Ch. 1746..1750: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1746-1750

Chapter 1746

Nicole dithered for a little, but since there would be an elder being present, she agreed.

After getting into the car, she saw Nachelle on the phone.

“Hurry up and terminate Chloe's contract with us.

The mess between her and her manager has nothing to do with us." "No need to foot the medical fees either.

Let her kick and scream as she likes." "As for the media report, ignore it for now.

Use it to drive attention for a bit before clarifying the matter." When Nicole heard that, she felt that Nachelle was a wily schemer.

Chloe was about to get terminated and the trending news of her fall was still being used to drive traffic and attention to the show...

She was a pitiful one, really.

She had done everything to get into the cast, and yet she did not appreciate the opportunity.

Nachelle would definitely take back something from the time she had wasted on Chloe.

After hanging up, Nachelle looked at Nicole.

"Chloe's still your cousin, after all.

You won't get mad with what I said about her, right?" Nicole, however, shook her head.

"She brought all of this upon herself." She had indeed set the trap up with the crew, allowing Chloe a chance to strike against her.

But if Chloe had a shred of regret and refrained from doing that, she would not have ended up like she did today.

"I never thought that she would be so vicious." Nachelle's eyes were dark.

She would never allow such a person to stay in the team.

‘To think that she would strike against her own cousin, which meant that she would definitely do similar things to other actors out of envy.

Such a person is a ticking time bomb.' After some thought, Nachelle gave Nicole a pleased look.

"I did not expect you to be so clever." She had heard from Lloyd about Nicole's identity as an Interpol officer, but she never thought that on top of being so brave and intelligent at such a young age, she was also an able schemer in how she dealt with Chloe.

"You flatter me, Miss Nachelle."' Nicole nodded.

Nachelle then sighed suddenly.

"I'm not blessed by a lucky star.

Otherwise, it would've been nice to have a daughter-in-law like you." Nachelle pretended to sigh again.

Nicole's expression turned icy when she heard that, not knowing how to answer.

Lloyd immediately interjected with a smile.

"Stop joking, Mom.

Nicole and I are friends now, and I'm very happy with that." Nachelle quickly tried to brush the awkwardness aside.

"Yes, I just hope the two of you can get to know each other better." Catching the meaning between Nachelle's words, Nicole said seriously, We have been friends for many years and know each other very well.

So, there's no need for that.

Moreover...

I'm already engaged with a fiancée.

I need to avoid gossip and suspicions." Nicole's single sentence shut both mother and son down.

Nachelle could not help but to feel a little displeased.

She liked and treated Nicole so well because Lloyd liked Nicole, and it was also because Nicole had saved Lloyd's life many years ago.

But she did not expect the girl to be so ungrateful.

"Ah, whatever, as long as you youngsters are happy.

But...

things are never constant, so don't put a full stop on things just like that.

" Nachelle said what she wanted and then looked outside.

Nicole did not respond and instead turned her head and looked out of the window on the other side.

She knew very well inside that there would be no others for her and Jared.

Soon, the car came to a stop and the three got down as the other actors and the main production staff all came inside.

With Nachelle, Lloyd and Nicole in the main seats, the rest took theirs.

Everyone seemed to be in good spirits.

And Nicole could not help but sigh a little.

Chloe had obviously had an accident today, but everyone in the production team seemed to be in a celebratory mood.

‘How poor is her character, really?! "Nicole, just order whatever you like."

Chapter 1747

"Okay." Nicole nodded her head and lowered her head to look at the menu.

The fourth lady by her side peered over, watching the scene before her as she helped herself to a snicker.

"Lloyd, it's a rare sight for you to be so courteous to others.

Is Nicole a woman with a special place in your heart?" "Oh yeah! Lloyd has always been afraid of getting into scandals with the female leads and keeps them at arm's length." As the comments from everyone piled in, Nicole's discomfort gradually grew, but Lloyd, on the other hand, was inexplicably pleased.

Everyone knew why and so did Nicole.

As expected, Lloyd was very happy that everyone was discussing about Nicole and him being together.

As Nicole noticed that Lloyd did not refute any of their claims, she spoke up, and in an icy tone, she said, "Guys, please don't make jokes like these too casually." Nicole was young in age, but all of her features possessed an inexplicably captivating quality about them.

Her daring eyebrows and eyes were filled with courage powerful enough to stun everyone in the vicinity.

"O-okay.

I understand." The fifth lady nodded quickly.

In response to that, Nicole softened her expression and explained, "Lloyd and I have known each other for years now, so we might appear to be close.

However, I have a fiancé, so I hope that none of you will make jokes of that sort again." After Nicole had asserted herself with such solemnness at the dinner table, the atmosphere instantly became awkward, with Nachelle giving Nicole a look of disapproval.

Her mind was ina constant loop with the word 'fiance' ever since it came out of Nicole's mouth.

‘How could Jared be any better than my son? How dare she disregard my son's feelings for her in front of everyone and publicize her relationship so brazenly like that!?" At the same time, the look on Lloyd's face soured, and as he tried to suppress the bitterness in his heart, and explained with a dry smile, "Yeah, Nicole and I are just friends.

I hope nobody will go around spreading rumors which would tarnish her reputation." And after he had spoken, he took a sip of wine out of his glass in frustration.

Even as he did, Nachelle had never seen her son looking so miserable before.

A grimace crossed Nachelle's face at once, and she looked over at Nicole.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore, at least not before the show starts airing.

Otherwise, it'll just reduce the popularity of the show." Nicole shot Nachelle a glance and gave her a light smile.

‘I have a feeling that she's trying to fool herself.

Our engagement party was one of the biggest in town.

All of the renowned families were present at the party and all of them are aware of my relationship with Jared.

Perhaps it was because I did not have much to do with the media that not many knew about it.

I bet that once the drama has aired, more people will find out about our engagement,' Nicole thought as she kept her silence, for she was too lazy to speak up.

However, Nicole did not forget that she had spared half an hour to join everyone here for dinner.

She proceeded to order her meal quickly before going back to interacting with the screenwriters and her other fellow actors.

When the dishes came, Lloyd who did not fear the judgment and prying eyes of others, filled up Nicole's plate with a variety of dishes.

Everyone was surprised by Lloyd's sudden gesture toward Nicole, especially after everything she had said earlier.

In spite of this, nobody dared to ask questions.

Nicole frowned when she saw Lloyd filling her plate up with a variety of dishes.

'Dang.

Does this guy not know when to quit? Does he not know how to avoid arousing the public's suspicion?' ‘If I eat this, it'd be even more difficult for me to clear my name.' Nicole pushed the plate in front of her away before telling the waiter to give her a new one.

When that happened, everyone around them became embarrassed.

Lloyd himself was also taken aback, as well as some of the actresses.

‘How many women would have killed to have their dishes picked out and placed onto their plates by Lloyd!?' ‘Nicole, what are you doing?’ ‘Did she just express her rejection for Lloyd?"

Chapter 1748

The atmosphere became intensely awkward at that instant.

However, it seemed that Nicole was the only one who had not been able to sense it.

After receiving a new plate from the waiter, she turned to smile at Lloyd and said, "Sorry about that.

I'm a bit of a clean freak." A pang of shock surged through everyone present in the room.

Everyone was utterly taken aback with the notion that Nicole would express her disgust with the best actor, Lloyd Holder! Everyone in the room was all the more appalled when Nicole said that she was a clean freak, which was the reason for her disgust toward Lloyd.

Furthermore, Lloyd had not expected that Nicole would be so brazen with her rejection of him in public.

He had thought that Nicole would at least not make him look bad in public, given their many years of friendship between them.

Lloyd fell silent once Nicole had embarrassed him in public.

He could not help himself from clenching his fork in his hand.

Then, he forced a stiff smile and said, "My apologies.

I took the liberty." "Lloyd," Nachelle uttered, unable to sit still as she watched her son suffer that humiliation.

"You're too..." Lloyd reached out and placed his hand on his mothers' to reassure her.

Though Nachelle was burning with rage on the behalf of her son, she had to suppress her anger to save everyone from any further embarrassment.

At that moment, Lloyd picked his glass of wine up and tried to ease the awkward tension.

"Come on.

This is our first dinner together since we started filming.

Let's have toast together, especially after we've gotten to the bottom of the person who had tampered with the prop car.

Cheers!" "Okay!" Everyone hurriedly agreed, all wanting to put the issue in the back burner.

Nicole watched as everyone toasted, after which she also took a sip herself.

The atmosphere had lightened up as everyone began to take a bite of their own food.

However, Nachelle was still stewing in resentment at Nicole.

‘Before all this happened, I thought Nicole was an excellent girl, perfect in all aspects.

Her background and everything was a perfect match for Lloyd.

With the addition of the Fire Crest, it was picture perfect, and it posed no harm to our Holder family.

Now, she's got my son wrapped around her finger! Ever since Nachelle and Lloyd had gotten back, she had doted on him to an excessive degree.

Whatever Lloyd wanted to do, she would support him in his endeavors.

‘What did he even do to her to deserve this sort of humiliation in public?’ Nachelle took a few sips of wine to suppress her discontent.

"Nicole, you seem to have a very unique personality.

You ought to change it if you wish to stay in the entertainment industry.

Otherwise you won't get far.” Nicole immediately understood the connotation in Nachelle's words, and in a show of indifference, she replied, "I don't expect to go far in the entertainment industry." Nachelle choked the instant she heard Nicole's words.

'She really knows how to talk her way out.

What a smart *ss.' Hearing that, Nachelle immediately looked for grounds to refute Nicole.

"That's right, if it wasn't for Lloyd who had decided to recruit, you wouldn't have had a chance to enter this industry." Nicole raised her eyebrows.

'Did she get confused about the chronology of everything that had happened? It was obvious that Lloyd had begged me to join, but from the looks of it, Iam made to look like I'm the one who had begged to be allowed in." However, after having seen the look on Lloyd's face, Nicole decided to let it go to avoid giving him further embarrassment.

Then, in a strange tone to Nachelle, Nicole said, Yeah, I'm nothing but grateful that Lloyd was kind enough to recruit me." Nachelle was a renowned director in the entertainment industry and currently, a director of the drama.

Everyone had nothing but compliments and sweet words for her.

Even investors would show her respect wherever she went.

However, for a legendary figure like Nachelle to give Nicole such an attitude was unprecedented.

Everyone in the room could not resist from breaking out in cold sweat for Nicole as they witnessed the scene unfolding before them.

Nachelle was so furious that she wanted nothing but to lash out, but at that very moment, Nicole had already stood up.

"The food isn't really appealing.

I'm almost done here, so I'll be heading out first."

Chapter 1749

The overall time Nicole had spent, including the waiting time it took for the food to be served, as well as the time she had spent interacting with others, did not exceed 20 minutes.

Nachelle was left perplexed for a moment as she was the director and the host for the night.

She was taken aback by the fact that Nicole had made such comments about the food and would attempt to leave just like that.

Lloyd, who was looking at Nicole, felt a surge of pain in his temples.

'Nicole has always been like this.

In the past, no matter how important the person was, she would just walk out on them if they piss her off.

My mother had employed an aggressive tone when talking to Nicole.

She must've been fed up with it.' "Okay, let me see you off," Lloyd said.

"Lloyd Holder!!!" Nachelle belted, unable to believe her eyes and ears as she watched her son offering to see Nicole off.

‘How shameless of him!' she fumed.

"Mom, please take your time to enjoy your meal.

I'm almost done with mine, so I'll go and see Nicole out." After Lloyd had spoken, he went up to Nicole and said, "Let's go." Nicole wanted to refuse but when she noticed that Lloyd was anxious to lead her out of the room, she decided to hold her displeasure in for his sake.

After all, Lloyd had helped her, so she did not think much about it.

“Alright, let's get going," Nicole said indifferently.

With that, Nachelle's original dinner plan to get the two of them to spend more time together resulted in them both leaving her alone.

Everyone in the room was staring at her, causing Nachelle to yell, "Carry on eating!" Hearing that, everyone immediately lowered their heads and hurriedly ate their food up.

No one dared to muster a sound after that.

The atmosphere of the entire dinner party went downhill quickly.

Nachelle was soon downing glass after glass of wine as she thought about the attitude Nicole had given her earlier.

‘IT had allowed my precious son to fall into her hands, and she dared to disrespect me! This woman is spoiled to the core.

If she's ever going to enter our family in the future, I will have to train her from the basics..." On the other hand, Nicole and Lloyd had already walked out of the restaurant, whereupon Nicole took a step back, keeping a distance from Lloyd, and said, "You don't need to see me off.

I can take a cab home." "How can I let you do that, letting a woman get on a taxi by herself late at night?" Lloyd frowned.

“Are you afraid that I'll be in danger?' Nicole snorted coldly.

"I think it should be the other way around." Lloyd immediately fell silent.

"I know you're very strong...but still Tam worried about you.

There are many eyes on you now, and your safety is definitely a priority." Nicole did not mention that Jared's guards were always around watching and protecting her from afar.

'How can I refuse his offer? AS Nicole was thinking about how to decline Lloyd's offer, a Rolls Royce rolled up at the driveway.

Nicole immediately smiled as she recognized the car.

However, Lloyd, who recognized the car too, was livid as he followed her gaze and noticed her smile that was all too familiar when she saw Jared.

The car steadily halted in front of the two of them.

Jared then got out of the car proudly, strutted up to Nicole and Lloyd with his long legs, and pulled Nicole to him by her waist, bringing her into a hug.

It was as if he wanted to declare his dominance.

"It's late now.

Why aren't you going home?" Jared had concluded his meetings when Max informed him that Nicole was having dinner with the filming crew.

He knew that it must have been one of Lloyd's tricks, and thus, he had immediately driven to the restaurant himself.

"The rest of the crew are having dinner.

I was about to leave after I decided I was done with all of the courtesies," Nicole said in alow voice.

Jared noticed that Lloyd was clenching his fists, and turning a blind eye to it, he proceeded to say, ''Mr.

Holder.

My fiancée here already has a hard time showing up for filming right after schoo] every day.

I hope you won't arrange anymore of these frivolous dinners for her in the future." "It was in fact meaningless and frivolous, as Lloyd had arranged it to satiate his contempt and greed.'

 

Chapter 1750

Lloyd looked at Jared before mustering up his courage to speak.

" This is a part of the job.

Besides, it's late.

I was worried that she might be hungry." Jared smiled, There's no need for you to worry about whether my fiancé is hungry or not.

I will bring her out when she's hungry.' Jared went on to bop Nicole's nose and give her an Eskimo's kiss.

" Next time, when you're hungry, please tell me.

I'll bring something delicious for you." Nicole smiled as she thought, 'He's jealous, but then again, he looks kind of cute.’ "Let us go.

Bye Lloyd." Not wanting to linger, Nicole quickly bade farewell to Lloyd.

Once again, Lloyd could only stand there helplessly as he watched Nicole and Jared driving off together.

His eyes darkened.

‘I've put in so much effort just so Nicole could notice me but...up until now, Nicole has never viewed me as a man.

She only has her eyes on him.

Perhaps it's because we haven't seen each other ina long time, and that was what led them into meeting each other.

Though we have spent much time apart, we are both still much like who were.

If one day, she realizes my presence and reminisces about the times we've spent together, I'll make her fall in love with me.

However, up until this point, she still doesn't feel that way and tonight, her bold rejection of me in front of my mother has never been clearer.' Lloyd looked on as Nicole left with Jared on her arm, knowing that the gesture said it all.

Lloyd clenched his hands tightly as he watched Nicole leave.

He turned his head slightly before storming off, his heart filled with hatred.

‘Jared Johnston, just you wait and see!’ Jared and Nicole were sitting in the backseat, with the former refusing to let go of Nicole's hands.

"Every time I find myself able to relax, someone would be up to no good.

This kind of feeling is frustrating.’ Jared's eyes were dark, as he was uncomfortable at the thought of Lloyd.

"How long do you still need to film?" "This is just the beginning, but don't worry about it.

I have explained everything to Lloyd.

I won't be giving him any chances, " Nicole reassured with a smile.

Jared was unconvinced as he glanced at her solemnly, though he was able to fee] somewhat at ease.

"Well, that's good but the filming ought to be completed early, or else there will be more admirers trying to woo you." “Alright, I'll promise that, starting from tomorrow, I will try to complete everything in a single take." Ever since today's filming session, Nicole had discovered that, in the absence if Chloe's shenanigans, she was able to film her scenes in one take.

"I hope other people will be able to keep up with your pace," Jared sighed as he knew that Nicole was competent in everything she did but the people around her would suffer.

"Don't worry.

I came here specifically just to get to know the screenwriter, and I've asked them to reduce the number of fighting scenes from time to time," Nicole stated.

"Oh?" Jared raised his eyebrows.

It was only then that Jared understood why Nicole had agreed to have dinner with Lloyd.

'It seems to me she already has things planned out just well.' "In the future, I will try my utmost best to avoid having any dinner parties or events with the filming crew, so don't get too stressed out about it," Nicole reassured Jared.

Jared looked at Nicole, thinking that she looked cute, and pulled her into his arms.

In an instant, the tip of their noses touched, during which Nicole looked up at him shyly and asked, "What..." "I miss you." Jared kissed her after he had spoken.

Max, who noticed them in the act, quickly created a barrier by drawing the partition down.

Jared, who had been busy with his work, rarely spent time with Nicole.

The only time when he could meet with her was when he showed up to pick her up.

As such, the both of them had to cherish their limited time together...