Ch. 1646..1650: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1646-1650

Chapter 1646

He would not mind even if it took longer.

Nicole looked down and took a sip of coffee as she was not comfortable with Lloyd staring at her.

Then she asked, "I remember the time now, so is there anything else I should know?"

It was her first time being involved in activities like these, so she did not know what the procedures were.

"Nah. You just have to remember that we share the same manager. Anna will pick you up after school every day," Lloyd explained.

"The same manager?" Nicole asked, as suspicions began to flood her mind.

After all, Lloyd was an A-list celebrity. 'His manager is probably a big shot as well. Is he really sharing her with me?’

"Of course, but Anna is rather harsh with her words," Lloyd added.

Nicole figured that it was a good thing, so she responded," Got it."

"Okay." Lloyd nodded, feeling slightly disappointed.

He really wanted to spend more time with Nicole, but sadly, they barely talked.

Then, he got up and said, "Anna will pick you up from your

house at 8pm this Saturday. What do you think?"

He just could not wait to see Nicole again.

"Sure." Nicole nodded.

Lloyd smiled with relief. "Let me send you off."

Nicole got up. "It's okay. You're busy. I can leave on my own."

In response, Lloyd looked at his watch. "It's fine. I'm usually done with work around this time. Do you want to... grab something to eat together?"

Nicole looked at his sincere gaze and was about to decline his offer when she remembered how much of a help he was to her for the past few days, so she figured that it was only natural for her to treat him to a hearty meal.

"Sure, but it's my treat. Deal?" Nicole asked generously.

Lloyd knew her character, so he responded, "Of course."

He was over the moon. 'Nicole is buying me a meal! This is the first time I get to hang out with her without the team around us!'

"But I get to choose the location. After all, I'm a celebrity. It's not really ideal to be in public," he said, flashing her a cheeky smile.

Nicole returned the gesture with a gentle smile. "Okay, I don't want to get any unnecessary attention either."

"Let's go then." Lloyd happily opened the door for her.

Nicole walked out gracefully, and Lloyd followed behind her.

When they had made their way downstairs, Lloyd drove his Bugatti Veyron over to her, whereupon she got into the car.

On the other side, Jared suddenly received a message from Claus.

"Sir, Miss Nicole has gone out to have a meal with that A- Lister..."

Jared's face darkened at once.

Without even bothering to continue the meeting anymore, he said, "The meeting ends here. You can all go back to work."

Max was stunned as he did not know what had happened.

But as soon as Jared got up, he bellowed, "Max, get the car ready!"

"Understood." Max complied and ran to the car.

However, he had a bad feeling in his stomach. 'A storm is coming...'

Lloyd quickly took Nicole to a private, yet stylish restaurant.

Nicole was surprised as she did not expect a restaurant like that to exist in this area. "This place is very suitable for doing trades."

Lloyd was stumped as he awkwardly said, "Uh... Let's head inside."

He was slightly worried though, as he had a habit of bringing his important guests here to talk business. 'Nicole is just too observant..

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When they had walked into the restaurant, they noticed that it was rather empty. There, Nicole immediately knew that it was not easy to get a table at this restaurant.

For that reason, Lloyd proudly brought Nicole over to a table.

The waiter came over to hand them the menu thereafter, and Nicole casually took a look at it before asking, "Your family owns this place, right?"

‘If that's not the case, why would everyone be gone as soon as Lloyd is here?’ she wondered.

Lloyd arched his brows, but he did not deny it. "Yeah, you can come as you wish. There is a private room upstairs, but the view here is better."

Then, he gestured for Nicole to look out.

Though that place was secluded, it was still located at a much higher plane, allowing them to get a view of the sea. They could also see the forest, whose green contrasted beautifully with the ocean's blue.

"You have good taste. This is a very good location." Nicole smiled as she already knew that Lloyd was the owner of that restaurant.

Hearing that, Lloyd became a little shy. "Really? Well, as long as you like it."

Then, Nicole nodded and proceeded to order a few delicious items from the menu, while Lloyd ordered a number of signature dishes as well. "I think you'd like these."

Without taking his words to heart, Nicole flashed him a courteous smile.

After that, Lloyd looked at Nicole and lamented, “I didn't expect that we could have a chance to eat together like this, without the team."

Nicole took a deep breath in. "Yeah, me neither."

She had never thought that she would be a daughter of the Riddle Family, who had a history with the Holder family too. That was why she had never thought that she would meet Lloyd again.

"This shows that we're fated to meet again." Lloyd stared at Nicole and harkened back to the training he had gone through and the times in which they went on missions together.

Back then, they were still young people who worked with Zane and the adults. Still, Nicole’s performance was outstanding, and she had helped him a lot. However, what he did not know was... Nicole was the little girl who had saved him that year.

Nicole noted his deep gaze. She did not know what he was thinking, so she did not keep the conversation going.

Soon, the waiter served them their food.

With style, Lloyd scooped some dishes up for Nicole. "Try some, I like these."

Nicole nodded and that was when she saw a type of cookie.

They were in a French restaurant, so that cookie was very out of place, but she found it to be oddly familiar, almost as if she used to eat it when she was younger.

When Lloyd saw Nicole locking at the cookie in confusion, he playfully asked, "Familiar, isn't it? You ate this when you were younger, right?"

Nicole was shocked. She really did enjoy that cookie when she was younger.

However, Nicole had only met Lloyd in the organization, and the cookie was not sold in the foreign country that they were deployed to. Therefore, Lloyd would not be able to know if Nicole liked that cookie.

That was when her mind clicked as she asked, "You liked this when you were younger too?”

Lloyd paused for a moment before smiling. "Yeah, I loved it. I still love it though, that's why I added it to the menu.”

"Oh." Nicole believed him.

But Lloyd seemed sad. ‘She had really forgotten everything, just as I had expected.’

She was bringing these cookies around with her when Lloyd first met her, and she had given them to him, who had been starving for days. That was why he would always remembered the taste of it and would still eat the cookies that she would give him.

Unfortunately, she had forgotten it herself. It was as if she had not been eating it for years as well.

Though Lloyd was disappointed, he was happy when he saw how satisfied Nicole looked when she ate the cookie.

"How is it?” he asked. "Does it still taste the same?"

Nicole chuckled. "Yeah, I miss it a lot. It's been a long time since I ate one of these.”

"Take some away with you if you like it." Lloyd smiled sincerely.

"Sure." Nicole accepted, as she really did like the cookie.

Lloyd stared at Nicole deeply, enjoying the moment that they were sharing.

However, it was then that a voice was heard at the entrance of the restaurant. "Sorry, no entry."

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But Jared's voice was low and cold as he responded,” There's nowhere in San Joto that I cannot enter.”

Then, Max walked up to them and pushed the security's arm aside.

The security detail was stunned, but he would not back down without a fight. So, he retaliated and engaged Max in a fisticuff.

Both of their arms began clashing against each other's, with neither of them wanting to give in.

Seeing that, Lloyd's gaze darkened at once. ‘That damn Jared sure is fast.’

Nicole had heard Jared's voice too, so she was shocked when she turned around and saw both Jared's and Max's faces. "Why is he here?!"

Then, she remembered that Jared's men had been following her wherever she went, and hence, it was not surprising for them to know her whereabouts.

‘He's such a jealous man. He definitely came here on purpose because he knew I'm here to have a meal with Lloyd,’ she thought.

Nicole's expression soured as soon as she thought of that.

However, Lloyd was exceptionally generous. "Mr. Johnston is a VIP. Let him in."

After having heard Lloyd from afar, the security detail stepped aside.

Jared glanced at the security guards at the entrance. 'How dare they touch Max?! Seems like these two guards aren't just security guards. This is definitely a very private restaurant.’

Jared refused to believe that Lloyd did not have any other intentions when he took Nicole to a place like this.

He walked to their table with pride and looked at Lloyd. "Mr. A-Lister Lloyd, why didn't you invite me when you asked my fiancee out for a meal?”

It was the first time Lloyd was met with Jared's strong presence.

However, he did not seem to care.

Instead, he just smiled and replied, "Nicole is my old friend, and we go a long way back. Naturally, it would be really out of place for someone else to join us.”

He immediately labeled Jared as "someone else”, which was very courageous of him.

Jared's eyes turned icy as he took a seat beside Nicole and wrapped his arm around her shoulder. "Ah, same here. To us, you're someone else as well, Mr. Lloyd."

Lloyd's expression darkened. He was dying to push Jared's arm away from Nicole, but he still kept his cool. "Fair enough. If you don't mind, you can order whatever you want, Mr. Johnston.”

Jared purposely looked around and said, “It's alright, I'll just have whatever my fiancee is having."

It was painfully obvious that he was implying that there was nothing on that menu that was deserving of his appetite.

Furthermore, by using the word "fiancee", he was reminding Lloyd that Nicole belonged to him.

Hearing that, Lloyd sneered. "Suit yourself.”

Jared's gaze darkened when he saw that Lloyd was unaffected by anything he had said. ‘This guy has some tricks up his sleeve. He's not trying to stand against me at all, as if he had already expected this

to happen.’

At that point, all Jared wanted was to take Nicole away from there, so he looked at her. "You probably don't like this place, do you?"

He knew Nicole very well, so he knew what she liked to eat. It was obvious that the taste of the food in that restaurant was too intense.

She took a deep breath and said, "It's edible. You should eat some too."

Then, she stuffed a piece of steak that she had sliced into Jared's mouth to shut him up.

However, Lloyd had already heard what she said.

‘It's edible..."

‘That means she doesn't like the food here. It's just edible to her.’

Lloyd did not look too good at that point, and his expression was solemn. "It's okay. If you don't like the food here, I can take you to other places next time.”

"No, this is good enough already,” Nicole replied, not wanting Lloyd to overthink.

Jared scoffed. "Mr. Lloyd, you're not an ordinary person. You can't just take any female friends out for a meal now, can you?”

‘Take Nicole out for another meal next time? Over my dead body!’ Jared seethed.

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Lloyd responded flatly, "Thank you for your concern, Mr. Johnston. It's true that I can't take my female friends out for meals, but if Nicole doesn't mind, she can eat at my place."

Jared scowled as he was not expecting Lloyd to think of taking Nicole back to his place. ‘He has a death wish!’

Nicole noticed the change in Jared's expression, and was afraid that he would utter something offensive, so she lowered her voice and said, "Ah, I'll pass on that. I like my mom's cooking, so I don't really fancy eating anything else.”

Jared felt a great deal better after Nicole had declined Lloyd’s offer, so he looked at her and said, “Yeah, mom makes great food.”

Nicole immediately rolled her eyes at him. 'Who said that I'm sharing my mother with him? This guy is living in his own world.’

However, this had made Lloyd upset. He did not care about anything. The only thing he cared about was the fact that he had met Nicole a little too late. If he could meet Nicole a little earlier after he had left the organization, he would probably be in Jared's shoes now.

He was deeply saddened as he thought about this, for he was the one who had met Nicole first.

Then, he smirked and looked at Nicole. "Mr. Johnston, you got to know Nicole after she had returned to the Riddle Family, right?”

Jared arched his brows, and in a cold and haughty manner, he asked, "So what if I did?"

Lloyd responded, "I've known Nicole for a very long time. However, I left the organization after some time. You probably won't understand the sort of relationship I have with my comrade, Nicole, right now.”

Jared's gaze became even darker as soon as those words reached his ears. 'What? Is he seriously flaunting the fact that he knew Nicole earlier?’

He scoffed and looked at Lloyd from the corner of his eye.” Is that so? But Nicole has never mentioned a comrade like you throughout the time I've been with her.”

Nicole could not help but glare at Jared. ‘This a*shole. He knew that everything pertaining to the organization is classified, so I would never bring it up for anything. Yet, he’s using this to provoke him.’

But Lloyd was unaffected by that remark. "That's just because everything that revolves around the organization is classified. You're an outsider, Mr. Johnston, so it's only natural that Nicole did not tell you."

They were going back and forth with each other, so it was impossible for them to eat anymore.

With that in mind, Nicole placed her cutlery down and said,” Let the past stay in the past."

‘Are they done?’

Then, the tension in the room diffused. Max and the security guards were also stunned. No one had treated their bosses like that, ever.

"But this lady has just shut two big shots up!

“I'm really hungry, and I just want to eat in peace. If you're going to argue, I'm not going to eat anymore,” she added.

All Lloyd wanted was to spend more time with Nicole, so he could only stop arguing.

Meanwhile, Jared looked at Nicole, heartbroken. ‘Oh, this girl is hungry. So that was why she's eating here."

"Sure, eat some for now. I'll take you to eat your favorite restaurant later," Jared said.

Nicole glared at Jared, and he immediately kept quiet.

Yet, he was not the only one, for it was also then that the restaurant became eerily silent.

Jared then ordered something to drink to keep Nicole company, and while Lloyd did not say anything, he was enjoying the opportunity to watch Nicole eat.

And finally, once Nicole was done, she tapped on her watch. "Though this is your restaurant, I've already said that it's my treat. I've already transferred the money to your account.”

Lloyd did not expect Nicole to do that. “Honestly, it's fine..."

“Well then, I'll make a move now." Nicole flashed them an awkward smile and pulled Jared up. “Let's go." 'I've got to take this jealous bag of bones away. Or else, I'll be getting an indigestion! she thought.

 

Chapter 1650

"Sure." Jared said, glad that Nicole was finally leaving.

However, before he stood up, he said to Lloyd, "Mr. Holder, I suggest you pick somewhere with better lighting if you were to meet someone else next time. A dimly lit place like this will reflect how dark the host's inner heart is.”

Lloyd's eyes became murderous as soon as he heard what Jared had said.

However, Jared was not bothered at all, as he turned around and left the place with Nicole.

Lloyd watched them leave with a gloomy look on his face. At that very moment, he actually felt that Jared had actually seen through him.

‘But... how is that possible? I'm the best actor alive...’ he wondered.

Jared proceeded to order Max to drive them to Nicole's favorite restaurant right after they had gotten into the car. She did feel a little better after Jared had done so.

Still, she could not help but complain about how ruthless Jared was moments ago, "You're starting to get jealous at everything now."

Jared lifted his brows. "Am I?"

Indeed, he did not wish to admit it.

"Yes, you are." Nicole took a deep breath. "I know your men are following me, but I don't like to have my privacy invaded."

Jared flashed her a grimace as soon as she said that. "Is eating with Lloyd a part of your privacy?"

Nicole shook her head after seeing how unreasonable he was. "I only treated him to a meal because I wanted to thank him for giving me this.”

She handed Jared the USB as she spoke.

"Is this the information you needed?” Jared asked, having guessed what was in there right off the bat.

"Yes, it is very detailed, and he even anticipated three locations that the Braves may be at right now.” Nicole's eyes sparkled.

"However, the international police are being watched closely now. I'm afraid that we'll expose ourselves if we were to conduct a search now."

This piqued Jared's interest. "So, are you saying that you want my help, wifey?”

Jared felt very great that Nicole needed his help.

"Don't flatter yourself." Nicole said, for she would never ask for his help if she had other options.

After all, it was a very risky favor that might even get the entirety of the Johnston family involved.

"It's my pleasure to have the opportunity to help the ever-so- capable Miss Riddle.” Jared smiled proudly.

Nicole sighed inwardly upon seeing how he had failed to realize the severity of the situation. "You've got to think this through. Your family may be involved if we so much as make the slightest mistake."

Jared smirked coldly. "My family was already involved the moment I went to save you."

There were already a lot of people with their eyes on him, but he kept quiet about it because he did not want Nicole to be worried.

Nicole thought what Jared said made sense. She knew that she had to annihilate her adversaries if she wanted her family, as well as the Johnston family to be safe.

"Well, you can have this then. I've already made a copy when I was in the car just now,” she said.

"Sure." Jared kept the flash drive.

Then, he ordered some food for Nicole, hoping that she could have a good meal.

As she ate, she decided to ask him about the Fishers. "It was you who did that to Fiorella, right?"

Jared knew that she was going to ask him about, and that it was just a matter of time before she did.

However, he did not answer her question directly, "She deserves it after doing something that she’s not supposed to.”

Nicole lifted her brows. "What is it?"

Jared was not someone who would do something so brutal to an innocent person.

Hence, Nicole wanted to know what Fiorella had done.

Jared stared at Nicole, and the expression on his face turned solemn as he thought about the day when he almost lost her.

"I've found the person who made you fall off that bridge. It was her,” he replied.