Ch. 1416..1420: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1416-1420

Chapter 1416

“Dr. Wyance, if there’s nothing else, I’ll proceed to the other wards now.”

After she had said that, the nurse walked around Martin and left the room.

Martin turned around and looked at the nurse’s back with some lingering questions in his mind.

“What’s the matter, Martin?” Nicole asked, as she got up to look at the door from which the noises had emanated.

“It’s nothing. You’ve eaten already, right? I’ve only brought you something light.” Martin said, as he brought some food over to Nicole.

Nicole sat up and looked at Martin as she said, “I’ve had dinner already. So, a light meal will just nice.”

After she had spoken, she unconsciously darted her eyes at Jared, and noticed that a red light was emanating from the life support machine. She got out of bed at once, intending to hurry over to where the equipment were installed.

“What are you doing? Your IV is still attached!” Martin reminded upon seeing her springing to her feet like that.

Nicole pulled the IV needle out without saying anything and walked over to Jared. When she was close, she saw that he was pale as sheet, and so, she proceeded to check the equipment. Next to her, and right beside the life support machine was a cord that had been left unplugged and strewn on the floor. With no time to think, she immediately plugged it in again.

She then observed Jared’s condition.

Concurrently, Martin walked over and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“The life support cord fell off.” Nicole looked at Martin with a frown.

“Fell off?” Martin asked, taken aback when he heard that.

“How did the plug fall off? How’s Jared?” Martin at Jared anxiously.

Nicole did not answer him, and went on to observe Jared quietly. After a while, Jared’s complexion returned to normal and it was only then that was she relieved.

“He’s back to normal.” Nicole said.

Martin heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s good then.”

“Did someone come in earlier?” Nicole asked.

“Earlier?” Martin narrowed his eyes, trying to recall.

“I don’t know about earlier but I did run into a nurse just as I came in.”

Nicole too recalled that she had seen a nurse walking in while she was in a daze, and the aforementioned nurse was walking toward Jared before coming up to her. After that, she had paid the nurse no mind.

Just as Nicole was recalling that, she suddenly felt dizzy and staggered, almost falling on Jared. Thankfully, Martin was there to grab her before she could.

“What’s the matter?” Martin looked at her with a look of worry on his face.

“I don’t know. I feel like I am blacking out.” Nicole frowned slightly as she shook her head.

“Why would you feel dizzy all of a sudden? Did you overexert yourself today?” Martin asked, knowing that she was using the laptop today, and that she must have been working in secret.

Just as he was asking her, Nicole slouched against him, and after calling her few times without garnering any response, Martin instinctively felt that something was wrong with Nicole. He immediately picked her up and placed her back on her sick bed before examining her.

And the results shocked Martin. “How is she poisoned?!”

Immediately after, he took the Beacon out to detoxify Nicole, before calling the other medical staff members to bring the emergency rescue equipment in.

In the hallway, the doctors and nurses, who got Martin’s message, rushed into Jared’s ward with medical equipment in tow one after another.

“Hurry, get the equipment ready for emergency rescue! Nicole’s poisoned!’ Martin ordered without dallying.

Everyone in the room was shocked when they heard that Nicole was poisoned. Under Martin’s lead, they fought tooth and nail to save Nicole.

At the same time, Jared’s finger twitched again, but no one saw it.

After a long process of expelling the poison from her system, Nicole was finally pulled from the brink of death, and seeing that her vital signs were returning to normal, Martin heaved a sigh of relief.

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He dismissed the rest of the staff, allowing them to rest while he stayed behind to monitor Nicole’s condition.

Martin had fortunately brought the Beacon with him, or else the fate that could befallen Nicole would have been unimaginable.

Sitting at Nicole’s bedside, he slowly observed her. Time slowly passed and when it was close to midnight, Nicole finally woke up.

“You’re awake?” When Martin saw that Nicole finally awake, he became very excited as that meant that Nicole was fine now.

She opened her eyes and saw that Martin was seated by her bed side. To her, his look of excitement seemed a little strange. She wanted to speak but she felt that her throat and mouth were severely dehydrated.

Noticing that, Martin poured her a glass of water and carefully placed a straw in there.

Nicole’s thirst was sated after she had taken a huge gulp, and after she had handed the glass back to Martin, she realized it was really dark outside. “How long have I been asleep? And why are you here at this hour?”

“How do you feel?” Martin asked with concern.

“For some reason, I feel lightheaded.” Nicole held her head.

“Lie down and rest up then.” Martin advised.

Nicole looked at Martin and with her brows raised, she asked, ” Wasn’t I with you moments ago? I suddenly felt dizzy when I got up, and I don’t remember anything that has happened after that.

Why am I in bed now?”

“You were poisoned earlier. Thankfully I noticed it, or else… Well, what did you eat moments ago?” Martin asked her with a similar look.

“Poisoned?!” When she heard from Martin that she was poisoned, Nicole was in utter disbelief.

“How was I poisoned?” Nicole frowned and started to ponder, unwilling to believe that she had been dosed.

“You were indeed poisoned. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be here until this late.”

“You almost scared me to death when you suddenly stopped breathing moments ago,” Martin said, still fearful when he recalled everything that had happened just now.

“I didn’t eat anything aside from the stuff Max had brought over.” Nicole recalled.

“This one?” Martin walked over to the dining table as he asked.

“Yep.”

Martin took the Beacon to test the food out and found that there were no traces of poison.

He then turned around and said, “There’s no poison in the food.”

“Of course. Why would Max lace the food with poison?” Nicole said with certainty.

“It’s not the food, and you didn’t seem to have come into contact with anything else…” Martin lowered his gaze as he pondered.

“Just lie down first. Try to recall what you’ve came into contact with today or in the past few days that could’ve caused a poisoning.

” Martin said, looking at her.

Nicole leaned herself against the headboard as she tried to recall. Everything she had eaten recently were either brought over by Harvey or Max. The food brought over by the two of them would definitely not be problematic, so the possibility of food poisoning could be disregarded for the time being.

“Martin, I don’t think it’s food poisoning,” Nicole told him with a look of certainty on her face.

Martin then asked in return. “If it’s not food poisoning, what do you think caused the poisoning then?”

“Could I have been poisoned by drugs?” A thought suddenly occurred in Nicole’s mind and she blurted it out.

Martin locked eyes with her. “Drugs? You’ve been using the same IV drip for the past few days and it’s my own prescription, so there shouldn’t be a problem.”

Martin was dead serious. How could he ever hurt Nicole?

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“You misunderstood me. I’m not suspecting you. Perhaps there were things that we might’ve overlooked.” Nicole continued her attempts to recall as she spoke.

“Right, when I came in, there was a nurse who was about to leave your room. I’ve never seen the nurse before, and she said she was standing in for Lilian.” Martin suddenly remembered.

“A nurse?”

“Yes. Did you know what she was doing inside your room?” Martin asked as he looked at Nicole.

Nicole tried her best to recall and after a while, she said, “I remember that the nurse came in to have a look at Jared before changing my IV drip. The procedures were as usual. I don’t remember seeing anything particularly suspicious.”

“That’s strange. What could it be then…?” Martin began to ponder.

“Wait, no!” Nicole cried out, having suddenly recalled something.

“What’s the matter?” Martin looked up at Nicole.

“After the nurse left, you came in, and I found that the plug on Jared’s life support machine had fallen off. Normally, a plug that has been secured would not fall out like that if no one had touched it!”

“And then the nurse changed my drip…”

Thinking of this, Nicole’s eyes narrowed as she looked up at the IV drip stand.

“Where’s the previous drip bag?”

“Over there. I changed it when I was performing emergency rescue. ” Martin quickly brought the IV bag over to Nicole.

Nicole looked at the drip bag and could not see anything unusual from the surface.

Handing the bag over to Martin, she ordered, “Send it for a toxicology test. Perhaps we’ll find out what’s going on once the results are out.”

Martin looked at Nicole and instantly understood what she meant. “Alright, I’ll send it to the lab right now.”

Martin turned around and left with the drip bag. After he had left, Nicole got down from her bed and walked toward Jared’s, as she was feeling much better now.

She sat down beside him and inspected the instruments. Once she saw that nothing was amiss, she then turned toward Jared.

“Aren’t you going to wake up already? Did you know that something almost happened to you today? Thank goodness I noticed it first, or else you’d have…”

“Anyway, just open your eyes soon, okay?”

“Nicole! There’s something wrong with this drip bag!” Martin rushed over with the toxicology report and saw her sitting beside Jared’s bed.

“Wait, why are you out of bed?” Martin asked with concern.

“I feel much better now. What were you saying about the IV drip?” Nicole asked.

“After we have tested the contents of the bag, we discovered that there was a slow-acting, lethal poison in it!” Martin said with a grim look on his face.

“As expected!” she cried out.

Even though she had expected that this would be the case, it was still quite harrowing to hear it for herself.

“It looks like it can only be the nurse’s doing.” Nicole narrowed her eyes.

“It must be her then,” Martin concurred.

“I’ll go look for her right now!” Martin said as he got up, wishing to look for that nurse.

“She would’ve fled long ago, so forget it,” Nicole said. “Martin, I didn’t see how she looked like. You ran into her. Do you remember her face?”

“She was wearing a mask at that time, so I could only see her eyes. Her eyes were deep with double- eyelids… She also looked like she was wearing a pearl earring.” Martin said, attempting to recall.

“A pearl earring?” Nicole asked.

“Right. I felt that something was weird back then. How could a nurse be wearing such a big earring? Now that I think of it, she’s no nurse at all. Gosh, I’m such an idiot!” Martin sighed while blaming himself.

After all, the culprit was right there, standing before him, and yet he could not tell at that time.

Chapter 1419

“You’re not at fault. No one expected this to happen,” Nicole said, comforting him.

“Thank god you were alright,” Martin said. “Or else, what do I even tell Jared later?”

“Alright, alright. Go to the security room. Check and see how the nurse left the hospital. She’d definitely have revealed herself after leaving this place,” Nicole told Martin.

“I’ll go look into it right away,’ he said.

“Okay.”

At noon, during the very next day, Harvey bought a meal from the Blue Whale Cafe and visited Nicole. As he opened the door with the meal in hand, he saw Nicole and Martin talking about something.

When the two saw him walking in, they stopped.

Nicole looked at Harvey and asked, “Uh, why are you here?”

Harvey lifted the food and flashed it before her. “Didn’t you say you wanted to eat something from the Blue Whale Cafe? I went there to get some takeout before I came here. Want to give it a try now?”

“Thankyou. Just leave it there first,” Nicole said.

“Alright.” Harvey placed the lunch box on the small table by Nicole’s bed before looking at the two.

“With this footage, leave the rest to me. You still have other things to see to.” Nicole told Martin.

“But you’re really weak now. How are you going to deal with it?” Martin asked with a look of disapproval.

“What are you two talking about?” Harvey walked over and asked.

“Nothing. Let’s have lunch.” Nicole glanced at Martin before walking over to the small table.

Martin looked at Harvey and said, “Nicole, how about we let Mr. Ellison handle this? He’s no stranger to us, and I’m not really keen on letting you handle this.”

“What needs her handling? She’s a patient now.” Harvey looked at Martin with his brows raised.

He did not approve of Nicole needing to handle anything at this moment.

Martin did not tell him about it directly. Instead, he looked at Nicole, as though he was asking her if she wanted to tell Harvey or not.

Nicole then contemplated for a moment, ‘Harvey had been involved previously, and so, there is no need to hide this from him.’

“Here’s the deal. Someone pretended to be a nurse, got into the ward, unplugged the instrument monitoring Jared’s vital signs, and poisoned my IV drip. We…”

Before Nicole could finish, Harvey interrupted her. “Poisoned?! How could that happened with so many bodyguards outside?”

“Are you alright, Nicole?” Harvey, who was shocked, walked over to check on Nicole.

“I’m fine. Thankfully, Martin was around at that time.” Nicole darted Martin a glance.

Harvey also gave Martin a glance before asking Nicole, “Who did this!? The audacity of him!”

“It must be someone that hates me to the bone.” Nicole blurted out.

“Yes, you’re right.” Martin looked at Nicole, having thought of someone from what she had said.

“You mean…” Nicole then thought of someone and could not help but to meet Martin’s gaze.

“What are you two talking about? I’m quite lost.” Harvey said, totally confused.

The two ignored him as they continued, “Seems like there’s no longer any need to investigate. We just need to grab hold of the person to get to the bottom of this.”

A cold glint appeared in Martin’s eyes. It was fine if he was the one who got hurt, but hurting Nicole was something he could never abide.

“I’ve yet to fully recover, so I’ll not able to get that perpetrator myself.”

Chapter 1420

“We can’t make use of Jared’s men either…” Nicole said as both she and Martin looked at Harvey in unison.

“Why are you looking at me?” Harvey asked, crept out by their gaze.

“You’re the only one who can help us with this.” Martin looked into Harvey’s eyes.

“Help you? With capturing people?” Harvey looked at them with his brows raised.

“Actually, what are you talking about? Can you explain to me?” Harvey asked.

“Harvey, someone attempting to poison Nicole. Do you understand now?” Martin explained.

“I’ve heard that part, but who are you planning to capture?” Harvey asked, puzzled.

“Him.” Martin looked for a picture on his phone and sent it to Harvey’s.

“Isn’t this…”

“Are you saying that he’s the one who poisoned Nicole?” Harvey looked at Nicole with curious eyes.

“He’s the only one who has the motive now, and that’s why I need you to bring him to us,” Nicole said coldly.

“Are you going to interrogate him here?” Harvey asked.

“Of course not. Find an empty room in the suburbs and take him there; I’ll interrogate him there. And please, remember not to expose yourself,” Nicole reminded him.

“Sure, I’m on it.” Harvey then walked out.

When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and turned to Nicole. “Remember to eat the lunch I brought you.”

“Okay.”

“Nicole, if Harvey manages to bring him to us, do you really want to perform the interrogation yourself?” Martin asked.

“Of course,” Nicole affirmed.

“All right then,” he said.” I’ll be coming with you.”

Martin knew Nicole’s character. Once she had made up her mind, there was no going back.

“It’s fine. When I’m not around, please take care of Jared.” Nicole looked at him with a stern expression.

Martin obviously understood what Nicole was trying to say, so he nodded in agreement. “Very well then, but you can’t go there alone, either. You should take Kelly with you. It’s best if someone is around if anything happens.”

“It’s fine. Harvey will be there, so you don’t have to worry,” she said.

Then, she looked at Jared. “It’s all set, then. Anyway, we’ve been talking for hours. You should check up on Jared’s condition now.”

“Sure.” Martin walked up to Jared’s bed and proceeded to examine his condition.

“So?” Nicole asked when she saw him putting his stethoscope away.

He shook his head. “Everything’s still the same.”

“Why? Is it because the medicine is not effective?” Nicole looked at the medicine, doubtful of it.

She then took a seat and checked Jared’s pulse.

After some time, she asked, “Martin, can you lend me a pen?”

She took the pen and wrote a prescription on a piece of paper before passing it to Martin. “Can you please follow the instructions and bring me the medication.”

“Are you sure, Nicole? He won’t be able to drink it by himself now. ” Martin looked at Nicole with his brows raised.

“Yeah, just do what I say. I have a plan,” she said.

“Fine, I’m on it now. You shouldn’t sit on the floor for too long. Take a rest on the bed.” Martin then left with the prescription in his hand.

Nicole sat next to Jared and began talking to him. Before she knew it, the entire afternoon had passed.