Ch. 856..860: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 856-860

Chapter 856

"We need more precious data for our bidding documents." Harvey said.

"You're right; I also think the same. Steve, take note of what Harvey said, and have Sean revise it when he returns."

"Okay."

Harvey made a few more changes, and after each revision, he confirmed it with Nicole before finalizing it.

In fact, they were all minor details.

After sitting in the conference room of Riddle Corporation for nearly two hours, Harvey could not stay still.He looked at Nicole, who was still studying the materials.

'Nicole, why don't we stop here for today? It's getting late." Nicole looked outside; the city lights were already on.

"Okay, let's go then."

"Steve, we're leaving.Do you want to come along?" Nicole asked.

Steve had long since seen Harvey's affection for Nicole.He waved his hand.

"I still have some work to do.You guys leave first."

"Okay, then we will go first."

"See you later, Mr.Riddle," Harvey said to Steve.

"See you later."

In the car, Harvey broke the silence.

"I'm sorry that I dragged you over to work today when you were supposed to be resting after the game."

"But since we haven't even eaten anything, may I treat you to a casual dinner?"

Harvey finally said what he most wanted to say.

"Like you said, I'm exhausted today and want to go home early to rest. Sorry."

Nicole politely declined.

"That's okay, then I will meet you at your house tomorrow. We'll discuss the tender again. It is the school holidays these few days."

Harvey continued to create opportunities for himself.

Having just politely declined Harvey's kind offer, Nicole was too embarrassed to turn him down and had to agree reluctantly.

"Okay, but I might have to sleep in."

"Oh, no problem.I'll be there later."

Harvey saw Nicole did not refuse him and became hopeful.The car pulled up steadily in front of her home.

"Thanks for the ride back.Bye."

Nicole waved to him and got out of the car.

"Bye-bye."

Harvey kept looking at Nicole as she went and only started the engine when she disappeared into the house.

The next day, Nicole slept in before getting up.By the time she got downstairs, Harvey was already sitting in the living room chatting with Daniel.

"Hi, Nicole." Harvey greeted her.

"Harvey? How long have you been here?" Nicole looked at him with slight surprise.

"It's been a while. Did you sleep well?" Harvey looked at her with a smile.

"Pretty good. I need to eat something before I can discuss it with you."

"There's no hurry.Take your time.I'm having a great conversation with your father."

Harvey was just fine, as he just wanted to see her, and discussions were nothing more than an excuse.

"Good."

Nicole looked at Daniel, then went into the dining room and really took her sweet time.

Thinking that Harvey would drag herself to continue discussing the tender later, she really did not want to deal with it.So she took out her phone to send a message to Sean.

[Are you busy right now?]

[It's alright.What's up?]

[Harvey is waiting for you at home and wants to talk about the tender.] Nicole deliberately said that Harvey was waiting for him.

[At home? Okay, I'll be right back.]

She put down her phone and was in a good mood because someone would stand in for her in a moment.She took her breakfast with ease, occasionally looking over to the couch, where Harvey and Daniel were talking passionately.

Sean's drive took at least twenty minutes.

Nicole finished her breakfast and came to sit on the couch.She had to put on a front until Sean returned.

"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting.Shall we continue the discussion from yesterday??"

Nicole looked over at Harvey.

"Sure." Harvey gave Nicole a fond look.

Chapter 857

Daniel saw the clue and immediately made himself scarce, leaving only Nicole and Harvey in the living room.

"What would you like to drink?" Nicole asked.

"Anything…"

He would love it as long as it was Nicole who made it.

Nicole got up and went into the dining room.She came back with a glass of water and put it in front of him.

"Thank you."

"Nicole, I saw your wonderful performance on the sports day.I'm sure you must be very fond of sports on normal days."

Harvey started by asking about her interests and did not seem to have any intention of talking about the tender.

"Uh-huh."

"How about we go play tennis together someday?" Harvey extended the invitation again.

"Sure."

"Harvey, this project is one of the best projects this year.Looking through the bidding proposal, what do you think our chances of winning will be?"

Nicole had to bring the conversation back to the tender.

"My analysis is that we have an eighty percent chance of winning."

Harvey was confident in his work.

Riddle Corporation was stronger than McCarthy Corporation, and with the Ellison Group connections, the scale definitely tipped in their favor.

"There still seems to be a twenty percent uncertainty." Nicole mused.

Harvey saw Nicole's concern and reassured her.

"For a project of this magnitude, eighty percent certainty is as good as 100 percent.So you don't have to worry.I've got everything."

Harvey looked at Nicole with determination.

As they spoke, Sean walked in and hurried over to them.

"I'm sorry for keeping you waiting, Harvey." Sean looked at him with an apologetic face.

Harvey looked at Sean, who appeared all of a sudden and was confused about the situation for a while.

"Where did you guys get to in your discussion?" Sean went straight to the point.

"We're discussing whether we can win the tender."

Nicole could see Harvey's confusion and hurriedly chimed in to avoid Harvey's question.

"Oh, I did the bidding document this time.What do you think, Harvey?"

Sean wanted to hear Harvey's opinion.

"The bidding document was well done, and I had told Steve about a few details yesterday."

Harvey's mind was still wondering how Sean could come back in such a hurry when he was so busy.

"That's good.I've made adjustments to those details this morning.Here's the new bid document.Take a look." Sean said as he took the new bid document out of his briefcase and handed it to Harvey.

Harvey glanced at Nicole, who only smiled with a nod.So he took it in his hand and browsed through it.

"Good," Harvey said.

"I just got word that the bidding date has been moved up." Sean brought heavy news.

"The date has been moved up? What day?" Nicole and Harvey asked in unison.

"Tomorrow." Sean looked at them with a serious face.

"Tomorrow? So soon." Nicole whispered.

Harvey said softly to Nicole, "Relax, we will win the tender."

"Since the bidding session is tomorrow, I have to go back and get ready, too."

Harvey got to his feet at once.

Nicole nodded.

"I will see you tomorrow at the tender."

Harvey expected Nicole to see him out, but instead, she just said goodbye.

"Okay, see you tomorrow."

"I will see you out."

Sean looked over at him.

Harvey glanced at Sean and nodded gently.Nicole felt much at ease after Harvey left.She felt the atmosphere was weird with him around..

Chapter 858

The following morning, Aegis Corporation held a bidding session on time Inside the bidding venue, Mr.Harmon sat on the second floor with the representatives from the bidding companies and media below.

The McCarthy and three other families had arrived early to the bidding session.

Hearing that Mr.Harmon was on the second floor, they were going up to pay a visit.But when they reached the staircase, the security guards stopped them.

The three families had to return to their seats and wait for the bidding to begin.

After a while, Nicole, Harvey, and Sean walked in.Luke saw the three of them and came up to provoke them.

"Harvey, didn't Mr.Ellison come today?" Luke asked as he did not see Mr.Ellison.

"My grandfather has other things to do.So he won't be coming today."

"If your company wants this project, I won't compete with you.But if you work with the Riddle family, then I will have no choice but to compete." Luke looked at him with a pleasant expression.

Harvey did not take Luke's threat too well, and he sneered.

"I'm looking forward to it." Luke saw that Harvey was not intimidated, and he turned to Sean.

"How have you been lately, Sean?"

"Mr.McCarthy, how's your health these days?" Words choked in Luke's throat.

"Mind your words, young man.I heard that in order to get this project, you are using your sister to get close to the Ellison family.It is clear that the Riddle family has paid a lot for this.But you may still not get what you want." Luke laughed out loud.

"Cut it off, Mr.McCarthy."

Harvey immediately stopped Luke.

Luke's voice was loud, and what he said had caught everyone's attention.

The media aimed their cameras at them for interviews.

Mr.Harmon was sitting on the second floor and had a good view of what was happening below.

"Mr.Riddle, is it true what Mr.McCarthy just said that Riddle Corporation uses their own family members for the sake of profit? " A reporter asked Sean.

"This is simply a fabrication by Mr.McCarthy.The Riddle family would never use their own family members for profit."

"Mr.McCarthy is using an underhanded method to vilify others here.He is stooping too low." Sean mocked Luke.

"Mr.Riddle, I have one more question."

"Nicole?" came the voice of Mr.Harmon.

Everyone looked at the source of the voice.Just as they thought Mr.Harmon was coming to meet them, they saw Mr.Harmon go straight for Nicole.

"Hello, Mr.Harmon." Nicole looked as if she was not surprised by his appearance at all.

"you're here for the bidding, too?" Mr.Harmon asked.

"Yes, I am here to bid for Mr.Harmon's project on behalf of Riddle Corporation." Nicole faced Mr.Harmon as usual, calm and collected.

Luke's heart skipped a beat when he saw that Mr.Harmon and Nicole knew each other.

"I didn't know that Mr.Harmon knew the people from the Riddle family."

"Why didn't you find out such important information?" Luke chided the assistant beside him.

"I didn't hear you mention it the last time we met, but I didn't know that Riddle Corporation belonged to your family." Mr.Harmon was surprised.

" The bidding is about to start.See you later. "

Mr.Harmon just came down to say hello to her.

After Mr.Harmon left, not only those at the scene were talking about it.

Even Harvey and Sean looked at Nicole with surprise.

"Why didn't you tell us you and Mr.Harmon knew each other?" Sean looked happy.

 

Chapter 859

"What is there to say? We bid on our own merits.” Nicole instantly poured cold water on Sean's suggestion. Immediately , a leader from Aegis Corporation came on stage to say some words of thanks, and then a staff member read out the bid evaluation principles and things to note before he proclaimed the start of the bidding process.

"The bidding has now officially started." The person in charge of the project walked up to the stage and started introducing the project.

"The above is the content of this project."

Next, a staff member confirmed that all the bidders were present and then went through some more procedures.

"It is the bid opening time." Harvey looked at Nicole and reassured her.

“Don’t be nervous.We’ll get it.”

“I’m not nervous.It's just too boring to sit here." Nicole gave an unexpected reply.

After the bid opening and quoting, the project manager made the last announcement .

"The winning bid for the Aegis Corporation project goes to Riddle Corporation.” Sean and Harvey breathed a sigh of relief .

At this time, the McCarthy family members stood up to oppose the outcome of the bid.Mr.Harmon gave Luke a sharp look, and Luke immediately flinched.

The project manager stepped forward and looked at Luke with impartiality.

“Aegis Corporation’s bids have always been fair and impartial.Are you questioning Aegis Corporation???" Luke and the others were too scared to speak again.

After the bidding was concluded, Nicole, Harvey, and Sean were heading out the door when Luke suddenly came over and said with a smile, "Sean, Riddle Corporation was expected to win this time.

After all, your company is already strong enough.

Not to mention you now have the Ellison family backing you up.

Congratulations." Sean exchanged a look with Nicole and Harvey, wondering what this cunning man was trying to pull here.

“Thank you, Mr.McCarthy.” Sean did not want to say more.

He walked past Luke and left.

Seeing the three of them leave, Luke was exasperated.

“If it weren’t for Mr.Harmon, do you think you could win the bid?"

In the car, Nicole made a phone call to Daniel.

“The bidding session is over.

We won the bid." "Really?" Daniel was holding the phone in excitement.

“When you guys return, we will celebrate.

By the way, invite Harvey to join us." "Okay." Nicole was happy to win the bid today, so she did not mind having Harvey come along.

Today, Nicole went shopping and ran into Norah, who was happily chatting with her friends.

When Norah looked up, she saw Nicole , whose face reminded her of what happened on the sports day, and things still clouded her sanity.

"Nicole, I didn't expect to run into you, yokel." Norah had taken to using that phrase to belittle her.

Nicole did not bother to respond but wanted to walk past her on the other side, but Norah stood in her way.

"You feel so proud of yourself now, don't you? Not only did you steal all the limelight from me, but you also caused me to be scolded by my teacher.Why did you do that to me?" Norah spilled her guts in the street.

“Don’t blame others here for your ineptitude.You might as well go improve yourself if you have the time,” Nicole retorted.

"Do you think you are qualified to lecture me just because you’re a famous person at school? I think you deserve a good beating.” Norah was furious and reached out to slap Nicole.

But Nicole parried her attack and knocked her to the ground instead.

Lying on the ground, Norah felt so humiliated.

Nicole walked past her and left.

At first, she thought of coming out for a break, but bumping into Norah had ruined her day.

After Nicole left, Norah sat on the floor and called Gloria.

Instead of going home, Nicole went to the café.

Seeing Nicole come in, Claus greeted her, sat her down, and made her a cup of coffee.He also noticed that Nicole was not in a good mood.So he took out his phone and sent a message to Jared…It did not take long before Jared appeared in the café’s doorway.

Chapter 860

"Jared???" The moment she saw Jared, her mood instantly improved.

“What brings you here?” Nicole looked at him.

“Of course, to keep you company.” Jared took her hand in his.

"I heard the sports day was a success, and you're now a celebrity at school.” Jared looked at her dotingly.

"The sports day was really quite successful , but I'm not as famous as you say.” Nicole remained modestin front of Jared.

"You know, that's what I appreciate about you; a very humble mind, no matter how much you’ve done.” Jared had not realized that he was still complimenting her.

“I learned that from you.” Nicole quipped.

"By the way, there's something happy I want to tell you.” Nicole looked at him with excitement.

"Oh? Tell me about it."

"We got the Aegis Corporation project.” Jared nodded.

"A merry thing indeed, but I have something even happier to tell you.” Nicole did not expect this.

"What other happy things ?"

"About our engagement, of course." Nicole looked at Jared and blushed.

"This is something that my mother has been hastening me about.” Jared sighed, feeling a little frustrated.

"It seems that our engagement is not as important as a project in your mind.

"I'm really not prepared for it..." She surreptitiously observed Jared's expression.

Jared thought their engagement would add icing to the cake, but it turned out to be his wishful thinking.

"It seems I was the one who was jumping the gun.If you haven't thought about it yet, we can postpone it.” Jared’s emotion fell from its height to its lowest.

“Just kidding.” Nicole looked at him with sudden amusement.

"How dare you joke about this kind of thing? I will have to fix you now.” After saying that, he picked up Nicole and shoved her into the car.

After finishing classes, Nicole, Spencer, and Samuel went home together.

Just a short distance out of school, someone rushed over to attack Nicole.

But Nicole was quick in her reaction.She grabbed the attacker's hand, spun around, and threw the attacker out.It turned out that it was Joyce who attacked her.

Joyce's bodyguards saw what happened and rushed to catch her, preventing her from falling.

"Beat the daylights out of her." Joyce barked an order.

Immediately, a group of men in black came up and surrounded Nicole.

Ignoring if anyone was watching, Nicole swiftly beat them to the ground.

“A bunch of losers.You all couldn’t even beat a girl?” Joyce scolded.

Maybe they had underestimated Nicole.The men in black got up from the ground and charged at Nicole again with their best moves.

But they still ended up losing, just like before, getting beaten to the ground within a few rounds.

This time, these men in black had a hard time even getting up.Many students saw the fight and exclaimed in awe….