Ch. 741..745: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 741-745

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The hospital CEO immediately came forward with respect. “We have been expecting you, Mr. Johnston.”

Jared replied indifferently, “Where is the surgeon?”

The CEO immediately replied, “Don’t worry. I have asked our best surgeon to wait in the treatment room.”

Jared nodded and immediately led Nicole inside. The hospital CEO immediately led the way for the two of them.

They soon arrived at the treatment room. As soon as Nicole walked in, she saw a figure in a white robe. Looking from behind, Nicole found the doctor looking somewhat familiar.

Hearing the voice, the doctor looked back, and the moment their eyes met, Nicole instantly recognized the doctor.

“It is you.” Martin was also pleasantly surprised to see Nicole. He never expected that the special patient needing his emergency treatment today was Nicole.

“I didn’t know that you were working in this hospital.” Nicole knew at once that he had been keeping his father, Sebastian, in the dark about his practice in this hospital.

Martin nodded silently, signaling Nicole to keep it a secret.

Jared saw their interaction and asked, “You guys know each other?”

“Yeah, we met once.” Nicole nodded.

Hearing Nicole’s answer, Martin felt a little disappointed.

But upon thinking about it, he realized Nicole’s response was entirely normal. He might have watched the videotape of the No. 16 racer and known Nicole for a long time, but Nicole really did not know him yet.

Jared glanced up and down at Martin, thinking he was another suitor of Nicole. He was upset by the many men who always surrounded Nicole.

Martin sat down and said, “I heard you were injured.”

At first, he had only heard about the condition of an important patient and did not give it a second thought. But when he knew Nicole was ill, he became anxious.

“It’s just a minor cut.” Nicole was not worried.

“Open the dressing and take a look,” Jared said.

Seeing Jared’s frown, which looked more worried than Nicole was, Martin could not help but take a second glance at him. He was curious about Jared’s relationship with Nicole.

Martin motioned for Nicole to sit down, took off the dressing, and examined the wound.

His heart skipped a beat when he found that the wound’s edges rolled outward. “The wound is caused by some hard object like glass; the cut is deep and could leave scars if not treated properly.”

Jared’s face turned grave. “That’s why we come to you. Can you treat it?” He had asked Max to find the best surgeon in San Joto for Nicole.

Martin nodded. “Don’t worry. I will take care of it.”

He took Nicole to the treatment area and started to re-disinfect and bandage Nicole’s wound. Nicole never batted an eyelid during the entire time.

Martin saw how tough she was and could not help but feel sorry for her. He could not imagine how much pain Nicole had experienced before this to be so immune to pain now.

“If it hurts, you can make a sound,” he said in a low voice.

Nicole smiled and pursed her lips. “I’m fine.”

It hurt Jared to see her reaction. But looking at Martin’s excessive concern about Nicole, he felt inexplicably upset. Jared shot a glance at Nicole and said, “You don’t have to pretend to be strong with me by your side.”

It was heartwarming to hear that, and Nicole looked over at Jared involuntarily with light in her eyes.” Okay.”

She was just used to tolerating pain, but no one ever told her not to pretend to be strong. With him by her side, it felt so good to be pampered.

Martin looked at the loving interaction between the two and started to sense the unusual relationship between Jared and Nicole. He felt jealous, and his hands that were doing the dressing shuddered.

This hurt Nicole. Only then did she frown.

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Martin immediately felt guilty. “I’m sorry, I will be gentler.”

“Okay.” Nicole nodded.

“Be careful.” Jared was not too happy and warned Martin.

No one had ever threatened Martin like this, and he was a little upset. But he put up with it for Nicole’s sake.

After applying medicament, Martin bandaged the wound.

Nicole’s medical skills may be above Martin’s, but Martin probably paid more attention to detail. Given a choice, she would not bother about this minor injury. But she did not want Jared to worry about her, so he followed him to the hospital. Now things turned out to be not too bad. After her wound healed, she would apply her special medicine, and the scar would disappear.

“Avoiding wetting the wound for the first couple of days,” Martin said.

“Okay.” Nicole knew all of this common sense.

Martin nodded contentedly at seeing Nicole so obliging.

Jared was upset when he saw the two looking at each other. He inserted himself into the middle of the two and took Nicole away. “It’s almost time. Let’s go.”

“Okay.” Nicole did not forget to look back at Martin and thank him.

Martin looked at her with a smile, his heart fluttering, looking slightly shy. “Don’t mention it. It was my job.”

Jared frowned and took Nicole away, not letting her say another word to Martin.

Martin looked on as Nicole left, feeling melancholy.

The hospital CEO came over. “How’s it going, Martin?”

Martin smiled. “Don’t worry. I have taken care of the patient’s wound, and it will not leave a scar.”

The hospital CEO let out a smile. “That’s good, that’s good. The consultation fee is high this time; you will get a bonus this month.”

Martin nodded awkwardly, but he did not care about the money at all.

“I will return to the lab now.” He stayed here only because the hospital had the most advanced medical research facility in the country, and what he wanted to do most was medical research. “All right, there you go.” The hospital CEO waved happily to let him go.

Martin returned to his lab, but all that came to mind was Nicole’s gentle face. He entered the lab in a daze, only to hear Joyce talking impatiently inside.

“Dad, I’ll do it. Don’t rush me anymore, okay?”

He looked inside and saw Joyce holding her phone around her neck with the gloves on, staring at the cell activity under the microscope.

Seeing Martin’s return and his not-too-happy expression, she quickly said a few words into the phone and hung up. Tucking the phone back into her pocket and shifting her attention back to the microscope, she heard Martin’s grumpy voice.

“What were you doing, Joyce? Changed the damn gloves.” Martin watched and was pissed as Joyce nearly ruined his research.

Only then did Joyce realize she had picked up the mobile phone without taking off her gloves. The bacteria on the mobile phone were so many that they could completely contaminate the research subjects in the instrument.

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She was too nervous and forgot about it when Martin stared at her. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I was too nervous.

She took off the gloves in her hands and threw them into the garbage can, then re-disinfected her hands and put on a new pair of gloves before returning to her post.

Martin looked at her neat action, and his brows gradually eased up. Joyce was capable and had never made mistakes at work. But she had been absentminded lately.

Martin raised an eyebrow. “Stop what you are doing now. Have you had something going on lately? You look upset.”

Joyce looked at the dark-haired teenager. Thinking of what her father had told her, she smiled with just the right amount of distress on her face. “Just something happened at home.”

Joyce’s father blamed her for the McCarthy family’s failure to win the tender last time.

But Joyce knew Martin did not like to hear people complaining all the time, so she had never vented her frustration in front of him for the past few days.

She was depressed inside but pretended to be nonchalant outside. “Don’t worry. Nothing big deal.”

Martin looked at her, not too convinced. “Really?”

Joyce nodded, but deep down inside, she hoped he would continue asking. She wanted to tell him about her family’s situation and see if he could help.

To her surprise, Martin’s expression changed upon seeing her nod her head. He looked at her with his arms crossed. “Then never make such a low-level mistake again. Or else, get the hell out of my lab.” He yelled at her callously.

Martin’s greatest concern was his research, for which he would tolerate no one.

Even though Joyce had been his best partner and classmate, it was not impossible to replace her if she kept being absentminded again. She was dispensable.

Joyce was stunned, her expression crashing. Things did not turn out quite the same as she had imagined.

Martin could no longer bear it when he saw her rooted to the spot. “Do you want to leave now? Get back to work right away.”

Joyce had always thought that she and Martin were the tag team of San Joto, and that he would treat her differently and comfort her when she had problems, not expecting that she was nearly kicked out of the lab.

She looked at Martin in disbelief. Seeing that he was not joking, her eyes quickly reddened, and she returned to her post without a word.

There were a few Yamenians in the group. Because Joyce was the only female here, they were tolerant of her.

Kevin was not too happy at seeing Martin doing this to Joyce. “Don’t you think you are going too far, Martin?”

Martin looked at Joyce and walked up to her as if he had listened to Kevin. Afraid that she would not hear clearly, he bent down and said in a very flat voice, “Go out there, take a rest, and come back

later.”

Joyce was flattered and looked at him. She knew that Martin still cared for her.

Her grievances got the better of her, and tears flowed out of her eyes. She looked at Martin, wanting to say something

Kevin and a few others thought that Martin really wanted Joyce to go out and take a break, so they looked away with satisfaction. But in less than ten seconds, they heard Martin’s thunderous voice. “Sh*t. Joyce, your tears dropped onto the focal plane. Get the hell out of here.”

He asked her to go out because he was afraid that this woman could not control her tears.

Joyce was out of joint and looked in shock at Martin’s disdainful face. She could no longer bear the insult, got up, and ran out of the lab.

After she left, Martin returned to his seat with an unconcealed, despiteful look on his face. As if thinking of something, he stood up again, rushed to the door, and shouted, “Take a leave and don’t come back for the next few days.”

 

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Joyce hesitated when she heard Martin’s voice, but after hearing what he said, she ran even faster.

‘Who wants to take leave? Doesn’t giving leave of absence mean that I’m not needed in the research? Martin doesn’t really care about me.’

But Martin did not give a damn what Joyce thought. This time, it was supposed to teach her a lesson. If she still could not focus her mind on the experiment, she would not be needed on the team, as it would only bog him down.

He looked at the few remaining people and pointed at a red-haired boy with freckles on his face. “You take Joyce’s place to assist me.”

The boy said nothing. He just nodded and went over. Their tolerance of Joyce was just a gesture of gentlemanliness, not a measure of how important Joyce was, as they all knew that Martin was the core figure of the team.

After everything returned to normal, Martin returned to his seat. While continuing with his research, he felt better again when he recalled in his mind when Nicole came to treat her wound.

Nachelle was onboard a plane, looking at the financial statements for the quarter with a faint look of satisfaction on her face.

Her assistant sitting next to her suddenly said, “Something happened to Lloyd.”

“What happened?” There was a fleeting look of surprise on Nachelle’s face. Lloyd had been all her sustenance since the Holder family started the entertainment business.

“Lloyd has also been very careful and made no mistake so far. Why do things happen as soon as I’m abroad for only two days?’

“The media reported Lloyd saved a student at the anniversary celebration of the Royal Creek Institute. There are photos of him carrying a girl. It looks like this girl is important to him.”

Nachelle frowned at the mention of the Royal Creek Institute. She quickly figured out something and sneered. “I think he met that girl at school.”

The last time she met Nicole at a party, Nachelle had a good impression of her.

Coupled with the fact that the person whom her son had cared most about all these years was Nicole, who had spent the most time with him, Nachelle did not want to stop him.

She thought about it for a while and then told the assistant behind her, “Contact Anna now and ask her to contact the media in my name and put a lid on the incident.”

The assistant acknowledged her with respect, left, and then came back in with a thin and portable communication device and handed it to Nachelle.

The phone rang, and Anna’s flattered voice was heard saying, “May I help you, Nachelle?”

Nachelle spoke in an icy voice as she carefully explained the matter to Anna. Before hanging, Nachelle asked, “Is the girl Lloyd saved called Nicole?”

Anna nodded in disbelief. “How did you know that? You know Nicole?”

‘Otherwise, why does Nachelle ask about the girl’s name? Nachelle’s natural bias for smart girls is no secret in the industry. Could it be that Lloyd has already introduced Nicole to her, and she already has a plan in mind?

“Nothing.” Nachelle did not bother to answer her question but hung up the phone immediately.

She was not concerned about Nicole but Lloyd. She felt anxious. Because of Nicole, Lloyd had made a gaffe, which was quite unexpected. She feared Lloyd would lose himself. She had done some digging and knew that Nicole was dating Jared. If Lloyd was lovelorn because of that, it was going to kill him. If hope was the precursor to disappointment, it was better not to be hopeful.

 

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But with what she knew about Lloyd, he could only turn back after he tried as hard as he could.

Nachelle looked at the clear water-like sky that flew past the window outside with a hint of upset look on her face.

If the path is wrong, one should not continue in the same direction. But she lost Lloyd back then and now felt guilty for him and could not help but give him whatever he wanted. So even if Lloyd’s rival was Jared, she would work hard for her son.

Nachelle sighed tiredly. As she handed the reports in her hand to her assistant, her eyes spotted a line of text in the report.

[The budget for the selection of female lead from major universities has been disbursed.]

As if reminding her of something, she thought of Nicole’s approximate age, and her eyes glinted. She immediately picked up her phone and made a call with an unconcealable joy in her eyes. 2

Jared had brought Nicole back to his villa.

Because of Nicole’s injury and the condition in the dormitory, Jared forced Nicole to request a leave of absence from Ms. Emerson and asked her to stay at his villa.

Nicole did not resent it, either. Jared’s villa was the only place where she could let her guard down.

“Thank you.” Nicole looked at Jared gratefully.

Jared still felt jealous. “I’ve done some digging in Martin’s background. Isn’t he Mr. Wyance’s son?”

Nicole raised an eyebrow, not expecting Jared to act so fast.

“I’ve only met him once.” Nicole just slurred over the matter.

Jared’s expression was a little gloomy. “I heard he visited your house recently.”

Nicole smiled, not expecting that he had even found this out. “Yes.”

Seeing her smile, he got even more upset and drew her into his arms by force. “What was he doing at your house?”

Nicole had never seen Jared so bothered about anything, so she decided to keep him in suspense. “Take a guess.”

Jared was dysphoric. “Mr. Wyance is the future governor, and he cares about you very much. He was probably going there to propose a marriage.”

Nicole could not help but burst into laughter, amused by how imaginative Jared was when he got jealous. “I didn’t know that you were a novelist.”

Seeing her laughing at him, Jared became furious. He pushed her down on the couch and pressed her underneath. “I’m not kidding you.”

He looked so serious that Nicole got lost in the depths of his eyes. She smiled helplessly. “Put away your wild thoughts. I’m yours alone.”

These simple words of hers had rid all his irritability and anxiety.

Jared felt frustrated with his recent sense of insecurity. Now he finally calmed down. He looked at Nicole’s face, which was only a foot away from his, and could not help but kiss her.

Nicole did not refuse as he came down with his kisses. She was also reciprocating his action, but it was clumsy.

But Jared was more than happy. Upon getting her response, he was delighted and embraced her even more. It felt as if a century had passed before Jared let go of her.

He stared at her blushed face and let out an evilly charming smile. “There’s some progress.”

Nicole blushed even more when Jared teased him. She reached out and wrapped her arms around his neck. “It’s a vast improvement, mind you.”