My Wife is a Hacker (Nicole Riddle and Jared) novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Wayne quickly shut up, while Bradley was dumbfounded. They seemed not to want to mess with Gary. 

Gary always scored the last in every exam, yet because of the powerful influence of the Finley family, no one in school ever dared to mess with him and his elder brother, Ryder, a junior. 

Glancing at Nicole, Gary said coldly, “What is your relationship with Raine and Snow?” 

Nicole raised an eyebrow and glinted at Gary. “I don’t know them.” She sounded indifferent. 

“See? I have just said they are not related.” Jack rolled his eyes at Wayne. 

“That is a shame. Gary would protect you if you were a relative of Raine and Snow.” Wayne grinned. 

Nicole had already retracted her gaze. “I don’t need the protection of anyone.” 

Rejected by Nicole, Gary felt he was getting a slap in the face. 

“Hey you, girl, do you know who you are talking to?” Jack got up in displeasure as he could not bear to see her attitude toward Gary. 

Everyone around them was frightened at seeing this, and they did not dare to say a word. 

“Cut it out.” As much as Gary felt losing face, he had no interest in bullying girls. “Since she doesn’t need our protection, no one is allowed to intervene in her affairs next time.” 

Gary looked at Nicole coldly, but she did not even look up at him. 

“Got it.” Jack and Wayne nodded. Gary had taken the entire eleventh grade into his umbrella of protection. Since this chic was unappreciative, she should not blame them for anything that happened in the future. 

Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief after the three of them walked away slowly. Bradley grinned and became even more interested in Nicole. “You have got guts, so daring to brush the Finleys off.” 

Bradley had long been having issues with Gary, but no one in San Joto wanted to offend the Finleys. 

“The Finleys? Are they famous?” Nicole took out a book without looking up at him. 

Bradley glanced at the book. It was in a foreign language that he could not read. 

“You don’t even know about the Finley family? They are the number one family in San Joto.” Bradley rattled on, but Nicole did not seem to be listening. 

“As much as I admire your courage, it is not a good thing to be without their protection. Not only is there a quarrel among different classes, but there is also strife between the Royal Creek Institute, be it the high school or the university, and several schools in the vicinity.” 

Nicole was not interested in the school feuds. Noticing that her phone vibrated, she went out to answer the call. 

Bradley saw her acting secretive and could only turn his attention back to his assignment to finish it. 

It was a voicemail. Presumably, she had got the job. 

“So quick?” Nicole felt a little surprised. It usually took at least three days to know if she had got the job as there were many competitors, as with this job. But she was informed today that she had successfully gotten the job. 

Feeling doubtful, she pressed a few keys, checking to make sure that she had really won the job. After that, she turned off the phone. 

Unbeknownst to Nicole, a computer in a place far away had shown her coordinates for a second. 

“It is right there, Mr. Johnston.” Max managed to trace Nicole’s location, although it had just shown for a second. 

“Royal Creek Institute in San Joto?” Jared’s gaze deepened with a surprised look on his face. The person he was looking for turned out to be in San Joto. What was even weirder was that person was hiding in a school. 

“That is weird. But we have hacked into The Hunters’ dark web reply system. Her signal to reply to the system message is indeed sent out from there.” Max also wondered how it was possible in a school.