Ch. 1346..1350: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1346-1350

Chapter 1346

“Oh, just one! What’s wrong?” The man looked at Nicole in confusion and asked.

-Just one? One of my employees said that the person who had delivered the first batch of goods was different from the second batch. I think you can start investigating from there.” Nicole reminded him out of kindness.

“They’re not the same person?!” The man looked at Nicole, puzzled. “Don’t worry. I’ll start looking into it now. I’ll leave now if there’s nothing else.”

“Sure,” she said.

Nicole began thinking to herself after the man had left. ‘It looks like something’s wrong with the delivery man. Everything will come to light after I’ve found him.’

‘Kelly, I wish to have a look at the camera footage of the delivery man.” Nicole turned to Kelly and said.

“I’m on it,” Kelly replied.

Nicole eyed the delivery man on the screen and discovered that it was the same person who had assaulted her in the parking lot. ‘This person could be is such close proximity to me already. I guess coming here as a delivery man was just a part of his plan of ambushing me again.

‘It seems like I’ve got to take this person seriously now,’ she thought. ‘It is even more dangerous now that he could lurk around me. I need to do something.’

Nicole went on to work with the others after going back to the office. As the hours passed, the sun began to set, after which the dusk fell upon them.

Nicole then brought Kelly along to inspect the batch of goods after everybody had left, and only made their way out of the laboratory after making sure that there was nothing wrong.

Nicole drove off and went right back to Mrs. Wallace Sr.’s mansion thereafter.

“Miss Riddle, what do you feel like eating tonight?” Tia looked at Nicole and asked.

“Anything is fine. I have something to do later on. Don’t bother me if there’s nothing important.” Nicole said and headed upstairs to her room.

Tia looked at Nicole from the back curiously. ‘Why is she so serious today? Whatever. I should just mind my own business.’

Nicole went back to her room and switched her laptop on while dialing Zeke’s number at the same time. “Zeke, have you discovered anything from the photos I sent you?”

“Yeah. He’s just an ordinary salary man. There’s nothing special about him.” Zeke replied from the other side of the phone.

“An ordinary man? Has he met up with anybody recently? Or are there any sudden changes in his life as of late?” Nicole asked after thinking for a moment.

“Let me check.” Zeke looked the man up and began reading up about him.

“There’s nothing unusual about his social life, but I think one of his family members had been admitted to the hospital not long ago,” Zeke told Nicole while reading about that person.

“Admitted? Send me all of the information you have about him and carry on with your own task,” Nicole ordered, wanting to investigate it personally as she knew that Zeke would definitely be distracted with all that multitasking.

“Sure. I’ll do so right now,” Zeke said.

“I got it,” she said upon receiving the files. “Thank you so much. I’ll have a look.”

“Okay, bye.”

Then, Nicole began reading thoroughly about the person who had assaulted her.

“Hugh Bradford,” Nicole mumbled under her breath.

Zeke was right about him being another wage slave. Hugh was just a nameless dummy who did not have a lot of money. Besides, he did not even know Nicole.

‘Why would he assault me?’ Nicole thought to herself as she continued to read about him.

 

 

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Soon after, Nicole began to notice something about the man. Hugh’s grandfather was suddenly diagnosed with a serious illness. He had attempted to borrow money from all of the banks he could find, but to no avail. Days later, however, a huge amount of money were deposited into his bank account, and the sum was what he had used to pay for his grandfather’s operation.

‘Why would an average person suddenly receive so much money? I’m sure there is more to it…” Nicole could not help but frown as she read the documents.

She immediately did what she could and located where Hugh was. She found out that he was in the hospital.

She looked at the time and thought that it would already be too late for her to make her way there, so she continued perusing the information that Zeke had sent her.

On the other side, Jared had just returned to his mansion. It was all dark and he knew that Nicole had gone to Mrs. Wallace Sr.’s place again.

Because of this, he figured that he would have to spend the night alone.

He marched straight to his bedroom. Then, he took his phone out and gave Nicole a video call.

Nicole was still reading through the information when that happened. She picked her phone up and looked at it after hearing the notification sound.

Seeing that it was Jared who was video-calling her, she hesitated and sighed. Tm just going to leave it.’

However, she did not realize that her fingers had accidentally tapped the green icon when she placed her phone away.

Nicole went on to read the documents, not knowing that the call was already connected. Jared could not see Nicole anywhere on his screen. All there was, was a sheet of white. He looked at it closely and realized that it was the ceiling.

‘Why did she put the phone aside after accepting my call?’ he thought, is she giving me the cold shoulder on purpose?’

After waiting for some time, Jared could only hear the clacking from the keys on the keyboard and the mouse.

Not able to wait anymore, he took the initiative to speak first, “Why aren’t you talking after you’ve picked up?”

Nicole, who was totally concentrated on reading the information was startled when she heard Jared’s voice coming out of nowhere. She immediately darted her eyes to the door as she thought that he had come to her place.

However, the door was shut, and she could not see Jared anywhere.

She furrowed her brows as she attempted to figure out what was happening. “What’s going on?! Am I hallucinating?”

Jared could not stop himself from laughing after hearing the way Nicole was talking to herself. “What are you talking about? Are you putting on a show for me?”

Nicole stood up instantly after hearing Jared’s voice again, after which she checked every corner of the room nervously. ‘Has Jared installed some hidden camera in here?*

“Jared, can you hear me?” Nicole asked while inspecting the room.

“Of course. Could you let me look at you while you speak?” Jared asked.

‘What does he mean? Can he not see me? Is it because of the angle?’ Nicole began assuming things.

’How am I supposed to do that?” Nicole asked. ‘I guess I just have to find where the camera is.’

Jared, who was holding his phone, was shocked by what Nicole had just said. ‘What is she talking about?’

“Can’t you just lift your phone up?” Jared asked in confusion.

“My phone?” Nicole then went up to her phone and looked at it. “What’s happening?”

She did not remember accepting the call, and as such, she had no idea what was going on.

“Nicole, what are you doing?” Jared asked with a puzzled look on his face.

All he wanted to do was look at her, but what she was doing truly got him stumped.

‘Jared, why was the call connected?” Nicole asked him another question instead of answering him.

“You should be asking yourself that.” Jared looked at her.

‘Did I touch my phone accidentally?’ she asked herself. ‘Whatever, it doesn’t matter, as long as he didn’t do anything to my room.’

‘Why did you call?” Nicole glanced at Jared and asked.

“Nothing much. I just wanted to look at you,” Jared said frankly.

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Nicole was left speechless. “Please end the call now if there’s nothing else. I’m busy.”

“It’s okay. Just carry on with your work and put your phone aside. I’ll just look at you from there.” Jared told Nicole.

‘I don’t have anything to support my phone with over here. Besides, why would you want to do that? We just met this morning, didn’t we?” Nicole said, not giving in to Jared’s absurd request.

“Yeah. We met this morning, which means that it has already been a day since I last saw you. Why can’t you just let me look at you since I can’t come over to see you in person?” Jared said as if he was in the right.

Nicole had no choice but to prop her phone against something and positioned the front camera at herself. “Will this do? I’m going back to work now.”

“Sure, go ahead. I’ll hang up after a while.” Jared said.

Nicole shot him one last and continued staring at her computer to peruse the information as Jared watched her from the screen.

After a while, a knock was heard on Nicole’s door. “Miss Riddle, it’s time for dinner.”

“Okay, coming,” Nicole responded.

After that, she switched her computer off and was about to head downstairs with her phone when she saw that Jared had not hung up.

“Why are you still here?” Nicole looked at Jared as she asked.

“Are you going to eat now?” Jared asked.

“Yeah. Have you eaten?” Nicole responded in kind.

“Not yet,” he said. “I don’t know what I’d like to eat.”

‘You’ve got to eat. Go and cook something for yourself.” Nicole urged.

“Uh, I don’t feel like eating alone,” Jared said in a lazy tone of voice.

Nicole glared at him. “I guess you’re just not hungry yet.

“Bye for now. I’ve got to have my dinner.” Nicole hung up at once after uttering the last word.

Jared was about to say something, but the screen had already gone dark. Hence, he gave up on the idea and went to the kitchen, while Nicole went to the dining hall have dinner with Mrs. Wallace Sr. and Tia.

The next morning, Nicole went to the hospital, where she had located Hugh by tracking his phone.

After she had arrived at the hospital, she saw Hugh taking care of his ill grandfather through the window from outside the ward.

She pushed the door open and calmly strode in.

“Hey, are you feeling better now?” Nicole asked.

Hugh whirled around after hearing an unfamiliar voice. His eyes widened as soon as he saw Nicole, as he was feeling extremely nervous. He did not expect that Nicole would be able to track him down. He was so anxious that he dropped the bowl of soup that he was holding

“Why are you here?” Hugh asked, not bothered by the mess he had just made.

“Calm down. I’m only here to pay the old man a visit.” Nicole glared at him before placing the basket of fruits that she had brought on the table beside the bed.

A murderous glare was present on Hugh’s face as he barked, “My grandpa doesn’t need a visit from you. Leave now!”

The old man gave Hugh a blameful look before Nicole could say anything.’ Hugh, how could you treat our guest like this? Clean up the mess on the floor at once!”

“Grandpa.”

Hugh was not going to leave the ward with Nicole around. He did not trust Nicole to be alone with his grandfather because he had done something to hurt her before this.

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Mr. Bradford Sr. turned around and asked Nicole, “You’ve got to be a friend of Hugh, right? Thank you for visiting me. Please have a seat.’

Nicole sat down calmly, completely ignoring what Hugh was doing there.

‘You’re the first person to ever visit me after staying in the hospital for so long. I guess you’re very close to Hugh, aren’t you?” Mr. Bradford Sr. looked at Nicole with a smile.

‘Mr. Bradford Sr., do you know how Hugh was able to afford your medical fees?’ Nicole asked Mr. Bradford Sr. tentatively.

Mr. Bradford Sr. stared at Nicole in confusion upon hearing her abrupt question.

Then, he shifted his gaze to Hugh before he answered, “Hugh told me that he did very well at work this year, so he received a big bonus.”

Hugh was standing at the side. His eyes were narrowed and his fists were clenched as he glared at Nicole.

Nicole understood that Hugh had told Mr. Bradford Sr. a lie after hearing what the latter had said. She did not have the heart to expose Hugh because his father was just as old as her grandmother.

‘Grandpa, we have to go out and talk about something.” Hugh cut his grandfather off and motioned Nicole to leave the room with him.

Nicole then looked at Mr. Bradford Sr. and said, “Rest well, sir. I’ll get going now.”

Hugh brought Nicole to a secluded spot. Then, he spun around to look at Nicole and asked, “How did you know it was me and how did you find me?”

‘It was easy to find out who you were, and it was even easier to track you down,” Nicole calmly said while staring into his eyes.

Hugh froze, not knowing what to do upon hearing what Nicole had said. He did not expect that his happy days would come to an end so soon, and he did not know if Nicole would take him to prison either. He had no idea what was going to happen to his grandfather if she really did. A myriad of questions began popping in his head.

‘Calm down, I understand the situation you’re in. I’m not here to bring you to the cops, but I need to ask you some questions.” Nicole flashed him a stern look as she asked.

Hugh could not help but be suspicious after hearing what she said. ‘You’re not here to get me arrested?!”

‘It depends if your answers are satisfy me,” she replied.

‘What do you want to know?” Hugh looked at her, frightened.

‘Who gave you the money?’ Nicole asked as she glared at him, her eyes flashing with sparks.

Hugh drew a deep breath upon hearing that. I’ve never told anyone about this. How did she find out?’

‘How did you find out?” Hugh swallowed and asked.

“That’s none of your business. Just answer my question.” Nicole retorted with a stern look on her face.

“You heard everything my grandpa said moments ago,” Hugh answered, attempting to brush her off.

‘Do you really think that I can’t tell that what your grandfather said is not true? Honestly, don’t even try!” Nicole yelled, her voice thundering across the room.

Hugh inhaled deeply. Then, after hesitating for a second, he asked, I can tell you that, but can you guarantee that the money in my account will remain as mine?”

Hugh did not want all of the money to be gone before his grandfather could make a full recovery. It would be no different than putting him in prison.

Nicole thought about it and looked at him. “Nobody wants your money. I can guarantee that.”

Hugh hesitated again and said, ‘A restaurant owner gave me his number, but I’ve never met his person. We only communicated with each other through phone.”

“A restaurant owner? How did you know him?’ Nicole asked.

“My grandpa needed a lot of money for the operation. I couldn’t find anybody to lend me the money, so I went to a restaurant to drink my worries away. The owner knew what I was going through, so he treated me to some snacks and shared a few drinks with me. He told me that he knew a person who could probably help me, so…” Hugh explained, not daring to look at Nicole because of how guilty and ashamed he felt.

 

Chapter 1350

“Well then, do you know that person’s name? The person whom the restaurant owner had introduced to you.” Nicole questioned.

“I don’t know, but I did hear them referring to her as Ms. Jo.” Hugh told Nicole.

“Ms. Jo…”

“So, the person who instructed you to attack me is this Ms. Jo?’ Nicole asked after giving it some thought.

Hugh nodded.

“Do you still remember the address of the restaurant?”

“Yes.”

“Tell me.” Nicole ordered, having decided to visit the place and meet the restaurant owner on her own.

Just as Nicole was about to leave after getting the address, Hugh called out and stopped her. “Could you not tell them that I’m the one who gave you this information?”

Nicole glanced at him, “Don’t worry. From now on, just take good care of your grandfather and stay away from things like these. Otherwise, I’ll be back to exact retribution on you.”

Hugh was frightened and took a few steps back. Then, Nicole left.

Now in the car, Nicole could not stop thinking about this matter. ‘The owner and the instigator must be on the same team. In that case, the owner must know her. If she can’t show her face, who would go to the ceremony on her behalf? That person must be someone she can trust too.’

Suddenly, a figure appeared in Nicole’s mind. With the idea in mind, she immediately made a U-turn and drove off to the way she came.

Once she had arrived at the restaurant, Nicole took a seat on a table and waited for the person to appear. At that moment, the television was displaying a live broadcast of the McCarthy family’s ceremony.

From the broadcast, she was able to see that the McCarthy family’s ceremony was exceedingly clamorous and grand. There was a long line of cars driving up the mountain.

Nicole stared at the television and wondered, ‘Joyce must be in there too…’

After a short while, a familiar figure approached Nicole and took a seat in front of her.

“You were in a hurry to meet me. What’s the matter?” Harvey looked at Nicole with a smile and asked.

He had immediately rushed over upon receiving Nicole’s call. ‘Nicole has been asking to see me multiple times now. Does she have feelings for me now? Whatever it is, I must seize this opportunity and express my feelings to her in more apparent ways.’

“Take a look at the menu. Everything’s on me.” Nicole passed the menu to him.

Harvey took the menu and glanced at Nicole. It seemed to him that she really wanted something from him. Therefore, Harvey did not hesitate and ordered his favorite dishes.

Then, he asked, “Could you tell me the purpose of our meeting now?”

“The McCarthy family’s ceremony is being broadcasted live on television. Do you see it?” Nicole reminded him.

Harvey squinted at the television and said, “What is there to see? I’ve seen grander ceremonies than this. They’re just acting like clowns on the street.”

Harvey did not even bother to watch it. To him, the McCarthy family was just putting on an act of tomfoolery that they themselves had staged. He was not interested in being an audience of the show.

“Let’s not talk about them. Tell me, why did you ask me to come here?” Harvey looked at Nicole impatiently.

“Why do I feel like you’re very interested in what I’m about to say?” Nicole observed the look in Harvey’s eyes and asked.

“Nah, how can that be? I’m just worried that you’re in a hurry.” Harvey said, quickly covering it up.

“Really?

“Fine. Actually, I asked you to come here today because I need you to help me find something out.” Nicole locked eyes with Harvey as she explained herself.