expect that you would take the initiative to call me."

Harvey knew that Nicole seldom asked for help, and with the fact that she had requested his help for such a trivial matter today, he was over the moon.

Nicole glanced at him and said, "It is the owner who must handle the situation when his dog misbehaves. Wouldn't you agree?"

Harvey's smile froze at an instant, ‘Gosh, this is awkward. Why did she have to word it like that? It feels like I'm being humiliated...’

When the elevator doors opened, Nicole ignored him and marched into the elevator, with Harvey having no choice but to follow her into the control room.

The security guards were all stunned when they saw Harvey walking in, and all of them immediately stepped forward to greet him. "Mr. Ellison! What brings you here?"

Chapter 1337

At this hour, Harvey usually would not come to work.

However, upon seeing a woman standing behind him, the security guards were stunned, as it was the first time Harvey had brought a woman to the Golden Coast building. ‘I wonder what her background is."

Nicole ignored their gaze, and addressed Harvey directly. "I was attacked in the parking lot. Get the security to play the surveillance footage."

The security guards immediately adjusted the monitor and gave way to Harvey. Harvey glanced at Nicole, who looked like she was determined to get to the bottom of this. She was sitting with her legs crossed, looking very standoffish.

The security guards were amused by Nicole, whose standing allowed her to be in the good graces of their employer. ‘Is this woman...Mr. Ellison's girlfriend?"

The two of them dared not ask, and so, the both of them got up, flashed them nervous smiles, and went to make tea for them.

Nicole stared at the screen intently. Soon after, the footage loaded, showing that someone was already there, and had been camping in wait in the parking lot prior to her arrival. The person was extremely cunning, as they had already planned the assault in such a way that the surveillance cameras were not able to capture anything, barring the moment he had attacked. Though the face of the assailant was revealed momentarily, the angle at which the image was captured made it impossible for Nicole to discern their features. They were also wearing a mask; which only allowed Nicole a fleeting glimpse of their eyes.

Nicole took her phone out and took a picture of the man's face. 'For the rest of it, I'll go home and use my tracking software to find this person.

Nicole put her phone away, after which she got up and said to Harvey, "I’m done here. Thanks for helping me out."

Although Nicole was being polite, the look on her face was anything but. Harvey knew that she was injured in his building, due to which he was partially responsible.

His eyes darkened as he turned back to look at the security guards, "What's the matter with you guys? Why weren't you aware that someone was being attacked in the parking lot?!"

The two security guards were startled by Harvey's sudden outburst.

i...we really didn't pay attention...’

Nicole sensed that Harvey was about to fire the security guards because of her; she felt that sne was making a big fuss, so she spoke up, "Leave it. It's not unusual for them to be unable to see so many screens at once."

The two security guards looked at Nicole and nodded. The light in their eyes indicated that they understood she had decided to spare them, and they were very grateful to Nicole for that.

Understanding that Nicole did not wish to pursue this, he assured her," Don't worry, I will find out who this person is."

Nicole shook her head and said, "I have a solution. There's no need to alert the police so that it doesn't alert the culprit.”

‘Saying goes that if there is a premeditated attack, there might be a snake behind the mouse, and if one were to lure the snake out of the hole, it would be harder to get the mouse,’ she thought.

Harvey did not like where this was heading. ‘Each time something happens, Nicole would solve it by herself, and Jared would always be of help to her. But why is it that I could never be of help to her? Gosh, I'm always so powerless standing next to her. Talk about being useless!’

"No matter what you're looking into or how, I will definitely not sit back and do nothing." Harvey walked out of the control room after speaking, his resolute tone and his frustration leaving the two security guards baffled.

‘What's the situation?’ one thought.

‘Why is this lady so cold? Is it because their relationship has not been established yet?’ another thought.

The two security guards observed the look of defeat on their employer, before taking another look at Nicole.

‘Our boss is such an outstanding man, who attaches so much importance to her safety, and yet she seems so uninterested in him,’ he thought. ‘She is even keeping her distance. This woman really is something!

Chapter 1338

"Thanks," she said, ignoring the look of bafflement on their faces.

Nicole left the control room and returned to the office on the top floor, after which she switched her computer on and began the process of scanning the man's face. Although he was wearing a mask underneath, she possessed a cutting edge software which could restore the outline of the lower half of the perpetrator's face.

Nicole was pensive as she eyed the face that had been digitally constructed. She had never seen this person before, and it was unlikely that she had inadvertently instigated a vendetta.

Nicole logged into The Hunter, after which she posted forth a mission to seek information about this man. She had no time to spare on trivial yet arduous tasks such as these, so she decided to leave it to others.

Unexpectedly, Zeke called her not long after she had posted the assignment on the website. “Nicole, why don't you just call me when you have something that needs taking care of?"

Nicole did not expect that Zeke would even want to take on such a small task, and so, she frowned. "You're a phantom. How can you take on jobs such as these?”

"Yeah, sure, I won't take other people's work, but it is my duty to help you out!” he argued.

Nicole had aided him in a mission of his own before, and thus, it was out of courtesy that he had to return the favor.

"Don't you have better things to do?" Nicole raised her eyebrows, ‘This guy can complete a mission worth hundreds and thousands of dollars, and yet he wants to do this?’

"This tiny task won't take up much of my time at all. I'll promise to bring you news as soon as possible." Zeke hung up directly after quoting the price.

Nicole could not help but curl her lips into a smile, ‘Although this guy likes to screw around, he’s still pretty reliable.’

Nicole then placed all of her focus on her work, and in the blink of an eye, time drifted. Before she knew it, it was already lunch time. She stood up to stretch, and was about to order herself a takeaway when she heard a knock on the door of her office.

Nicole raised her head hesitantly and saw Edward's face.

‘The last time I saw him, I was helping him deal with Rowan's affairs, and that was so long ago,’ she thought. 'I didn't expect to see him again today. He was one of Preston’s friends.’

Nicole did not treat him with coldness and indifference, opting to address him calmly instead. "What's the matter?”

"Oh, I came here to look for Harvey today," he said. "Instead I found out that your R&D center is here in Golden Coast. I was looking for a chance to thank you for the last favor you've done me, but I haven't had the chance to meet you since then.”

Nicole curled her lips and politely, she said,’ Don’t mention it. I was helping Preston out as well.”

For her efforts, she was handsomely rewarded.

Edward looked tense as the exchange continued. On the other hand, Nicole could not help but narrow her eyes.

Then, she thought for a moment and said, "Was it Harvey who asked you to come to me?"

And just like that, Edward had been exposed. ‘Nicole is so clever that she can even read minds!’

Unable to keep up the charade, he confessed, "Yes, it was him. He's too embarrassed to ask you to go out for lunch, so here I am, being used as an excuse.”

Nicole gave him a slight frown. ‘That Harvey Ellison. Since when has he decided to resort to such tricks? He was already shameless enough as he was.’

In a tone of nonchalance, she said, “I'm not going. Tell him I already have an appointment.”

"Huh?" Edward was stunned for a moment.

Nicole went on to ignore him. She opened the door and walked out of the office. As Edward looked at her from the back and shook his head bitterly.

‘Wow, she really has the nerve to turn Harvey down,’ he thought. How can I be as brazen as her? This is embarrassing."

He shook his head as he left the top floor.

Harvey was going through his documents when Edward appeared before him with a frown. "Hey, didn't you invite Nicole out to lunch? How are you so calm?"

Harvey lifted his head slight and asked, "She agreed?"

"No! How was I supposed to make it happen!? She had the nerve to tum you down, even though she knows mel" Edward grimaced as he discovered where he stood in this situation.

 

Chapter 1339

Harvey glanced at him, before continuing to go through his documents.

Noticing that Harvey was oddly calm, Edward stared at him in bafflement and said, "It surprises me that you're not even showing a tad bit of disappointment.”

‘This guy had threatened me just earlier, forcing me to do it and now he doesn't even look like he had an ounce of damn to give,’ Edward fumed from within.

"I knew she wouldn't say yes," Harvey said. ‘Nicole already has someone in her heart, so it would be odd if she agreed. I have nothing to lose if she rejects me.'

Edward could not help but stare in bafflement when he understood what had just happened. "You know why it was going to work out? Then why did you get me to ask her out on your behalf? Are you kidding me?"

Harvey raised his eyes coldly. "So what?"

Edward suddenly lost his cool. He was really aggrieved, but he was unable to let his temper fly just like that.

He gritted his teeth and yelled, "You're shameless!"

By the time Edward had uttered those words, he had lost all interests in having lunch with Harvey, and hence, he turned around and left. Harvey was then left to sift through his documents after the door had closed.

A sense of emptiness was lingering in his heart. Though he did not show it, he did not like how Nicole always rejected him.

‘When will I ever develop a closer bond with her?’

Meanwhile, Nicole had walked out of the Golden Coast building. She had done all of that to deceive Edward into thinking she had an appointment, but now, she was truly starving. She wanted to grab a meal at once, but it was at this moment that her phone rang.

She reached out to answer the phone, and a mature voice sounded from the other end.

"Miss Riddle.”

Nicole thought for a long while before recognizing it as the voice of Alfred, an old house butler for the Riddle's family.

“Alfred? What's the matter?"

Alfred heard that Nicole had recognized his voice, and immediately said,’ Yes, it's me... Mr. Riddle Sr. does not seem to be doing well as of recent. He has refused to go to the hospital..."

Alfred knew that Nicole had some medical knowledge, which was the reason as to why he called.

“Alright, I'll be back as soon as possible.” Though it was only lunch break, there was still enough time to fit a roundtrip in. Nicole then headed to the parking lot and drove to the Riddle family manor.

‘The Riddle family manor is exceptionally quiet today. It seems that grandpa is ill and did not want to alarm anyone,’ Nicole thought.

Though the house was quite deserted, Alfred seemed a little excited when he saw Nicole.

He began to fill Nicole in on the condition of Mr. Riddle Sr., "He caught a cold last night and has not been feeling well today. He refuses to go to the hospital as he thinks it's a common which will go away on its own."

Alfred could not help but issue a sigh. ‘Even now, he refuses to accept that he is aging.’

Nicole walked up the flight of stairs before reaching out to knock on the door.

Thinking it was Alfred, Mr. Riddle Sr. responded, "Come in.”

Nicole pushed the door open and walked in. "Grandpa?"

Mr. Riddle Sr. who was on the rocking chair opened his eyes when he heard Nicole's voice. He immediately got excited when he saw Nicole, "Oh my, why are you here? Come sit down quickly.”

In response, Nicole took a seat directly across her grandfather.

"How could you find time to come here when you're so busy?” he asked. Mr. Riddle Sr. knew Nicole was out there doing great things, although he never had never asked.

“Are you sick?" Nicole asked without beating around the bush.

"What did Alfred tell you? He's really getting more and more out of line as of late." Mr. Riddle Sr. said, immediately feeling embarrassed.

Nicole issued a sigh and reached out to feel his pulse. Although he disliked seeing the doctors, he could still accept Nicole's methods of coming up with a diagnosis. He had to put his stubbornness aside and let Nicole feel his pulse.

Chapter 1340

In an instant, Nicole discovered what was going on with Mr. Riddle Sr." Grandpa, you're not young anymore. Catching a cold is nothing minor now. Though you're not sick, you already displaying some symptoms."

Mr. Riddle Sr. was rendered speechless, and so, he sighed. "Fine, I accept that I'm old. I'll just do whatever you ask me to.”

Nicole smiled and ordered the butler to bring some medications over.

In response, the butler quickly left to get them the medicines as he thought, ‘Only Nicole could convince Mr. Riddle Sr.’

As for Mr. Riddle Sr., he remained seated to have a chat with Nicole in the living room.

He looked at her before saying, "How are things with Jared?”

"What's with the sudden question, grandpa?" Nicole looked at him curiously. ‘Why is he talking about me all of a sudden?’

"I'm just worried about you. You've both been engaged for such a long time. Isn't it time for you to consider marriage?" Mr. Riddle Sr. smiled gently.

"Grandpa, you're just like mom and dad," she said.

"Oh? Did they urge you to get married too?” Mr. Riddle Sr., looked at Nicole, amused.

"Yeah." Nicole nodded.

"It goes to show that we love you," the old man said.

"I know, grandpa. Actually, Jared and I already have a plan. We have too much on our plates these days, so we're planning to prepare for the marriage after we're done with the bulk of our work,” Nicole informed him about their plan without hiding anything.

"Ah, you already have a plan. I won't have to worry then.” Mr. Riddle Sr. looked at Nicole earnestly.

"Yeah, you don't have to worry at all. Just remember to attend my wedding! " Nicole requested.

"I'll definitely give you a big gift, but I probably won't be at your ceremony,” he responded.

“As the grandpa who loves me the most, how can you not attend my wedding?! You can be sit out anyone's wedding but mine!"

Nicole pleaded.

"Nicole, I'd really love to go to your wedding, but I..."

"You've always been well, haven't you? What are you worried about?" Nicole studied his mannerisms. 'He looks strong and healthy! He's probably even healthier than most middle-aged men.’

"Well, I haven't gone out for quite some time now, so I'm not used to those sorts of environments anymore," he replied.

"Grandpa, that's just because you haven't been going out. You'll feel better once you start taking strolls outside," Nicole consoled him.

“I'm an old bag of bones now. Where can I go?" Mr. Riddle Sr. smiled gently.

"Miss Riddle, here's the medication. Which one do you need?" The butler approached them with a box of medications.

Nicole sifted through the pile for the medication that she wanted before taking it out for her grandfather.

She then looked at the butler and said, "Feed this oral medication to grandpa twice a day. He'll be better in about 3 days. If he hasn't recovered by then, please send him to the hospital immediately.”

"Understood, Miss Riddle." The butler looked at Nicole with a solemn expression on his face.

"Thank you very much,” she said.

"Grandpa, I have work in the afternoon, so I'm not going to stay any longer. Please listen to the butler and take your medication on time. Otherwise, I might have to come back anytime,” Nicole reminded him with a serious look on her face.

Mr. Riddle Sr. smiled faintly as he found Nicole extremely cute whenever she was being cheeky. "Don't worry."

"Well, I'll be leaving now. Take good care of yourself." Nicole then walked out after bidding farewell to her grandfather.

"Hey, send her off for me." Mr. Riddle Sr. ordered.

"I'll send you off, Miss Riddle." The butler looked at Nicole

The butler proceeded to walk her out of the house and say, "Miss Riddle, I hope you can visit your grandfather whenever you're free. I feel that his brain is starting to get fuzzy as of recent."