Ch. 1341..1345: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1341-1345

Chapter 1341

Is it because grandpa misses US since we haven't been visiting him for a long time?" Nicole asked the butler with a slight frown.

‘That's probably one of the reasons why," Alfred replied.

"Got it, thank you,” Nicole said, after which she drove off.

When she had returned to the lab, everyone was already busy with their own things. Nicole joined them and started working for two hours straight until her stomach began to ache.

‘Carry on, I'm heading out for a bit." Nicole walked out.

‘What's wrong, Miss Riddle?" Kelly noticed that there was something wrong with Nicole, so she ran after her.

“Nothing, I'm probably just too hungry,” Nicole explained.

"Didn't you have lunch?” Kelly asked as she helped Nicole to the lounge

"No, something came up, so I didn't have time to eat,” Nicole said.

‘Take a break. I'll buy something for you,” Kelly said, after which she went off to buy something for Nicole.

Nicole plonked herself on a chair and rested when a cup of coffee appeared in front of her.

She looked up and asked, ‘ Harvey? Why are you here?"

‘I was bored, so I came here to chill out for a bit. I saw you sitting here, so I just came over." Harvey looked at her.

‘Your coffee."

"Just leave it there."

"You don't look too good," Harvey said.

Nicole nodded and replied. "I didn't eat anything for lunch, so I'm having a stomach ache now.”

"You didn't eat? You're taking your work way too seriously! How could you not eat?” Harvey looked at Nicole with an expression of bafflement.

"No."

"No? Wait here, I'll be back.” Harvey left without bothering to listen to a word of her explanation.

Nicole wanted to stop him, but he was already too far away by then.

After some time, Kelly returned with some food in her hands. "Eat some, Miss Riddle."

"Thank you." Nicole grabbed a spoon and took a few mouthfuls of soup.

At that moment, Harvey returned with some food as well. When he saw that Nicole was already eating, he looked at Kelly and figured that Kelly had bought something for Nicole to eat.

So, he just placed the food he had bought in front of Nicole and took a seat next to her.

"I was calling out to you, but you walked away before you could hear me," Nicole explained.

"It's okay. Just eat up." Harvey looked at her unapologetically.

"Kelly, you can go back to work now. I'll keep her company," Harvey said to Kelly.

Kelly looked at Nicole and left after saying goodbye.

“Eat slowly. The soup isn't bad at all," Harvey said.

Nicole nodded in agreement.

"Nicole, doing this once or twice is fine, but you really can't starve yourself all the time, do you understand?" Harvey asked in concern.

"Don't worry, I didn't eat lunch today because something urgent came up. I'm not dumb,” Nicole said, starting to feel better and more energized after eating.

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Harvey smiled. "I didn't say you were dumb. Nicole rolled her eyes at him, and he quickly took his words back. "I didn't mean it that way."

“By the way, what happened this afternoon? What's so urgent that you couldn't find the time to eat?” Harvey asked as he drank his coffee.

"Something about my grandpa, and that was why I had to hurry over,” Nicole told Harvey, as it was not something which she had to hide.

"Oh, so that was why.” Harvey looked at her.

"Speaking of whom, I haven't seen your grandfather in ages. How is he doing?" Harvey asked Nicole as he looked at her with a caring gaze.

"He's doing pretty well,” she replied.

‘He rarely goes out now, so it's hard to see him," Harvey said faintly.

‘Harvey, do you have something to do here?" Nicole looked at him.

‘Oh, nothing much. Since I'm here, I’m just going to see if there's anything to work on. I haven't had a good look of this place for a while now." Harvey said, not wanting Nicole to go another attack once more.

Thankfully, Nicole was fine today, or else he would not have been able to live with himself.

"Well, please do," she said. "I think there are lots of security concerns here.

I was lucky this morning because I noticed the move and managed to quickly dodge it. If someone else was in my position, they'd be dealing with life threatening injuries by now!

“And that's why you must beef up the security on the outside,” Nicole suggested.

‘Yeah, I'm really sorry about everything that had happened this morning. I'll try my best to enforce security as soon as possible, so that similar incidents won't ever happen again," Harvey guaranteed.

"It's okay. I'm not blaming you. Just giving you a suggestion."

‘I know,” he said.

‘That scum sure has the guts to come after someone in broad daylight! He even did it in a parking lot. That's outrageous!” Harvey fumed.

"Nicole, did you piss anyone off?" Harvey asked Nicole, concerned.

"That's not possible! I'm always either here or at... grandma's place. I don't even have the time to talk to strangers." Nicole explained without mentioning that she would often be at Jared's place as well.

If she did, Harvey would see green again.

"That's weird. Why would someone attack you, then? He even resorted to such despicable tactics. If you think about it logically, the attacker must be someone who hates you with a passion, otherwise, he wouldn't be that cruel to you,” Harvey explained with utmost seriousness.

"Try recalling if we pissed anyone off in Lanningbourg. Didn't someone follow you up the plane? Perhaps he had an accomplice." Harvey said, invoking a scary thought.

“Lanningbourg?" Nicole listened to Harvey and began to think about the incidents that had happened abroad.

In Lanningbourg, the only people whom she could have crossed were the people who were opposed to her ideas for the chip. Still, it would be too farfetched for them to call a hit on her. It was completely unnecessary. They were just employees, and as such, they had no justification to harbor such passionate hatred for her.

"Probably not. They don't hate me that much, yet. They don't have that much power either,” Nicole calmly replied.

"You sure?" Harvey disagreed, as he felt that it was very likely that the incident was tied to someone abroad.

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Okay." Nicole looked at him and nodded.

‘If what you said is true, which local do you think would be having such an intense beef with you?" Harvey looked at Nicole in puzzlement as he could not figure it out.

"Could it be Miley? What about Snow or Raine?" Harvey listed their names as he looked at Nicole.

Nicole looked into his eyes. She stirred her drink with a spoon as she started pondering.

"Miley is still abroad. She can't even look after herself now, so it's very unlikely that she'd have the thought of doing that to me. Besides, I don't think she has the resources to pull that off.

"I've neither seen nor met with Raine and Snow after I came back here. I don't think they did this either..."

"Who could it be other than them?" Harvey frowned, confused.

‘Norah is the only one left now. I'm sure that, out of all them, she hates me the most. Is it because I told somebody else about her parents’ admission to the hospital, and she couldn't get over it? And was that why she came up with a plot to get back at me after I returned?’ Nicole analyzed.

"Nicole, you should get back to eating now. I'll get someone to look into this and find out who the person who assaulted you was." Harvey said, his eyes filled with determination as he looked at Nicole.

Nicole thought about it and figured that it would be impossible for her to come to a definitive conclusion in such a short time.

Besides, she still had work to do in the evening, and so, she kept her thoughts in the back burner and resumed eating. She would just deal with her assailant later.

Harvey looked at Nicole as she was about to finish her meal, and asked, ’ Nicole, have you heard about this? The McCarthy family is going to publicly pay their respect to their ancestors tomorrow. How ridiculous?! The ritual is commonplace, and they can just do it quietly on their own. However, they just felt the need to broadcast it to everyone. They're just so extra!"

"I know they were going to do that tomorrow, but what do you mean by publicly?" Nicole asked as she looked at Harvey, confused.

"I heard that the McCarthys have contacted the media. They're going to broadcast the entire ritual, so that the people of Amhurst

District will know that their family has returned in its full glory." Harvey chuckled as he told Nicole about it.

"The McCarthys are really something else. They're just a regular family, and yet they're doing something like this. How unbelievable.” Nicole shook her head, as she could not understand the intention of them doing so.

"Yeah. I guess everybody in this town is probably thinking the same thing as you are. Nobody knows what they're trying to prove. There's nothing glorious about doing that. If anything, they're just using their ancestors as an excuse to show off."

"Huh? The McCarthys..." Nicole mumbled as a thought suddenly struck her.’ Oh, yeah. How could I forget about the McCarthys? Joyce hired someone to follow me when I was abroad. I guess she already wanted to screw with me, but thankfully, I managed to get him off my back.

Joyce still has a score to settle with me, so she had probably sent another person to hurt me again...’

Nicole could finally see a clearer picture of what was happening the more she thought about it. Otherwise, it would have bugged her for the rest of the evening. She had already discovered two suspects so far, and she believed that the truth would come to light very soon.

After noticing that Nicole had space out and stopped talking, Harvey asked, Nicole, what are you thinking about?"

‘I suddenly thought about someone who might've done this.” Nicole's eyes sparkled as she stared at Harvey.

 

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‘Who?" Harvey looked at Nicole in confusion and asked.

"Joyce McCarthy." Nicole uttered the name slowly as she stared at him.

"Joyce McCarthy?!" Harvey widened his eyes in shock.

‘That's right! How could I forget about her? There is always some hostility between the two of you, isn’t there?”

"But wait, why would she hate you?” Harvey asked Nicole with his forehead creased.

"Because of Martin, I guess,” Nicole replied, left with no choice but to tell them about that which had happened a long time ago.

"Martin? What happened?” The look of confusion remained on Harvey's face as he looked at Nicole. What was it that had happened between them that even I don't know of?”

"It's a long story, so I won't tell you about it now,” she replied. "Thanks for the lunch. I've got to get back to work now.”

Then, Nicole stood up and said goodbye to Harvey before making her way to the elevator.

Opting to follow her to the elevator, he stood beside Nicole and said, "I don’t have anything else to do. I'll come with you."

"Didn't you just say that you were going to look into the security issues of the building just moments ago? You probably have plenty of other things to take care of.” Nicole stared at him and said.

Harvey did not know how to respond to Nicole's question, and as such, he uttered in resignation, "The elevator's here. You should go now.”

The only thing that he could do was watch Nicole as she got into the elevator and wave her goodbye.

Nicole then ascended to the highest floor via the elevator, while Harvey left and went to do what Nicole had requested of him.

‘I've got to strengthen the security system and find the person who had assaulted Nicole,’ he said to himself.

As soon as Nicole had marched into the laboratory, Kelly went up to her and asked, "Miss Riddle, are you feeling better?"

"Don't worry. I’m fine.” Nicole looked at Kelly, who was evidently worried about her.

‘Terry was looking for you just now,” Kelly reported to Nicole.

‘Thanks. I'll catch up with him.” Nicole said and approached Terry.

“Terry, were you looking for me?" Nicole asked.

"Miss Riddle, where did order these spare parts from?" Terry looked at Nicole and asked.

Nicole stared at him, confused.

"Don't take it the wrong way. I don’t mean to offend you, but this batch of spare parts seems to be of lower quality.” Terry quickly explained to Nicole after noticing how puzzled she was.

“Lower quality? Are you sure?" she queried.

"Look, this is from the first batch, and this is from the second batch." Terry handed Nicole the parts.

Nicole held them up in her hands to examine them, but she could not tell any difference between them with her naked eyes. "They look the same to me.”

"Yeah. They look the same on the outside. However, I need you to take a look at the machine over here."

The spare parts of the second batch were clearly of a lower quality as compared to those of the first batch after they had been tested by the machine.

Rage surged through Nicole's veins as soon as she saw the results. ‘I wonder who's actually bold enough to mess with me.’

"Get rid of everything from the second batch. Seal them up and leave them aside. I'll take care of them." Nicole looked at Terry and instructed.

"Sure, but we need the replacements within the next few days. Is there anything you can do about it?" Terry looked at Nicole and asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Don't worry about it. I'll order a new batch of the same quality as the first batch.” Nicole reassured Terry with a look of confidence on her face.

"Okay, I'll get back to work then."

"Sure."

Nicole then called out to Kelly. "Who delivered this batch of spare parts?”

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Kelly proceeded to recall from her memory. "These parts were from the same company, but the delivery person was a different man."

Nicole noticed what had gone wrong upon leaming that a different person had delivered the goods. "Let me have a look at the delivery order."

"Sure." Kelly turned around and went to look for it.

Nicole took her phone out and dialed the contractor's number. "I need a few new offices. Can you send someone over to do some renovation for US?"

"Sure. We have your blueprint with US. I'll send my men over as soon as we're done with the design," the contractor said.

"Okay," Nicole uttered.

"Miss Riddle, here it is." Kelly approached Nicole with the delivery order in hand.

Call them and tell them I need to speak to someone,” Nicole ordered.

“Okay.” Kelly dialed the number right away.

After some time, Kelly hung up and reported, "They're sending somebody over right now.”

"Goad," she said.

Less than half an hour later, a representative from that company marched into Nicole's laboratory with an assistant. They greeted

Nicole enthusiastically as soon as they saw her.

"Miss Riddle, we're here. What can we help you with?"

"You're the supplier of our spare parts. The first batch was decent, but I can’t say the same about the second batch. Can you give me an explanation for that?" Nicole questioned the representative with a stern look on her face.

"Miss Riddle, is there a misunderstanding? Everything that we've delivered to you is of top quality. That can't be right!"

The man knew who Nicole was, so he would not dare swindle her with some low-quality goods. He simply could not believe that there was something wrong with the spare parts he had supplied her with.

"The spare parts are right here. Have a look for yourself.” Nicole said, trying not to argue with him.

She would rather him look at the spare parts himself before explaining the whole situation to her.

That man looked at the spare parts piled near the door. Then, he brought his assistant over to inspect them. "Test them with the machine."

His assistant took a phone-sized machine out at once and began testing the spare parts one after another.

"Beep, beep, beep!” The machine went off, indicating that the spare parts were defective.

The man stared at the device in disbelief. "How is this possible?! Give it to me!"

The man was worried that his assistant did not know how to operate the device properly, so he decided to do it himself.

However, the contraption responded in the same manner as before.

Nicole, who was standing at the side, came over to him and asked, "I was right, huh? What's going on?"

The man creased his forehead in confusion. ‘This can't be right. Everything that I've delivered here is of top quality. How could they be defective at all?’

The man then admitted his mistake sincerely. "Miss Riddle, I'm sure that there's a misunderstanding. It's impossible that we delivered you a batch of defective parts. I'll get someone to take these away and send you a brand-new shipment. We're willing to compensate your loss if there are any.

"I like how you're handling this, so forget about the compensation,” Nicole said, as the manner in which the supplier addressed the issue had made her feel better. "Just get me the new shipment as soon as possible.

However, there'll be consequences if something like this happens again.” Nicole spoke with an air of authority, scaring the man.

"Don't worry. I guarantee that it won't happen again. I'll look into it and give you an explanation later,” the man reassured Nicole with a smile on his face.

"Sure. By the way, I have a question. How many people did you send to deliver my order?” Nicole looked at him and asked.