Ch. 1386..1390: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1386-1390

Chapter 1386

"I wanted to say the same thing," said Jared, glancing at Nicole.

"You're lying! I don't believe it!" said Nicole.

"It's true.I'm not lying to you this time," Jared explained to her seriously.

Nicole still found it hard to believe his words.

"Really?"

"Really."

"Alright then.Where do you want to go this afternoon?" Nicole asked Jared.

"Of course, we're going to your favorite place, Blue Whale Restaurant," Jared responded.

Nicole had just been there with Martin the day before, and they had the softshell king crab.Today, she wanted to try something new.

"I don't think we should go there so often.Why not switch things up today?"

"Sure.Then you can think of a place to go."

Jared wanted her to choose.

"I can't think of any now.I'll let you know once I think of one."

As they were chatting, a car reached the lobby of the Golden Coast Building.

Nicole gave Jared a peck on the cheek.

Then, she quickly opened the car door for him and ran into the building.

Watching Nicole run inside, Jared smiled widely.

Then, he drove out of the Golden Coast Building.

Just as Nicole stepped out of the elevator, the receptionist hurried to her and said, "Ms.Riddle, Mr.Harvey is waiting for you inside."

"Harvey? What's he doing here?" Nicole asked the receptionist.

The receptionist shook her head.

"I'm not sure."

"Alright, I got it."

Nicole walked into her office.

Harvey was sitting in her office, drinking coffee leisurely.

"Mr.Harvey, are you treating this place like a café now? You always come here for coffee whenever you're free."

Nicole spoke suddenly, startling Harvey.

"How come there's no sound when you walk?"

Harvey questioned her as he patted his chest.

"It's because you weren't listening.What are you doing here today? "

Nicole sat on her office chair.

"Have you forgotten about the plan we discussed yesterday? I've been waiting for your message all night long."

Harvey gave her a puzzled look.

"Also, why didn't you ask me along for dinner with Martin last night?"

Harvey looked unsatisfied.

"I had something important to discuss with Martin last night.Also, why should I invite you when I eat with someone? I don't have to explain these things to you as well," said Nicole, rolling her eyes at him.

Hearing that, Harvey became angrier.

In that case, don't you dare ask me to send the both of you home next time!"

Initially, he just wanted to make Nicole feel guilty.He did not expect Nicole to act so arrogantly.

"You sent me home yesterday?"

Nicole could not believe her ears.She clearly remembered calling Kelly.

How did it end up being Harvey?

"If not, who?"

Nicole was confused and looked at Harvey in disbelief.

"That's strange.I remember I called Kelly.How did the call reach you?"

"Look."

Harvey whipped out his call history and showed it to Nicole.

Only then could Nicole believe his words.

"That's really strange.But thank you for sending me home yesterday,"

Nicole thanked Harvey reluctantly.Harvey finally felt better after hearing those words.

"I'm a generous man, so I'll forget about this.Now, let's talk about how we'll deal with Joyce."

At the mention of Joyce, Nicole became serious.She recalled what Martin had told her the night before.

Then, she looked at Harvey and said, "Tell that restaurant owner you didn't succeed.That way, we can extend Joyce's stay here."

"Would that work? Wouldn't they get suspicious of me?"

Harvey looked at Nicole and analyzed her expression.

 

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"I'm not afraid if that rouses suspicion.At most, it'll just force Joyce to personally get involved.That's even better in my books."

Harvey analyzed the matter calmly.

"Alright, but I can't shake the feeling that this response is too nonchalant.We need to present it in a way that makes them see that you're unaffected.Otherwise, I think they'll look into my background and expose me.If that happens, Joyce will definitely notice."

"You've got a point.We can put on a show for them.We cannot allow the restaurant boss to figure out who you are."

Nicole looked Harvey in the eyes as she said this.

"Yeah."

"We cannot meet outside the plaza anymore.We need to find a new place."

"I'll leave the arrangements to you then.Just inform me later."

"Alright, I'll see to it right now."

As he said that, Harvey got up and left the room.Nicole sat in the office, thinking for a good while before getting up to do her work.

The clock kept moving, and soon it was lunch break.

Jared called as scheduled.

"Have you figured out where to eat for lunch?"

Jared's voice rang out from the phone.

"I have.There's a pretty good restaurant on the Eastside.Let's give it a try."

"Alright, come down then.I'm waiting downstairs."

"Already? I thought you hadn't left yet."

Nicole sounded a little surprised.

"Gotta be a bit more proactive when I'm asking a beauty out for lunch."

"Enough cheek.I'll come down now."

Nicole hung up and walked to the elevator, taking it down to the lobby.

Getting into Jared's car, Nicole showed him the restaurant details on her phone.

"This place."

Jared then inputted the details into the GPS device and reminded her, "Alright, put on your seatbelt."

The car slowly crove into the bustling Eastside.

Jared peered at the building and asked, "This should be the place, right?"

Nicole immediarely looked over.

"Yup, that's the one."

Jared then parked the car, opened the door for Nicole, and the two walked into the restaurant.

As this was the first time they were at the restaurant, the manager did not know them.However, he could tell from how they were dressed that they were rich folks.

"Welcome! Please come in.May I know what you would like to order?"

Nicole looked at the crowd inside the restaurant and spoke as she walked.

"Just give us a selection of your specialty dishes."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Do you have a quieter spot in the restaurant?" Jared asked.

"We do.Please come upstairs," said the manager as he led the way.

After arriving at a quieter spot in the restaurant, the manager looked at Nicole and asked, "Would you like something to drink?"

"We're driving, so just water will do."

"Sure.Please sit down and relax.We'll be serving you soon."

The manager left then.

Jared looked at Nicole and asked, "So this is the so-called 'pretty good' restaurant you talked about?"He recalled the rather noisy crowd downstairs.

Nicole could sense Jared's irritability and explained, "This place may be a little noisy, but the food is pretty good.You'll know I'm tight once the food is served."

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"Alright then."

Since they were already here, it would be rude for Jared to rebuke Nicole, so he sat down and patiently waited for the food to be served.

After a while, a waiter came to Nicole and Jared's table with a platter of specialty dishes before carefully placing it in front of them.

"Bon Appetit."

Nicole picked up one of the delicious pieces and held it up to Jared.

"Give it a taste."

Seeing that Nicole was trying to feed him, a smile appeared on his face as he ate the food.

"Not bad," Jared commented.

"See, I told you so.This restaurant's food has to be pretty decent to be so popular."

Nicole then took a bite as well.

The two chatted as they ate.

And for some reason, the topic shifted to the McCarthy family, and Nicole looked at Jared as she said, "I had dinner with Martin yesterday, and I heard something really important from him."

"Martin? What sort of important news can he bring?" Jared asked nonchalantly.

Martin was nothing but a reclusive researcher to him.

Nicole gave Jared a serious look.

"It seems like you still don't know Martin well enough."

"I'm sure you already know about the McCarthy family's marriage plans with the foreign forces, right?"

Nicole looked calmly at Jared.

"I do.What about it?"

"Then do you know why that Adam family from overseas would want to marry into an out-of-favor McCarthy family?"

Nicole's gaze was full of meaning.

"Tell me."

Jared raised an eyebrow.He, too, had been investigating this matter recently.

'Could Nicole know something I don't?"

"I heard that the McCarthys were targeting the Adam family because the latter was branching out.So their marriage ties are more utilitarian and not as strong as we've imagined."

Nicole told Jared everything Martin had told her.

"I see."

Jared was even happier to hear this than to eat good food.He finally had a way to deal with the McCarthys now.

"Nicole, do you think this information is reliable?" Jared asked somewhat worriedly.

"I heard it from Martin himself.

It shouldn't be fake."

Martin was her friend and would not have given her false information.

Jared continued to try to verify the information.

"Then where did Martin learn about this?"

Nicole found herself unable to answer Jared's question.

Perhaps she was too excited when she got the information and forgot to ask Martin for the details.

"That, I don't know.I'll ask him when I go back."

"No need.If the information is true, I'll find out after some investigating.Martin wouldn't feed you fake information, so there's no need to worry," Jared said to reassure Nicole.

"Yeah."

Seeing that Nicole was still not enthused, he sat beside her and said, "No need to think about it.Real or not, bringing it up is important."

Those words amused Nicole.

"I'm not a child.You don't need to humor me."

"You're always a precious girl in my heart."

"Oh, you!"

As the two chatted, Joyce appeared.

The manager had arranged for her to sit to the far right of Nicole, with her back facing Nicole.

There were a few other tables of guests between them.

Since Jared was seated by Nicole's side, he did not see her enter the place either.

Joyce pointed at a few dishes on the menu.

"I want these few dishes.Serve them up, quick."

Chapter 1389

"Sure, ma'am.We'll serve them right away."

After that, Joyce looked around and saw nothing of interest, so she took out her phone and sent a message.

[I'm at the restaurant opposite your studio.]

"Sit back down."

Nicole pushed Jared back into his seat.

Being pushed like that, Jared could only return to his seat.

"How's the chip research coming along?" Jared asked, looking at Nicole.

"We've already developed it.We're in the testing phase now," Nicole answered as she ate.

Jared was quite surprised upon hearing Nicole's response.

"That fast?"

"You call that fast? We were already developing it when I was still overseas.It's just that there were some incompatible parts.Otherwise, we would've completed it long ago."

Nicole still felt that their research progress was too slow.

"You're being too modest.You managed to settle the matter in a month when a development team would've needed half a year.Isn't that amazing enough?"

Even Jared felt that Nicole was selling herself short.

"Really?"

Nicole had not been in contact with the technology development team.

The only people she had been in contact with were those in the base, but they did not give Nicole the feeling of being particularly good, nor were they comparable to the ones she had at the moment.

"If I get the opportunity, I'll take you to meet a developer, and you'll know why then."

Jared gazed lovingly at Nicole and felt more and more that he had gotten himself a treasure.

As Jared chatted with Nicole, a man with a cap walked over and sat at Joyce's table.

Jared glanced at the man but did not pay the latter too much mind as he continued his conversation with Nicole.

A moment later, Jared took another accidental glance at the opposite side of the restaurant and noticed that the man had his cap on and was deliberately pulling it low as if he was afraid of being recognized.

Such strange behavior immediately caught Jared's attention.He took out his phone and sent Max a message before returning to chat with Nicole as if nothing had happened.

Ten minutes later, the man got up and left, but the person who shared the table with him did not and was seemingly still eating.

‘‘am I overthinking this?"

Jared frowned a little as he looked at Joyce's back.

Just as he was serving something to Nicole, Joyce got up and went downstairs.

A moment later, Jared received a message from Max.

[Mr.Jared, I just saw Joyce McCarthy leaving the restaurant you were in.]

[Tail her.See what she's up to.]

[Roger.]

Sensing that Jared was somewhat distracted, Nicole asked, "Did something happen with the company?"

"Nah, just a small matter.You know the company can't function without me," Jared replied with a teasing tone.

"Yeah, yeah, you're the heart of the company."

Nicole could not help but teasingly praise him.

Suddenly remembering Mr.Johnston Sr., Nicole asked Jared, "How's Grandpa doing after he got home?"

"He's doing good at home, and I think he's much more alert than when he was in the hospital,"

Jared answered.

"That's good.Most people would feel better once they're back home.Their bodies will naturally recover a little faster.But don't get complacent.After all, you don't have all the facilities back home."

"Yeah, but don't worry.The butler accompanies Grandpa all day long.He'll be fine."

Seeing Nicole so concerned about his grandfather, he loved her even more.She was a smart, kind, and filial girl.

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"I understand but do visit Grandpa when you have the time.After all, you're his closest relative,"

Nicole advised as she looked Jared in the eyes.

"Alright.Speaking of which, the food here is pretty decent," Jared said as he met Nicole's eyes.

"Told you.Give this a try, then."

Nicole served Jared another dish that he had yet to taste.

"Okay."

An hour passed, and after Nicole and Jared ate, they walked out of the restaurant.

"How about we take the Southlake road back? I haven't seen that place in a while,"

Nicole suggested with an inquisitive gaze.

"Sure."

The two then got into the car and left the restaurant.

Along the way, Nicole kept looking in the rearview mirror.

Noticing that, Jared asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing.The scenery here is beautiful."

Nicole changed the subject.

Jared gave her a deep look before looking at the plaza at Southlake and said, "Yeah, we haven't passed through this road for a long while now."

Nicole suddenly felt like taking a stroll through the plaza.

"Can we find a place to stop? I want to take a walk."

"Sure thing."

Jared drove toward the parking lot.

Nicole got out of the car and walked toward the plaza, her eyes seemingly looking for something.

Suddenly, a figure rushed toward her, knocking her down and spilling a bottle of unknown liquid on her.

Seeing Nicole being attacked, Jared immediately ran toward her.

"Nicole!"

However, the masked person that had attacked Nicole swiftly fled.

Covering her face with her hand, Nicole screamed in pain.

Jared did not have the time to chase the perpetrator.He quickly carried Nicole back to the car.He slammed his foot on the accelerator and drove toward the hospital.

"Hold on, Nicole.We're almost at the hospital,"

Jared tried to comfort Nicole as he drove.

"Not the hospital.Look for Martin.He's the best doctor around,"

Nicole reminded him as she lay in the back.

Jared immediately turned the car around and drove to the Beacon factory.

Anxious, he gave Martin a call.

"Martin, Nicole's hurt.Where are you now?"

"Nicole's hurt?!"

"I'm at home.You can come over now," Martin told him.

During the previous renovation, he had built a professional medical room in his house to be used in unique situations.

"Okay, we'll come over right now."

Martin went to get the equipment ready as soon as he put down the phone.

Jared sped all the way there, running several traffic lights.

In less than ten minutes, he had arrived at Martin's place.

Jared carried Nicole inside.

"Martin?"

Hearing Jared's voice, Martin immediately got out to meet them.

"Put her on the bed," he instructed.

Jared put Nicole on the sick bed and looked at her with an anxious look on his face.

"Go out and take a breather.I'll check Nicole's injuries."

Martin looked at Jared.

"I'll stay here.Work on her now.I won't disturb you."

Jared had no intention of leaving Nicole alone.He wanted to stay by her side.