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.

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

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

on her. She won't have her way with us," the other

Damien still seemed uneasy as he remarked," She's

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 take this opportunity to

followed the other man around

disappeared

failed to realize was that someone had managed to track them here; after Nicole had gotten a bead in the direction which they had taken, she went

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

a commotion up ahead. Judging by the sound of grunts and yells, Nicole figured

louder until they sounded as if they were right next to Nicole, and that was when she caught sight of two figures grappling and wrestling. With her heart pounding,

Vaio, though it was challenging for her to gain the upper hand. Just as Nicole was about to step in to help, she caught a glimpse of Vaio producing a slender hilt of

grabbed a tree branch and hurled it at Vaio, knowing she would be unable to get to them

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

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

and clutched his