Ch. 886..890: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 886-890

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After missing breakfast, Jared drove Nicole to the venue where the betrothal would be held.

Several waiters were waiting for them outside the entrance of the opulent and magnificent hotel. When they saw Jared‘s car coming, they came forward to greet them.

Jared led Nicole inside; the gilded lobby, the high–style carpeting, and the light–reflecting crystal chandelier looked equally opulent. “What do you think of the atmosphere?” Jared asked as he led her inside.

“Pretty good.”

“Let‘s take a look inside.”

Arriving at the site of the betrothal , it was low–key and luxurious , perfectly in line with Nicole‘s aesthetic taste. She looked around, and her eyes finally fell on Jared.

“You have prepared well. I like it a lot.” Jared looked at her with a smile.

“I‘m glad that you like it. In a few days, we are having our betrothal party here. I hope that day will come sooner rather than later.”

“You can‘t wait?” Nicole asked him snidely.

“I really can‘t wait. I want to confirm our relationship sooner rather than later.” Jared wrapped his arms around Nicole‘s waist and pulled her in his arms.

“Get off me before someone sees us.” Nicole tried to push him away.

“No, it won‘t be. It is just you and me here.”

“That is not good either.” Breaking free of Jared‘s grasp, Nicole came to the side.

“I have seen the hotel. I will go to school if there is nothing else.”

“Okay, I will give you a ride.”

Jared drove Nicole to school.

“I will pick you up tonight.”

“It‘s okay. I can get back on my own.”

“It is better to wait for me,” Jared said and then drove away.

As she walked down the path leading into the school, someone suddenly appeared in front of her.

“Nicole, there‘s a problem with the Aegis Corporation project.”

“Harvey? What are you doing here?” Nicole asked, puzzled.

“Forget about me for now. Let‘s just go find Sean together.” Harvey did not look like he was joking.

“Let‘s go then.”

Sean was sighing impatiently in front of the floor–to ceiling window in Riddle Corporation when suddenly there was a knock on the office door.

“Come in.” Sean looked back at the door.

Nicole and Harvey walked in.

“What brings you guys here?” Sean‘s eyes sparkled with surprise.

“What is going on?” Nicole asked him openly.

“There are some problems with the supplier; they haven‘t delivered the materials. This causes the work to stop,” Sean said.

“The work has stopped?” Harvey did not expect it to have affected work.

Sean looked at him and nodded.

“Any idea why the supplier didn’t deliver the materials?” Nicole asked Sean.

“They said there was a shortage, so the delivery was delayed.” This was the reason given to Sean by the other party. ..

“Shortage?” Nicole‘s mind was racing.

“Immediately send someone to the market to check the price of the materials and the inventory of the various importers,” Nicole instructed Sean.

“Okay, I‘ll get right on it.” Sean made a phone call.

“Send someone to find out if someone is hoarding raw materials.”

It was not so much about shortage, but someone deliberately hoarded the materials.

“Let me know as soon as you have news.” Nicole looked at Sean seriously.

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“Good.” Sean looked at his younger sister, who was more like a leader at the moment.

“Don‘t get mad. Things always work out.” Nicole reassured Sean.

“I‘m alright. We just stop working for a day, and then we will have to work overtime to catch up. After all, Aegis Corporation wants us to deliver the project on time.”

It was Aegis Corporation‘s audit department that Sean was worried about

“By the way, Nicole, didn‘t Mr. Harmon invite you, Mom, and Dad to be his guests? Did you guys go?” Speaking of Aegis Corporation, Sean remembered Mr. Harmon‘s invitation earlier.

“It is tomorrow. Do you want to come along, then?” Nicole asked.

“I can tag along?” Sean‘s eyes lit up.

“Sure, just so you can talk to Mr. Harmon about the project, too.” For Nicole, Sean was the best shield she could use.

“Okay, then I will pick you, Mom, and Dad up at the Riddle Mansion in the morning.” Sean looked forward to tomorrow with excitement.

“OK, then we will go now. Make sure we‘re on top of things.” Nicole instructed as she was leaving. Sean looked at Nicole solemnly and nodded.

“Don‘t worry. I take this project more seriously than you do.”

“Bye–bye.”

“See you later, Harvey.” After leaving Sean‘s office, Harvey looked admiringly at Nicole.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Don‘t you know me?” Nicole did not like being stared at.

“You just did a great job of identifying the problems.” Harvey complimented her condescendingly.

Nicole did not even bother to listen, as she did not need his comments.

“Since you thought of that too, why didn‘t you just come to see my brother solve the problem? Instead, you came to me?” Nicole stopped to question him.

“I want to see you,” Harvey said with surprising bluntness. Nicole did not expect him to go to great lengths just to see her and spend more time with her.

She shot him a glance, having no words. In fact, she did not really know what to say about him.

“Whạt I just said, you heard it all. You are to follow up on the matter.”

“How can that be? You have taken over, and you have to be responsible till the end. I have other things to do.” Harvey refused.

“You have things to do? Do you think I‘m free? You just heard it; I‘m invited to Mr. Harmon’s house tomorrow, and I have a betrothal party in a few days. If you want to talk about being busy, I‘m busier than you, okay?” Nicole rolled her eyes and walked forward.

Harvey looked at Nicole from behind and stopped where he was; the words betrothal party pricked his ears.

Nicole did not care about him. After being taken to see Sean by Harvey, there was no point in going back to school now.She took out her phone and dialed Jared‘s number.

“Hey, I‘m invited to be a guest at Mr. Harmon‘s house tomorrow, so I don‘t think I can stay at your place today.”

“That‘s okay. Do you want me to pick you up tomorrow?” Jared asked as he worked.

“It is alright. Sean will drop me off.”

“You get busy. If it ends early tomorrow, I will see you at the office.”

“Okay, then I will wait for you.”

After hanging up, Nicole took a cab back to the Riddle Mansion. When she thought of Norah‘s face, she instantly got upset again.

There was no one in the living room. Nicole called Gloria, who was out with Daniel for a walk and would only be back in a while. So Nicole went upstairs and waited.

She took out her laptop and checked the job she had accepted earlier. She wondered what was so special about this organization that there was a $10 million bounty on it.

After checking for a while, she found only some information on its official website but nothing on a deeper level.

“There seems to be a bit of a problem,” Nicole murmured.

She took out her mobile phone and called Zeke.

“Hey, Zeke, what are you up to?”

“I‘m upgrading the decryptor. What‘s up?” Zeke had been working on finding a breakthrough on the device for the past few days, and it was driving him crazy.

“I have a fat job here. Are you interested?” Whenever Nicole had a job, she would call him, unless the job was beyond his ability to perform.

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“Fat job? Of course, I‘m interested. But how fat can it be? “ Zeke had not had a job in a long time.

“If it works out, you will get five million dollars.” Nicole was ready to give him half.

“Five million dollars? Did I hear you right? I haven’t gotten such a fat job for a long time.”

“What‘s the assignment? Send it over so I can take a look. “Zeke could not wait.

“I will send it to you in a minute.”

His phone buzzed, and he received a message from Nicole.

‘Hacking the intranet?‘ Zeke smiled.

This kind of job was a piece of cake for him. He immediately messaged Nicole back.

[I will take this job.]

[Good. Find a time to meet some other day. You study it for a few days and text me if you have questions.] Nicole replied.

[Okay.]

With that, Nicole closed her laptop and went downstairs to see if her parents had returned from their walk. When she got downstairs , she saw the person whom she least wanted to see instead of seeing Daniel and Gloria.

Without even talking to her, Nicole went straight to the couch and sat down, thinking that it had been half an hour and her parents should be coming back now.

Norah could see that Nicole was intentionally avoiding her. She thought for a moment and went over to sit down, anyway.

Glancing at Nicole, she said, “How come I didn‘t see you after school today?”

Nicole did not bother to talk to her. Norah continued when Nicole did not answer.

“I heard that you, Dad, and Mom are going to be guests at Mr. Harmon‘s house tomorrow.”

Nicole still did not say a word but watched the TV.

“We’re back.” Gloria‘s voice rang out as she and Daniel entered the house in tandem.

“Mom, where did you and Dad go for a walk? It took you so long.” Norah got up to greet Gloria.

“We had a walk at the beach.” Gloria beamed.

“Look how happy you are. The beach must be fun, right?” Norah took Gloria’s arm and acted coquettishly.

“I will take you for a walk someday.” The two talked as they made their way to the living room.

“Nicole, why are you home so early today?” Gloria asked when she saw Nicole sitting on the couch.

“Didn‘t Mr. Harmon invite us to be his guests tomorrow? I thought I‘d come back and remind you.” Nicole was afraid that Gloria would forget about it.

“Thanks to you for coming back. Otherwise, I would have forgotten.”

“What time do we go tomorrow?”

“Tomorrow at nine o‘clock. Sean will come and pick you up in the morning.” Nicole was thinking of staying here at first, but when she saw Norah, I changed her mind.

“Aren‘t you staying here tonight?” Daniel, who had not spoken so far, had read Nicole‘s mind.

“Jared has been working too hard lately, so I‘m going to go over and take care of him.” Nicole made up an excuse. Otherwise, Daniel would not have agreed with her, given how much he loved her.

“Tell Jared that work is important, but he also needs to take care of his health. With so many people in his company, can‘t anyone share his workload?” Daniel said with concern , and it was the first time Nicole had seen him care so much about Jared.

“Don’t worry. I will convey your concern and tell him to take care of himself.”

“I will leave now if there is nothing else,” Nicole said, ready to get up and leave.

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Gloria hurriedly pulled her back.

“What‘s the hurry? Stay for dinner, and then only go.”

Since she last reprimanded Nicole at school, Gloria clearly felt that her relationship with Nicole was drifting apart little by little because of Norah.

Nicole gave up upon seeing her mother‘s reluctance to see her go.

“Okay.”

Gloria and Daniel breathed a sigh of relief and smiled in unison. She sat in the middle of the couch with Nicole on her left and Norah on her right.

“Norah, has school been preparing for finals lately?” Gloria asked with concern.

“Yeah, now I‘m studying and doing mock–up questions every day. It‘s killing me.” Norah complained.

‘‘That‘s tiring. Do you want to take a day off to rest?” Gloria was afraid that the pressure would be too much and wear Norah out.

“I have taken a day off and want to go out tomorrow to unwind,” Norah said, seemingly unintentionally, but her eyes glanced at Nicole.

“Mom, is Sean going with you to Mr. Harmon‘s house tomorrow?” Norah asked.

“Sean? I didn‘t hear he was going.” Gloria glanced back at Nicole.

“Oh, I told Sean about it. Since he is in charge of the Aegis Corporation project, he should build rapport with Mr. Harmon.” Nicole explained.

Gloria nodded her head.

“That‘s great. He can get to know Mr. Harmon, and it will make things easier next time.”

“Mom, is Mr. Harmon someone powerful? I see everyone respects him a lot,” Norah asked Gloria curiously.

“Mr. Harmon is the CEO of Aegis Corporation, so, of course, he is powerful. But as to exactly how powerful he is, I‘ve never seen it. Only Nicole has seen him.” Gloria did not know how to describe Scott as a whole.

“Nicole, since you‘ve met Mr. Harmon, can you tell us about him?” Norah, driven by curiosity, asked Nicole.

“There‘s nothing to tell. I don‘t know him well.” Norah did not give up.

“Even if you don‘t know him well, you‘ve at least met him. We haven‘t met him, so you can tell your parents about him in advance.”

Norah used her parents as an excuse, and now Nicole could not refuse. But she really had nothing to say; she was really not familiar with Mr. Harmon. Nicole sighed helplessly. As long as Norah was here, she would not stop.

“Mom, Dad, I have only met Mr. Harmon once at the tender venue. The impression I got was one of authority but not intimidating,” Nicole said.

“It‘s okay. Tomorrow we will get to know each other. Just be mindful of what you say and treat things as normal.” Daniel said, coming to Nicole‘s rescue. Otherwise, Norah would still ask endless questions.

With that, they chatted on the couch for a while longer. Mostly it was Norah talking to Gloria while Daniel and Nicole watched TV on the other side.

During dinner, Norah kept thinking about Nicole‘s invitation to Mr. Harmon‘s house tomorrow. So she found something to say to Gloria.

“What time will you be back tomorrow? I will be waiting for you at home.”

“Well, I‘m not sure about that. You don‘t have to wait for us. Go hang out with your classmates,” Gloria said.

“Have you forgotten? I‘m taking a day off tomorrow, and all my classmates are at school. So there‘s no one to keep me company.” Norah sounded as if she was lonely.

“Aah, my memory fails me. So you will be home by yourself tomorrow. I thought you were going out with your classmates.”

“Yeah, if you guys come back late tomorrow, I guess I will be home alone all day,” Norah said with a sad look on her face.

Gloria saw it and could not bring herself to leave Norah alone at home.

“It‘s not like you can take a day off every time. Being at home alone is too lonely. I will see what I can do.”

Suddenly Gloria thought of an idea and looked at Norah.

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“Is that okay?” Norah looked over at her with a delighted expression.

“Of course. You‘re my goddaughter.” Gloria assured her.

“Ahem.”

Daniel cleared his throat to remind Gloria, who immediately looked at him. After seeing his expression, she hurriedly turned her eyes to Nicole.

“Is it okay to bring an extra person tomorrow?”

Nicole had long guessed what Norah was up to. She had been planning this from the beginning , and Gloria had walked right into it, becoming her tool.

“Mom, it‘s our first time going to Mr. Harmon‘s house. It is not good and proper to bring someone he doesn‘t know to see him without his permission.” Nicole was worried about Norah getting her into trouble.

“Mr. Harmon didn‘t invite Sean either, yet you still ask him to tag along. So why can‘t Norah?” Gloria argued for Norah.

“Sean has met Mr. Harmon before, and he is the head of the project. That is why I have suggested Sean go with me to promote cooperation between the two families. Even Steve didn‘t get to go, let alone others.” Nicole would never let Norah tag along.

Since Nicole had said so, Gloria knew she should not push her too much and turned to look at Norah helplessly.

“It‘s okay, Mom. Nicole is right. It is not appropriate to go without an invitation .” Norah sounded as if she was understanding, making Nicole seem petty. Nicole could not stand watching Norah pretend in front of her and got to her feet. “Mom, Dad, I‘m done eating. I‘m leaving now.”

“You have just finished eating, and you‘re leaving? It‘s windy outside,” Gloria said with concern.

“It‘s okay, bye. Tomorrow at nine in the morning,” Nicole said and left.

“Norah, could you help me pick what I should wear tomorrow?” Gloria looked at her with a smile.

“You look good in anything. I will just do the matching for you later.” Norah took the opportunity to butter Gloria up.

Daniel‘s mood had long since left with Nicole, and he wondered if Nicole had really eaten well, as Norah and Gloria kept talking endlessly and giving Nicole trouble.

It was only after she left the Riddle Mansion that Nicole felt more at ease. She did not expect Norah to have the cheek to go to Mr. Harmon‘s house. In her eyes, Norah was too hubristic.

She drove to Jared‘s villa. The light was off in the house, so she knew Jared was not back yet. She walked in and said, “Brinqa, turn on the lights.” Binga was the newly installed smart–home virtual assistant.

The lights came on, and Nicole walked over to the couch, then sat down, put her backpack down, and sent a message to Jared.

[What time will you be back?]

[You‘re back at the villa?]

[Yes. Let me know before you come back.]

[About 8.00 pm.]

[Okay.] Nicole looked at her watch; there was still some time left.

Sitting on the sofa was boring, and she did not want to watch a movie, either. So she took out her laptop, continuously tinkering with it to study the job again. She was adamant about finding some useful clues.

Her phone rang, and she picked it up. It was Zeke calling.

“Nicole, I found some clues. The company for this job seems to be a tech company, nothing special.” Zeke had not figured out what the value of this company was after looking it up for some time.

“A tech company?” Nicole was deep in thought.

“Keep looking. I will contact you tomorrow when I‘m free. “She then hung up.

She looked at the time; it was time to go prepare the meal. Nicole wanted Jared to go home and eat the meal she had cooked for him after a long day of work.

” Why don‘t you go with us tomorrow so you won‘t be alone?”