Ch. 2851..2855: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2851-2855

Chapter 2851

At that instant, Lulu’s eyes widened, and she asked, “So, you’re preparing for pregnancy now?!”

She knew from the get-go that something was amiss.

Otherwise, June would not have refused a single drop of alcohol, of which she was usually fond.

“We do plan on having children,” June replied, though there was no telling when.

“Well, then, give it your best shot,” Lulu teased, supporting June’s decision to start a family of her own with Samuel in the foreseeable future.

Shifting the attention to Lulu now, June raised an eyebrow and asked, “What about you? Have you considered it?”

Lulu shook her head, feeling that it was awkward for Lulu to put her and Spencer in the spotlight now. “We haven’t thought about it. Well, at least not for now.”

“Why?” June asked in puzzlement.

After all, they were already married, so it was strange that the thought of having children never occurred to Lulu.

‘ Let’s stop talking about this. I’m just going to let things happen naturally,” Lulu shyly said, shifting the conversation away from her.

“Come on. The food is ready. Let’s eat,” Lulu continued.

At that instant, June decided not to press further, as she knew that Lulu was dead set on avoiding the topic. After all, everyone had different plans for their lives, which was fine so long as they were happy

with the decisions they had made.

As they enjoyed their meal, Nicole glanced over at Lulu and said, “You should head to Ellison Group tomorrow and finalize the work arrangements with Harvey. Then, you can return to us.”

“Okay,” Lulu nodded eagerly in agreement.

“Harvey?” June asked, puzzled. “Is he okay now?”

“I did not get the chance to tell you about this earlier. We just came back from the hospital. He’s fine now,” Lulu opened, briefly explaining the situation to June.

June nodded. “So that’s what happened, huh.”

“What Nicole did was impressive. She managed to get Harvey to stop with his pity party in minutes! I was there when it happened! I could hear him shouting at her while I was outside the ward. Phew, for a second there, I thought he might kill Nicole,” Lulu proudly said.

“Don’t worry. He’s not going to be able to pull it off even if he wants to,” June remarked.

“That’s true,” Lulu agreed with a nod.

Her worries were not unfounded, as Harvey’s rage was evident, even from the outside of the ward where she had stood.Books Chapters Are Daily Updated Join & Stay Updated For All Books Updates…

“Oh, by the way, now that Harvey is taking charge of Ellison Group once more, will he mind his own business?” June asked Nicole with some concern.

“I mean, you still need to be cautious of him,” she added.

“Rest assured, he hasn’t gone off his rocker, so he should be able to contain himself,” Nicole replied confidently.

She knew full-well that Harvey had only complied to her demands out of the unwillingness to lose. It would not surprise her if he now resented her for her new position as the overseer of his company.

However, she was not worried. If Harvey dedicated his time and efforts on managing Ellison Group wholeheartedly, he might eventually relieve himself of his grievances and come to understand Thomas’s new arrangements, which were well -intentioned.

“That’s good.” June nodded, finally feeling relieved.

While the three were eating and chatting, a voice blared out of nowhere. “Having a dinner gathering, huh? Mind if I join?”

Upon looking up, they were surprised to see that Ellar was standing right before them. “Why are you here?”

“I haven’t had dinner yet, and I knew that you were all eating here, so I just came here to join you.” Ellar then looked at Nicole and pleaded. “Can I stay, Nicole?”

Nicole was amused when she saw the look on his face.” Sure, have a seat.”

“Awesome.” Ellar sat down happily and picked one of the unused spoons up, ready to eat.

Without so much as a warning, Patricia grabbed his spoon, yanked it away, and said, “You have not recovered from your injuries, so I can’t let you have anything hot and spicy.”

“The wounds are almost done healing. Trust me, I can eat this,” Ellar immediately explained, worried that Patricia was trying to get him to leave.

“No.” Patricia denied, refusing to yield at all.

Seeing this, Ellar could only plead, “But I’m really hungry.”

“Have some chicken broth then,” Patricia said, motioning for the waiter to serve Ellar a bowl of chicken broth.

 

Chapter 2852

Soon, the waiter came back, bringing with him a piping hot bowl of chicken broth atop a tray.

Ellar swallowed as stared at the basket of fish and chips, his cravings on full display.

“What’s up? Are you not happy with the soup you’ve been given?” Patricia raised an eyebrow and asked in a semithreatening tone of voice.

No, I love it.” Ellar immediately withdrew his gaze, about to consume a spoonful of the broth.

The sight of Ellar’s reluctant compliance left Patricia feeling both satisfied and relieved. ‘This dude doesn’t even pay attention to his own health.’ “I know you care about me, so I won’t deny that this soup actually tastes heavenly,” Ellar proudly said, before grinning in satisfaction.

Ellar’s sudden remark took her aback, causing her to choke.

“Are you okay?” Ellar handed her a glass of water in concern. “Here, have some water.”

Patricia stifled her coughs and took a few sips of water to soothe her throat before glaring at Ellar. “Let’s eat.”

“Sure,” Ellar agreed, before lowering his head and taking another sip of his broth.

Lulu and June exchanged knowing glances and turned to Nicole when they saw Ellar following Patricia’s orders like an obedient kid. However, there was not much of a reaction from Nicole, as she remained calm and enjoyed her plate of fish and chips.

June and Lulu then exchanged another mutual glance.

Deciding to suppress their urge to gossip, they lowered their gaze and continued eating their meal. Yet, the insatiable curiosity in their hearts were in full swing, evident and insuppressible. From time to time, they would steal glances at both Patricia and Ellar.

Meanwhile, Ellar’s eyes were fixed on Patricia, so it did not occur to him that both Lulu and June were looking at him. On the other hand, Patricia was rather vigilant. She could not help but feel awkward as she could sense what June and Lulu were thinking.

“Don’t look at me. Just eat up,” Patricia warned Ellar through gritted teeth when she spotted him looking at her again.

“Why can’t I look at you?” Ellar asked without lowering his voice as he furrowed his brows in confusion.

The trio of Nicole, Lulu, and June sat motionless at the table. However, Patricia swore she could still hear the stifled giggles emanating from Lulu and June, causing her cheeks to flush at once.

“Shut up,” Patricia glared at Ellar, her eyes burning with resentment. ‘Is this dude insane or what? Is he genuinely oblivious to what’s going on, or is he just playing dumb?’ “Okay.” Ellar immediately lowered his head and continued eating upon noticing that he had pissed Patricia off.

“Hey, why don’t you consider him? I think you two are quite compatible,” Lulu whispered to Patricia.

Patricia, feeling a little uncomfortable at the notion that she should get together with Ellar, shifted the subject. “If you don’t eat now, someone else might chow it all down.”

Then, she quickly lowered her head and dug in, not wanting others to discuss anything remotely related to her.

Lulu raised an eyebrow as she observed how shy Patricia had become.

She was about to say something, but before she could, Ellar had already beaten her to it. “Hey, Nicole. Are my brother’s wedding preparations almost done?”

“Yeah, they should be by now,” Nicole responded.

“Have you not been in contact with your family all this time?” Lulu rolled her eyes at Ellar, who was shifting the spotlight away from Patricia to shield her from any further scrutiny.

“I mean, I did tell them that I’ve traveled abroad. If I contact my family on a regular basis, I’m afraid they’ll come to discover my secret,” Ellar nonchalantly explained.

Lulu pursed her lips, finding it hard to believe.

“Anyway, have some more.” Ellar turned to Patricia, scooping up bits of Cesar Salad on the bowl and placing them on her plate.

“Erm, Lulu? Please don’t make things difficult forthem. You might end up destroying any chances of them getting together,” June warned Lulu in solemn tone.

It was evident that Patricia was resisting each and every one of Ellar’s advances, even though she had demonstrated time and again that she cared about him. Therefore, June felt that it was best they steered clear of Ellar’s and Patricia’s affairs.

 

Chapter 2853

“Yeah. I got it.” Lulu nodded, understanding June’s implication.

Initially, she was just making a joke, but upon seeing Patricia’s reaction to the innocent little remark she had made, she came to realize that the latter had taken it seriously.

Curious, Lulu furrowed her brows and whispered to Nicole,” Is Patricia worried about something she can’t divulge to us?”

She always felt that while Patricia did care about Eliar, she had never reciprocated Ellar’s feelings for her, and there must be a solid reason for that.

After glancing over at Patricia and back to Lulu, Nicole simply responded, “Maybe.”

Since it was a personal matter which Patricia did not seem too keen to talk about, Nicole did not want to probe too deeply. She believed in giving Patricia her personal space to figure things out on her own.

“Okay then,” Lulu responded, sighing as she looked at Patricia and Ellar.

She thought it would be a pity if the two missed the chance to get together, but ultimately, the final decision was for the duo of Patricia and Ellar to make.

After dinner, the group of five walked out of the restaurant.

“I’ll take you home,” Ellar said to Patricia.

Raising her eyebrows in annoyance, Patricia coldly replied,” You must understand that I need to drive Ms. Riddle home.”

“Well, my brother-in-law is coming to pick her up. You shouldn’t deprive him of what he is already planning on doing,” Ellar insisted, holding onto Patricia.

As soon as he had spoken, Jared’s car rounded the corner and pulled up before them.

“Hey, Jared!” Ellar waved at Jared happily.

Patricia narrowed her eyes as she scrutinized Ellar, suspecting that he had intentionally called Jared over.

Feeling a little guilty, Ellar avoided Patricia’s gaze and turned to Nicole instead.

“Nicole, your hubby is here to pick you up. You can go home first.”

“Okay,” Nicole agreed and made a beeline for Jared’s car.

Nicole knew what Ellar was up to, but since Jared was already there, she got into the car anyway, not wanting to make a big deal out of it.

After Nicole and Jared had disappeared into the distance, June and Lulu announced, “We’re leaving too.”

“Sure, let’s go together. I’ll drive you both,” Patricia quickly offered.

“It’s okay. We’ll just get a cab.”

After declining Patricia’s offer, the duo hailed a passing cab, got in, and went home.

Patricia’s lips twitched. Though she was not one to bite, the two seemed to be avoiding her like she was some beast ready to pounce.

“Well, let’s go home,” Ellar said to Patricia with a gentle smile etched on his face.

Frustrated by the situation they had left her in, Patricia glared at Ellar. “I can walk on my own.”

“Patricia!” Ellar quickly reached out to grab her when he saw that she was turning around to walk home on her own. “Let me take you home.”

“It’s fine.” Patricia forcefully pulled away, causing Ellar to let out a yelp in pain.

“Argh, that hurts!”

Another twitch of frustration crossed her lips at once. Not only had the women in her company avoided her like the plague, but they had also left her a man-child in Ellar to deal with.

Exasperated, she turned to look at him and asked, “Your arm shouldn’t be hurting anymore, don’t you think?”

‘Is he using his injury for sympathy?’ she wondered.

But it really hurts,” Ellar replied, his voice weak and pitiful.

“Really?” Patricia held his arm up in doubt to check his wound.

‘The wound has already recovered. There’s even a scar there, so why did he claim it still hurts?’ she asked herself.

Catching her off guard, Ellar grabbed her hand and placed it on his chest where his heart was. “It hurts right here.”

“You…” Patricia’s cheeks flushed the instant she realized what he was up to.

Then, she quickly yanked her hand away and took a few steps back.

‘The nerve of him! He tricked me again! He looks so gentle and unassuming on the outside, but as soon as I let my guard down, he springs his trap on me!’ she fumed.

As expected, Patricia’s act of retreating from him left him sad and deflated.

“Patricia, I know you care about me. Can’t you just give me a chance? Just one chance? Please?”

He could not wrap his head around the fact that Patricia still refused to give him a chance, even though it was clear by now that she had feelings for him.

Patricia bit her lips in response, and in a tone laced with cold sternness, she replied, “Please do us both a favor and avoid saying things like that.”

 

Chapter 2854

After she had dished those words out to him, Patricia hurried off to her car parked at the lot.

Ellar’s eyes glinted with pain and anguish at Patricia’s response, but he gritted his teeth and followed her anyway. He could feel that Patricia’s resistance toward him was not as strong as he had expected, so he would do well not to give up now.

Once they were in the car, Patricia, her tone cold and indifferent, said, ’Sit tight, I’ll take you home first.”

After that, she floored the gas pedal, bringing the car out of the parking lot in a jiffy. Having anticipated how fast she would be going, El la r instinctively fastened his seatbelt and grabbed the handle.

On the way, Patricia was going at 80 miles an hour, making the atmosphere in the car quiet yet tense, with a nervous Ellar tightening his grip on the handle, his face scrunched up in fear and concern. He knew that Patricia was in a bad mood, and could not help but wonder if it was because of the confession he had made earlier.

After a while, Patricia took a right turn and brought him right to the entrance of BayCorp.

“Get off,” Patricia ordered, her voice still sounding somewhat cold.

“Okay.” Ellar, aware of her bad mood, obediently got out of the car, but not before dropping her a reminder. “Be careful on your way back.”

“You should take care of yourself,” Patricia said and stepped on the gas, speeding off and leaving a cloud of dust on her way.

Ellar, who was left in an eerily empty street, grew increasingly worried as he watched her race off at breakneck speeds. At the pace she was going, one would think she was competing in a NASCAR tournament.

Unable to put his worries aside, Ellar hailed a cab down and ordered the driver to tail Patricia from behind. It was only after he had followed her around for a bit that he realized Patricia was not returning to her apartment. Instead, she was making her way to the outskirts of the city.

This left Ellar puzzled. ‘What is Patricia doing on the outskirts at this time?’ And it was not until Patricia arrived at an open area that Ellar understood what she was up to. As it turned out, she was looking for a place to vent. It seemed that she was not as calm as she had appeared. Deep down, she might as well have been a nervous wreck.

The instant she found a vast, empty stretch of road, Patricia floored the accelerator and sent the car forward at blistering speeds. Within her chest was a strong, disruptive force weighing down on her heart and gnawing away at her, and it was only by driving recklessly that she could feel a modicum of relief.

For reasons unknown to her, she felt inexplicably restless. Concurrently, Ellar’s words were echoing in her mind, asking her why she simply could not give them a chance. Still, she could not be bothered to acknowledge that she had been too harsh or cold in her treatment toward him as there were factors beyond her control; factors which Ellar would never be able to understand.

Meanwhile, Nicole and Jared had just returned to the Riddle residence. It was already late, and everyone had already gone to bed, making both the house and the courtyard exceptionally quiet save for the symphony of crickets chirping in the bushes.

But this did not bother Jared, who went on to hold Nicole’s hand as they walked side by side.

“Do you have anything to say about Ellar and Patricia?” Nicole asked Jared in a soft voice.

She did not believe that Jared would do something so out-of -character for a man as stern and serious as himself just because Ellar had addressed him as his brother-in-law.

“Let them decide forthemselves,” Jared said indifferently.

He was not concerned about trivial issues that were not his own.

“But Patricia obviously has her concerns, and they are probably linked to her ties to the organization. It’s not easy for her to break free so easily.” Nicole frowned, knowing that individuals like Patricia and Charlie harbored secrets unknown to those outside the fold of their duties.

“I guess we’ll have to see what her choices are, then,” Jared replied, remaining indifferent.

After she had heard him, Nicole became even more certain that it was going to be a tough road ahead for Patricia should she choose to pursue a normal life.

However, it also seemed that Jared would not stop Patricia from leading the life of an average Jane if she so desired.

Nicole then stared at him with a frown, realizing that she did not understand him.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Jared stopped and looked down at her, his eyes brimming with gentleness.

“If Patricia chooses to be with Ellar in the end, you won’t stop her, right?” Nicole asked.

“Will you let me?” Jared asked, whereupon a defeated smile crossed his face.

Chapter 2855

Even if Jared had demonstrated nary an ounce of care for others, he would definitely not disregard Nicole and her concerns.

Upon hearing this, Nicole smiled and replied, “No.”

If Patricia and Ellar did indeed share mutual feelings of affection, she hoped they would get together.

As for Jared, he simply raised his hand to caress her hair. He had never cared about this matter from the very beginning, as it never concerned him.

“Since you won’t object, why not tell Patricia?” she asked, thinking that Patricia would not be bogged down by any of her concerns anymore if Jared was willing to step up and tell her about his lack of objections.

“Well, it’s about Charlie,” Jared said indifferently.

Since Patricia was working as a subordinate under Charlie, her freedom from the constraints of the organization was his to determine.

Nicole raised her eyebrows, and thought about it for a moment. ‘Indeed, it’s clear that Jared will never interfere with the personal lives of those under his payroll.’ Charlie, on the other hand, was a different story. Now, Nicole did not know much about Charlie, but she could tell that he was not a man who was lax when it came to the conduct of his subordinates as well as his own, even though he had been nothing but kind and fair to Patricia. Because of this, she could not help but wonder if Charlie would ever let Patricia go.

“Are you sure you want to think about someone else in front of me?” Jared’s voice, tinged with charm, blared out in her ears.

Nicole raised her head when she came to her senses, only to find Jared that Jared had already lowered his face, his nose almost touching hers. Her heart skipped a beat as she held her breath.

Jared’s cold lips gradually pressed against hers, its touch carrying some sort of magic that caused all rhyme and reason to vanish at an instant.

With her hands hooked around Jared’s neck, Nicole instinctively reciprocated.

Though this surprised him, he gave in, allowing their kiss to progress into a full blown make -out session.

In the midst of it all, the moon in all of its glory loomed over the silhouette of the couple locked in their lingering kiss, casting their shadows on the ground and forming a lovely portrait.

The next day, the warm and bright sun blossomed over where the moon had been as Nicole made her way to Riddle Corporation as usual.

She was puzzled when she saw that Lulu had already arrived. “Why are you here?”

With a bitter grimace on her face, Lulu complained, “That asshole Harvey is off his rocker! He called me over to his office early in the morning, forcing me to handle the procedures of the takeover. I came back right after dealing with it. I don’t wish to see his face any longer! Not now, not ever.”

Just thinking about it made her angry. Her dreams last night were sweet, and she was enjoying them when Harvey gave her a call and bellowed into her ear.

He had even threatened her into rushing to his office while she was still half asleep.

At the end of the day, Harvey was an oppressor who delighted in having his way. She did not know what he was in such a hurry for, but all she knew was that his stunt this morning was really excessive.

Nicole was left in a state of puzzlement after she had heard Lulu. “Why was he so eager?”

“Who knows, but if you ask me, he’s probably gone crazy.” Lulu shrugged and continued. “I said I wouldn’t go, but then, he threatened me, asking if I could afford the consequences if I delayed the

company’s work.”

“He really said that?!” Nicole blinked. ‘Is Harvey a workaholic now?’ “Of course! I was furious! But to avoid giving him the opportunity to pin the blame on me if things go sideways anytime soon, I played along,” Lulu said, her grimace becoming even more sour by the minute.

Nicole was amused. “Since the handover is complete, let him deal with the work that has been cut out for him.”

“Do you think he can really do it?” Lulu asked, serious and unblinking.

“He should be able to. Even if he’s holding a grudge against me and doesn’t want me to condescend him, he will do well to perform his duties,” Nicole said.

Over time, Harvey would come to realize that holding a grudge against her was an exercise in meaninglessness, allowing him to let it go.

“He’s really petty,” Lulu spat, her voice heavy with disdain.

“Alright, since everything is in order, let’s see how Harvey performs from now on,” Nicole nodded.

She did not want to waste any more of her time on Harvey or discussions of him, so she changed the subject and said,” In the last round of bidding, Ellar has already secured the contract. The project is about to begin, and he is probably going to need Patricia’s help. With that said, I need you to pay more attention to the company’s affairs from this day onward.