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.

pathway as they conversed, shooting bullets of glances behind their shoulders every now again to ensure that they were

you think we've really shaken that woman off?" Damien asked, sounding

keeping an eye on her. She won't

as he remarked," She's quite

of taking care of her," the man asserted. "Let's go. With Vaio distracting her, we can take

the other man around

disappeared

in the direction which they had taken, she went after them, moving in a half-crouch with her back lowered so

was evident that this individual by the name of "Vaio" was not someone she should trifle with. In all likelihood, he

Judging by the sound

was when she caught sight of two figures grappling and wrestling. With her heart pounding, Nicole squinted her eyes and quickly advanced to get a good look of the

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

hurled it at Vaio, knowing she would be

to yelp in pain, and the baton-like weapon he was holding fell to

from the tip of the baton, making it clear to Nicole that it

stumbled back and clutched his arm in