Ch. 2726..2730: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2726-2730

Chapter 2726

“Alright, I’ll think about it.” Nicole replied.

“I hope to see you then.” Lawrence said, seemingly sincere in his intentions.

“Hopefully.” Nicole shrugged her shoulders, not giving him any promises yet.

The project was definitely suitable for the company.

However, Nicole still had to discuss it with Sean and Steve to assess the company’s present status and determine if they could participate or not. If they were not in the position to participate, perhaps Ellar could try it out.

A few possible scenarios came to her mind at an instant, but she decided that there was no need to discuss them with Lawrence.

Hearing Nicole’s short response, Lawrence became silent and changed the subject of conversation, “How are Nolan and Lana doing?”

“They’re doing fine.” Nicole replied.

“I’ve come to notice that Nolan hasn’t been active on social media these days.

Has he found something more interesting to play with?” Lawrence casually asked.

To that, Nicole responded with a question of her own. “Is there anything you want to tell him?”

The fact that he knew Nolan had not been active was a little weird.

“Oh, nothing. It’s just that he doesn’t reply as often anymore when I text him, so I guess he has not been online.”

Lawrence smiled. “I do miss him at times, you know. That’s why I would send him a message every now and again.”

“I see. He definitely has been less active on the Internet these days. But I don’t see him doing other things. Perhaps, the school has assigned a mountain of work for him. The school is preparing for a parent-child day, and the two of them are involved in it, so…” Nicole explained.

Hearing this, Lawrence issued a mental sigh. ‘So that was the reason.’ “About the parent-child day, outsiders aren’t really invited, right? I wonder if I’ll be given the honor to attend it?” Lawrence popped the question, his eyes brimming with a sense of longing.

Upon hearing that, Nicole frowned. “I’m not sure about that. I think Nolan will invite you if the school makes an announcement.”

“I’ll wait for the good news then.” Lawrence beamed as if he had already received the invitation.

Nicole pursed her lips at once, as she began to feel a little awkward. It was a little too early to decide.

After chatting for a while, Lawrence bade his farewell to her and was about to leave when he stopped in his tracks.

“About the proposal, do take the time to consider it,” he advised.

“Okay.” Nicole replied.

After Lawrence had exited, Lulu quickly entered Nicole’s office.

“Nicole, what is he doing here?” Lulu asked. ‘Doesn’t this man know that everyone is trying to stay away from him?’ “It’s nothing. He just came over to deliver me a proposal.” Nicole waved the document she was holding.

Lulu grabbed it at once. “Is he really that kind?”

And after browsing through the information on the document, Lulu frowned.

“There seems to be nothing out of place here. But the more normal it seems, the more suspicious I think it is.”

Nicole could not help but laugh upon hearing that remark.” Don’t jump to conclusions yet. At the end of the day, we’ll have to be the ones to think and decide if it’s suitable or not.

It Lawrence was only there to deliver the documents to her. He had not coerced Nicole into participating. Furthermore, the project in question did appear to be a good opportunity forthem.

Nicole knew that even if Lawrence had an ulterior motive, he would never show it. The most he would do was extend her a gesture of kindness so that she would let her guard down.

“So, are we participating in this?” Lulu was confused.

“We’ll discuss this with Sean and Steve later.” Nicole replied, feeling that there was a need to assess the company’s position first.

“Okay, I’ll inform them,” Lulu said.

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“Sure. Ask them to swing by whenever they’re available.” Nicole nodded.

After all, it was not an urgent matter. They could settle it whenever they had the time for it.

“Alright.” Lulu turned around and went on to exit the office.

Unexpectedly, Sean and Steve were already standing by the door when Lulu was about to leave.

“We’re quite free. Why don’t we discuss it now?” Steve shrugged when he saw the look of surprise on her face.

Nicole then passed the document to the boys and said, “You guys may take a look at this first.”

After they had read the document, the two men exchanged looks.

Then, Steve said, “This does seem like a good project, but I have just taken on another project that’s similar to this one.”

“At the moment, I’m quite busy with my own plans as well,” Sean added.

“I’m also hesitant about this. Why don’t we pass it to Ellar?” Nicole asked.

She could tell that Sean and Steve were not really interested in this project. In fact, it would be better for them to let Ellar have it. BayCorp also seemed to be doing well for itself, so all Ellar needed was a bigger opportunity to make things better.

“That’s a good idea.” Sean and Steve agreed in unison, as everyone would be happy if Ellar took it.

“Since you guys are not against the idea, we’ll just proceed with this arrangement then.”

After she had spoken, she handed the document over to Lulu, “Ask the secretary to fax this document to Ellar.”

“Got it.” Lulu grabbed the document and went out of the office.

After that, Sean and Steve glanced at Nicole and said,” Lawrence seems to be behaving rather differently this time. You must be careful.”

Knowing that the two of them were worried about her, Nicole nodded.

“Yeah, I’ll be careful of him.”

“Everett is still in Lawrence’s hands. Chloe is now in severe legal trouble, and with Uncle Damien’s situation to top it off, I have a feeling that all these things are connected.

Anyways, just keep your wits about you,” Steve advised.

After giving them a smile, Nicole replied, “Don’t worry. I won’t make any rash decisions.”

“We trust you, but you must exercise extreme caution when it comes to certain things. After all, there are too many people with malicious intentions out there,”

Sean echoed out of worry.

It had very little to do with how capable Nicole was of protecting herself, and more to do with how ruthless her enemies were in getting what they wanted.

“Okay.” Nicole assured. “I know that you guys are worried about me, but you can take it easy. I know what needs to be done.”

“Alright then.”

Sean and Steve then reminded Nicole about a few more things before they left her office.

After a short while, Lulu returned and said, “It has been delivered. Ellar should have received it already.”

“Alright, well leave it up to him.”

Even though it was good news that Ellar had received it, whatever he did with the proposal would be entirely up to him.

Meanwhile, in BayCorp.

Ellar was holding the document from the fax machine as he carefully read through the details, sentence by sentence, and word by word.

“You said that this was sent to us by the head office?” Ellar frowned.

“Yes. It also came with a note, saying that you’ll get to make the final decision on whether you’ll accept it or not. If you need any help, you may contact Lulu,”

the secretary replied.

“Lulu Barrera.” Ellar said, knowing those were most likely Nicole’s instructions.

Then, he nodded and said, “You may leave now.”

“Alright.” The secretary turned around and left his office.

After that, Ellar opened the document once more and perused the information on the document. However, he was confused.

 

Chapter 2728

This is definitely a good project. Nicole must have a lot of faith in me if she is handing it to me. She’s trying to help me out too. But whether I can meet her expectations or not is another question altogether. What if I lose in the bidding…’ All of a sudden, Ellar tensed up, and he began straining his eyes. Then, he picked his phone up, wanting to make a call.

After thinking about it for a moment, however, he placed it down and composed himself.

Nicole did not call me to tell me about this at all. Instead, she has faxed the document over. I guess this shows that she places a lot of trust in me. Because of this, I think I should take care of this myself without bothering her,’ Ellar thought.

Gritting his teeth, Ellar made the decision to rely on nobody but himself in solving his conundrum.

All this time, Nicole had been guiding and aiding him along the way, and now that she was showing some faith and trust in him, Ellar should not let her down.

Having made his mind, he sifted through his list of contacts and called one of the numbers. “Please inform the project and marketing department that we will be gathering at the meeting room now. I also need you to make a few more copies of the document we have just received and send it to the meeting room.”

After the call had ended, Ellar tidied up the pile of documents on his desk, strutted out of the office, and made a beeline for the meeting room.

Although they had to manage a massive workload over the past few days, Ellar knew that what he needed to do at that moment was to focus on the important things. The last thing he wanted at a time like this was to let Nicole down.

As for what Patricia had said…

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Nicole was just working as usual. Every threat that had been issued on the anonymous letter did not translate to actions in real life. It was as if they had just played a prank on her.

However, news about Chloe’s arrest had been exposed, and it quickly made the headlines.

As expected, Chloe’s odious actions shocked the public, but there was also a sizable minority that was sympathetic to her.

“Nicole, have you seen it? News about Chloe’s arrest is circulating now,” Lulu chirped upon stepping into Nicole’s office.

They had finally gotten what they wanted: retributive justice.

“Yeah, I saw it.”

Nicole, on the other hand, was calm. She had never expected any major changes to occur as far as the incident was concerned.

Unable to stop smirking, Lulu turned to Nicole and added,” She brought it upon herself. I wonder if she will grow and learn from this incident. It’s time she got rid of that wicked nature of hers, you know.”

“No matter what happens next, that’s on her. If she refuses to learn from this, she better not drag me through the mud with her shenanigans,” Nicole replied, having decided she would not allow Chloe to try anything stupid on her any longer.

“That’s true. Even if she chooses not to change, we’ll have to wait until she gets released. But then, her prison sentence is pretty long, so it will be a tough road ahead for her.” Lulu said, seemingly rejoicing over Chloe’s misery.

‘It’s all her doing, so she should bear the consequences for her actions,’ Lulu thought.

After breathing a sigh of relief, Lulu glanced at Nicole and asked, “What do you think happened to that letter?”

Up until now, nothing had happened, though there was a sneaking suspicion that nobody would be ridiculous enough to send a letter issuing a bunch of empty threats for no reason.

“Perhaps they’re just waiting for the right time to make a move. Otherwise, it might just be an act to test my reaction.” Nicole narrowed her eyes, not buying the idea that it was all just a prank.

“But we haven’t been doing anything different for the past few days. We’re all functioning as usual, so what could they have observed?” Lulu asked.

She felt that one of the reasons as to why they had not made a move was because they might have realized something.

Changing the subject, Nicole looked up at Lulu and asked,” How’s Ellar doing?”

“Now that you mention it…” Lulu hesitated for a moment.” Why has he been so quiet recently?”

If Nicole had not asked about Ellar, Lulu would not have thought about him at all. And now that she thought about it, Lulu realized that there was no news from Ellar at all. He had not even given her a call or sent her a message.

“Did he decide to take us up on the project we’ve sent him?” Nicole questioned again.

“Oh, yeah. The only thing I know is that he had made the decision to take it up as soon as he had received the document. He even called for a meeting with the departments right after he had accepted

the task. He had also selected a number of staff members for the job, headed by Ellar himself,” Lulu informed.

After that, there had been no updates from him ever since

Chapter 2729

After thinking about it for a moment, Nicole smiled. “He has grown up.”

“Huh? What do you mean?” Lulu asked in confusion.

“He’s taking on the project. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think he’s also planning to take charge of everything on his own.” Nicole explained.

Ellar’s intentions were probably aligned with Nicole’s expectations for him; he wanted to succeed through his own efforts.

“Oh, so that is what has been going on. And there I was, wondering why he had been so quiet.” Lulu finally understood the situation.

“If that’s the case, we should just leave him to do what he needs to do. If he stumbles on a roadblock, he will contact us.”

And if Ellar did not contact them, it would be safe to assume that everything was smooth sailing.

“What about the threat? Are we just going to act as if nothing has happened?”

Lulu asked.

Though she felt that there were no issues concerning Ellar, she was still worried about Nicole.

“Patricia and Charlie will take care of it. Patricia has also informed Ellar about it.

So, there’s no need to stress over it,”

Nicole replied.

Since they had taken the necessary precautions, Nicole was not worried about anything at all.

“Alright. I’ll get back to work if there isn’t anything else.” Lulu nodded and left.

Now alone, Nicole narrowed her eyes and recalled the words on the letter. |Go to the abandoned factory in the village on your own. Otherwise, BayCorp will get into hot soup within three days.] She did not go over. Ellar’s side was also quiet and calm in the meantime. Then, what was the person’s actual motive for sending such a threat?

While Nicole was dwelling in her thoughts, the secretary knocked on the door and entered.

“Ma’am, there’s an anonymous delivery again,” the secretary spluttered, her face pale, and her tone panicky.

“Give it to me.” Nicole grabbed the envelope, looked at it for a moment, and opened it.

As expected, it was a letter made out of newspaper cutouts again. However, the message this time was different from the previous one. This time around, it was an ultimatum.

[Since you’ve gone against the instructions, you’ll have to bear the consequences.] “Just like that?” Nicole frowned.

If the sender was really intent on intimidating her, it would make even more sense for them to attack BayCorp immediately instead of sending her a letter warning her about what they were about to do.

“Ma’am, are you fine?” the secretary asked Nicole, as she did not understand what Nicole just meant.

Instead of answering, Nicole turned around and ordered,” Ask Patricia to come over.”

“Understood,” the secretary replied and spun around before exiting the office.

After a minute, Patricia strode into the office.

Upon arrival, she paused upon noticing the letter and frowned. “He sent another letter?”

“Yeah.” Nicole passed it to Patricia.

After Patricia had read its contents, her eyes widened in shock. “Just like that?”

She did not understand what the sender was trying to do.’ Are they trying to be more mysterious than they actually are?’ “I find it odd too. What are they actually trying to do?” Nicole asked as her eyes glinted with cold fury.

The previous letter was clearly a trap, goading her to go to the abandoned factory alone. Although she had not taken the bait, she had made the necessary preparations.

However, nothing had happened to Ellar. Instead, Nicole had received another threat. One after another, threat after threat, and yet, they had not done anything to warrant a response. This had led Nicole to wonder if they were just waiting for the right time to pounce.

But if the time isn’t right, won’t it be easier for them to just shut up and bide their time? Why would they send me an anonymous letter and put me on guard?’ Nicole thought.

‘Ma’am, they’re not trying to test your patience, are they?” Patricia frowned as she speculated.

After all, they could do this long and often enough to trick Nicole into thinking those were just empty threats. Then, once Nicole was desensitized, they would strike.

“No, that doesn’t seem to be the case.” Nicole shook her head.

If that was indeed their intention, Nicole would just put more countermeasures in place.

“What do they actually want, then?” Patricia asked, confused.

After biting her lip, Nicole answered, “Let’s just wait and see.”

“Okay.” Patricia agreed, for it was the only thing they could do at the moment

Chapter 2730

“None of you should let your guard down as far as Eliar is concerned.”

Even if her adversaries stayed their hands for extended periods of time, there was no guarantee that they would not do anything at all.

“Understood.” Patricia replied, her eyes brimming with determination.

If they were to make a move, she would bag them with no hope of escaping.

Seeing that they were intentionally being secretive, Patricia wanted to dig even deeper and discover what kind of person they were.

“That’s all. You may leave now.” Nicole sighed and placed the letter aside.

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There were plenty of tasks left for Nicole to sort out, so she did not have the time to waste on threats or gusts of hot air.

Patricia turned around and left. Then, she called Charlie up on the phone to liaise with him on the issue.

“I got it. Just be careful with everything,” Charlie advised Patricia.

“Yeah, you too,” Patricia replied before ending the call.

Patricia frowned a little and thought through the situation. After a moment of consideration, she decided to visit BayCorp.

Both Ell ar and Patricia had decided on what they would do in the event the threats in the previous letter were actualized. But now that the situation had changed, she had to inform Ell ar and implement the necessary precautions.

Soon after, Patricia arrived at BayCorp.

“What are you doing here? Did something happen to Nicole? ” Ellar asked in a panic.

In turn, Patricia calmly explained, “She is fine. If anything had happened to her, I would not have been here right now.”

“Oh, you’re right.” Ellar scratched his head.

Indeed, if something had happened to Nicole, Patricia would have been by her side, aiding her against her enemies.

“I’m here to tell you that Nicole has received another anonymous letter, so you’re not exactly safe here. It’s better for you to be more cautious from now on.

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I must also tell you not to go anywhere without the security detail I’ve assigned you.” Patricia advised.

Those two individuals had been tasked to protect Ellar, so there was absolutely no room for carelessness.

“I got it. Don’t worry,” he replied.

Ellar had been very cautious ever since he was informed of the letter. In addition, Nicole was the prime target of their enemies too, so he would do well not to allow anyone to capitalize on him being the weak link among the Riddles.

“That’s good.” Patricia nodded in satisfaction.

However, she was rather sure that Ellar was a ticking time bomb which would deal everyone a severe blow if he were to go off. There was no telling what would happen if Patricia did not do something to ensure he did not.

“So, you mentioned that there’s a new letter. What does it say?” Ellar asked, trembling and worried.

‘Is it another challenge for Nicole? Why are they pestering her?’ Ellar wondered.

“It’s nothing. Just remember what I’ve told you,” Patricia finished, and was about to leave when Ellar called out to her.

“You’re leaving?” Ellar asked out of the blue.

“Is there anything else?” Patricia stopped in her steps and turned to look at Ellar.

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“You’ll still have to go out for lunch, right?” Ellar persisted. “I have a few things to discuss with you as well.”

Patricia frowned, and after a second or two, she relented.” Alright then.”

“Let’s go now.” Ellar smiled.

They found a restaurant, sat down and began to order their food.

“What is it?” Patricia asked, her tone cold and crass.

“Oh, it’s nothing too serious. I just want to ask about the anonymous letter. Is Nicole in danger? Who is eyeing her?

Why are they so secretive?” Ellar asked in rapid succession while Patricia’s frown deepened.