Ch. 1371..1375: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1371-1375

Chapter 1371

Jared forced his way to the door, grunting as he knocked himself against the door. Max. who was standing outside the door, tried to get inside after hearing the sound. However, he was stopped by Fiorella’s bodyguards.

"Nobody can enter the room without Ms. Fisher's permission.”

Max looked at the two bodyguards from head to toe. “I'm Mr. Johnston's secretary."

"We're aware of that, but we still can't let you in without Ms. Fisher's permission.”

Asound could be heard coming from inside the room again. Then, Max ignored the bodyguards and broke into the room.

Max saw Jared lying on the bed, panting, while Fiorella unbuttoned his shirt.

"Who let you in?! Get out of here now!” Fiorella went off at Max after he entered the room.

Max ignored her and walked straight to Jared. Fiorella threw her bodyguards a glance, and they rushed toward Max. Max swiftly dodged them and pinned them down with just a few moves.

"Ms. Fisher, please let me do my job.” Max looked at Fiorella as he spoke.

Looking at her incompetent bodyguards, Fiorella knew she could not stop Max from taking Jared away. So, she looked at Max and said with a smile, ‘Why are you so tense? I've known Mr. Johnston for many years. Why would I hurt him? He had too much to drink just now. I was just helping him rest when you broke in. I drank a little bit as well. I thought you were an intruder. Please forgive me."

Max knew what Fiorella was trying to imply. He nodded at her. Then, he took Jared out of the room and left through another exit.

Fiorella fumed. She scolded her bodyguards for ruining her perfect plan. She finally had a chance to be alone in a room with Jared, yet these two guys blew it for her. Max would never have been able to take Jared away if they were more competent.

“Trash! Get out of my sight. You're fired!" Fiorella shouted at them.

Frightened, the bodyguards left the room and shut the door with their tails between their legs. Fiorella swung a pillow at the door.

The banquet downstairs was still very busy, and everyone was oblivious to what had happened upstairs.

In the mansion, Nicole did not see Jared in the house after returning home. She was about to call him because she thought he was doing overtime. However, she then remembered that he had said something about going to a banquet that night, so she put her phone away.

The doorbell rang while she was watching television. Nicole thought it was Jared, so she wondered why he did not use his key.

She went to get the door and saw Max holding Jared up.

"What's with him?" Nicole looked at Max in confusion.

"Mr. Johnston had too much to drink at the banquet." To avoid any misunderstanding, Max decided to not tell her the truth.

"Get him inside." Nicole opened the door. Then, Max helped Jared to the sofa and laid him down.

"Ms. Nicole, I'll get going now.” Max turned around and looked at Nicole.

"Sure. Thank you so much."

After Max left, Nicole went to Jared's side. "I always thought his tolerance was very high. How many drinks did he have before he passed out like this?

 

Chapter 1372

Nicole grumbled under her breath while unbuttoning Jared's shirt.

Then, a red mark on Jared's cheek caught her attention. She looked at it closely and realized it came from a woman's lips. ‘Didn't he go to a banquet? Why is there a lipstick stain on his face?!’

A lot of questions ran through Nicole's head. She furrowed her brows and looked at Jared, who was sound asleep.

"Good one, Jared Johnston! Looks like you had a lot of fun earlier and even got yourself drunk. Why did you bother coming back home?” Nicole looked at him as she questioned him.

However, Jared only responded with snores. Nicole left his side angrily. Then, she switched off the television and went upstairs.

She lay in her bed and thought about what had happened. The longer she lay there, the angrier she got. She felt like Jared had been pretending to be a man of principles.

The next morning, Jared woke up because of how thirsty he was. He looked around and did not see Fiorella anywhere. Relief flooded through him. He took a cup and filled it with water before downing it. It was only then he realized that he was back home, but he had no idea why he was sleeping in the living room.

He tried to recall what had happened last night. The last thing he could remember was Fiorella unbuttoning his shirt and nothing else after that.

‘How did I get home? By myself? Probably not. Max was with me. I'm sure Max sent me back here.

‘Why was I sleeping on the sofa then? Max would never just leave me there like that. There has got to be something I missed.’

While trying to recall his memories, Jared heard footsteps from the staircase. He immediately turned his head to look over, thinking it was Fiorella.

Then, Nicole appeared before his eyes, and Jared felt relieved again. The trauma that Fiorella brought him was unimaginable.

"You're awake," Nicole said without concern, looking at Jared.

“Yeah. Good morning," Jared said in greeting.

Nicole glared at him and asked sarcastically, "How was your sleep last night?"

"Last night... was fine." He did not remember what happened anyway, as he had slept away all night. He would still be sleeping if he was not that thirsty.

"What about you?" Jared asked, looking at Nicole.

Nicole continued to mock him. "It was excellent. The bed was so big and fluffy. So much better than the sofa.”

After hearing what Nicole said, Jared realized then that he had yet to brush his teeth. He stood up slowly as his head still felt a little dizzy. It got better after he stood upright for a while.

"Is there any breakfast for me?" Jared asked as he walked to the washroom.

He looked at his reflection in the mirror there, and he was shocked! ‘What did I do to look like this? My hair is a mess, and even my shirt is unbuttoned.!

When he was about to wash his face. he suddenly noticed a lipstick stain on his cheek. He was stunned.

‘Where did this come from?’ Suddenly. an unpleasant scene flashed through his mind. ‘Could it be...

‘Oh, no! Nicole probably saw this. Otherwise, I wouldn't be sleeping on the sofa. It also explains why she acted so weird just now.’

Thinking of how terrifying Nicole's gaze was, he immediately connected the dots.

He freshened up quickly and went downstairs. Nicole was already having breakfast in the dining hall. He walked over slowly and sat down, only to find out that there was no food in front of him. He glanced over at Nicole as she kept eating without looking at him.

Jared hesitated, but he decided to ask anyway. "Nicole, how did I get back last night?”

Chapter 1373

Nicole lifted her head to look at Jared after hearing his question.

Then, coldly, she asked him another question, "Have you forgotten about everything last night?"

"I remember some of it, but I have no idea how I got back," Jared replied with a hint of guilt in his voice.

"Max sent you home," Nicole told him.

Jared ran through his memories and vaguely remembered this happening.

'Seems like she noticed the lipstick stain on my face, and that's probably why I was left in the living room to sleep"

Even though Jared was not happy about what she did, he figured Nicole should be feeling worse.

"About what happened last night, I can explain."

Jared peered at Nicole with a sincere look on his face.

"It's fine.I've got to go to work now.You should make something to eat for breakfast."

Then, Nicole stood up and left the table.

"Nicole..."

Despite Jared calling her name, Nicole did not stop walking as she went straight out the door.

Anger flooded Jared's veins as he stared at Nicole's car driving away from the mansion.

'How did I get drunk? And how did that lipstick stain get on my face?"

Jared put on his jacket, got in his car, and drove to the office.

There, Max stood before Jared.

"What happened last night? I want to know everything in detail." Jared said.

Not wanting Jared to worry about last night's incident, Max tried to hide it from him.

"Mr.Johnston, nothing happened.You should take a look at the documents first."

"Tell me," Jared said without emotion.

Max noticed his tone, so he told Jared everything that had happened the previous night.

The more Jared heard, the angrier he got.He was not expecting Fiorella to set him up like this at all.

Fortunately, Max was sharp enough to get him out of there.

Otherwise, Fiorella likely would have taken advantage of him.

"Did Nicole take care of me after you sent me home?" Jared asked, looking at Max.

"Yes, sir.Ms.Nicole was the only one in the mansion."

"Got it.Get back to work now."

Jared treated Fiorella like a friend, and he even gave her a bottle of wine as a gift.He did not expect that she would drug him at all.He recalled clearly that he had started to lose consciousness after drinking the wine she handed him.He just did not know if there was something wrong with the wine or if Fiorella had done something to the glass.

Jared slammed his fist on the table angrily.

"That damn woman!"

‘There's no way I'm going to be her partner anymore.She can only blame herself for this"

Meanwhile, Zeke sent Nicole a message as soon as she arrived at the office.

[Are you there?]

[Yeah.Why are you contacting me through this?] Nicole felt it was strange that Zeke used an encrypted channel to text her.

[Abort mission.I was exposed, and I escaped to a safe place for now.Could you take over and get it done for me?]

'Things were all good just a few days ago.Why is Zeke suddenly getting hunted down now?'

[Hide well and stay low.Can't you just carry on with the mission after some time? I don't have the energy to take on such a high-risk mission right now.]

[Okay, but I have a favor to ask.Please help me complete this mission if you ever hear about my death.I genuinely hope you can help me.]

 

Chapter 1374

Nicole did not appreciate Zeke's negativity.

[Can't you be more optimistic? You'll be fine.Just get it done yourself.]

[Thanks!]

Then, Zeke went offline.

Nicole sighed after looking at Zeke's status.

''He could've been enjoying his life if he didn't have such a dangerous job.There are plenty of other things to do if he were just after the thrill..."

"Ms.Riddle, the engineer wants to talk to you about something," said Kelly after entering the office.

"Sure.I'll be right with him."

Nicole shut down her computer and left her office.

In the afternoon, Harvey came over for Nicole.

"Is Nicole here?" he asked the receptionist.

"Ms.Riddle is inside."

"Okay it He walked into Nicole's office but could not see her anywhere.

"She's not here."

Harvey went to another room to look for her.He pushed the door open and saw Nicole saying something about the chip with the engineer.

"Mr.Ellison."

Kelly greeted him as soon as she saw him enter.

"Hey."

Nicole then turned around and looked at Harvey.

"What brings you here today?"

"The thought of missing you, I suppose," Harvey said shamelessly with a bright smile on his face.

"Boring."

Nicole rolled her eyes at him.

‘In the few days I haven't seen him, I wonder where he learned this from."

"Are you busy?" he asked, looking at Nicole.

Nicole looked back at him.

"Do you need me for something?"

"Of course."

"Wait for me in my office then.I'll be with you in a second." Nicole said to him before resuming her discussion with the engineer.

After some time, Nicole returned to her office.

"Anything to drink? "Do you have coffee?" Harvey asked bluntly.

Nicole picked up the phone and said, "Get Mr.Ellison a cup of coffee."

"So, what's so important that you had to come all the way here to tell me?"

Nicole sat on her office chair.She lifted her brows as she looked at Harvey.

"Joyce is rushing me to get it done already.What are you planning to do next?"

Harvey asked her with an inquiring look.

Nicole leaned back on her chair and thought about it.

'It looks like Joyce can't wait to come after me.I wonder why.

‘Could it be that she wants to leave the country as soon as possible...?'

"Try to stall her for now.Give me some time to think about it," Nicole answered.

"Again? I can probably do that for just another day. I'm afraid they'll start suspecting me if I keep stalling."

Harvey put on a cautious look as he gazed at Nicole.

"Understood.I'll let you know what to do as soon as I figure it out."

Nicole looked at Harvey again as she asked, "Have you heard anything about Martin?"

Harvey felt a spark of jealousy.

"Nothing much is happening with him.Why do you suddenly ask that?"

"I'm starting to think that I'm not the only one Joyce is coming after, but Martin too," said Nicole.

"Martin? Didn't they use to work together? Even though he chased the McCarthy family out of the country, he didn't do anything to hurt them. I heard he only did that because Joyce stole something he was experimenting on."

Chapter 1375

"Well, I guess they're considered even now."

Harvey looked at Nicole as if he had a lot going on in his head.

"Yeah."

Nicole gazed at Harvey.

What Harvey said was only part of the reason, and he probably still did not know about the envy between them.She figured it would be better to keep him in the dark to reduce the risk of him making a mistake.

"You should leave now.I need to be somewhere."

Nicole looked at Harvey and then stood up, leaving her office.

Just then, the receptionist entered the room with a cup of coffee.

"Mr.Ellison, here's your coffee."

"It's fine."

Then, he followed Nicole out of the room.

"Where are you going? I'll come with you," Harvey said.

"Harvey Ellison, are you so free because you made my brother do everything for you?"

Nicole questioned him.

With a confident look, Harvey replied, "I didn't.I've finished all my work already.You can call Sean and ask him if you don't believe me,"

Nicole rolled her eyes at him before entering the elevator.

Harvey got on as well.

"Don't you have other projects to handle other than what you're working on with the Aegis Corporation?"

Nicole said while keeping her gaze forward.

"Of course, but I'm letting my subordinates take care of them.I'm spending so much money on their salary.What's the point of doing that if I still have to do everything myself? "I'm not like you and Mr.Johnston.

Even though both of you are very hands-on and your business keeps growing, you're wearing yourselves out at the same time.I don't think work is worth sacrificing my health for.

"I'm living rather comfortably now, and I think the most important thing to me is living in the present.Otherwise, it'll be too late to do anything when we get older."

Harvey spoke as if he had found the meaning of life, and living the present was his priority.

"Different people have different dreams."

That was all Nicole said before she walked toward her car.Harvey followed her.

Nicole got inside the car and looked at him.

"You're not coming with me," she said.

Then, she started the car and drove off as Harvey stood there, watching the car get further and further away from him.

Nicole dialed Martin's number while driving.

"Martin, are you in the factory?"

Nicole's voice traveled through the phone and reached Martin's ears.

"Yeah, I am.Why do you have the time to call me?"

Martin put down the documents in his hands.

"I'm on my way to the factory now.Talk to you later."

Nicole hung up the phone after confirming Martin's location.

Knowing that Nicole would be there soon, Martin stood and went outside.

He wanted to welcome her as they had not met for some time.

After a while, Nicole drove her car into Beacon, and Martin was waiting for her in the parking lot.

Nicole parked her car and got out.

"Are you welcoming me?"

Nicole asked with a bright smile on her face.

"of course.It's been some time," Martin said, looking at Nicole.

"You're right."

"Let's talk upstairs."

Martin led the way to his office with Nicole in tow.

Nicole took a seat as Martin made a cup of her favorite coffee.

Nicole took the cup from him and sipped.

Then, she looked at Martin and said, "Isn't this the coffee I gave you? Why do you still have it?"

It had been some time since she gifted the coffee to him, and he should have finished it long ago.

So, Nicole felt it was strange that he still had some left for her.

Martin looked at Nicole and smiled, "I don't know where you buy your favorite coffee, so I didn't drink any of the coffee you gave me.I kept it all so I could make them for you when you visit."

Nicole was very surprised to hear what he said.

"Really? You didn't use it, just so I can have them when I come by?"