My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2886

She looked ahead, her eyes piercing the darkness. Judging from the elevation she was at, she figured that the cliff might not be too far from where she stood.

Midway, Nicole stopped and pondered if there was still a way ahead. She was wondering why Damien and the rest of his entourage had chosen to hole themselves up in a place that was so isolated and claustrophobic.

All of a sudden, she heard some rustling noises emanating from the thick, lush vegetation before her. Startled, she darted off the trail she was on and hid herself behind the thicket to her right, and there, she carefully observed the movements of the silhouettes ahead.

"Let's stay here for a few days. We can leave once things have simmered down," a man said with a hint of caution in his voice.

"Why don't we just leave now?" another voice asked.

Upon hearing the second voice, Nicole's eyes widened.

'Isn't that Damien? Patricia was following him, but why isn't she here?' Nicole wondered.

As their footfalls grew louder, Nicole crouched over and looked through the gaps in the thicket, trying not to place herself in their direct line of sight.

the grove up ahead, of whom one was Damien. They were strolling along the pathway as they conversed, shooting bullets of glances behind their shoulders every now

woman off?"

an eye on her. She won't have her way with

seemed uneasy as he remarked," She's quite

nothing to worry about, because Vaio is more than capable of taking care of her," the man asserted. "Let's go. With Vaio distracting her, we can

agreed, and followed the other

they disappeared from

to track them here; after Nicole had gotten a bead in the direction which they

was evident that this individual by the name of "Vaio" was not someone she should trifle with.

that in mind, Nicole quickened her pace until she could hear a commotion up ahead. Judging by the sound of grunts and yells, Nicole figured that they came from Patricia and

if they were right next to Nicole, and that was when she caught sight of two figures grappling and wrestling. With her

to gain the upper hand. Just as Nicole was about to step in to help, she caught a glimpse of

a tree branch and hurled it at Vaio, knowing she would be

tree branch struck Vaio's arm, causing him to yelp in pain, and the baton-like

needle-like appendage with rows of feathers lining it ejected from the tip of the baton, making it clear to Nicole that

then stumbled back and clutched