My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2997

"Leave it to Zane," Jared said coolly.

"Scorpio has already been handed over to Pisces and should be with Zane by now," Max replied.

With Scorpio captured, the Eastern Falcon's influence in San Joto was effectively wiped out. Now, only Lawrence remained a concern.

After a pause, Max added, "Lawrence knows about Scorpio's capture, but he's unusually quiet. It feels like he's plotting something."

"Keep an eye on him," Jared instructed. "Lawrence must be feeling the pressure now. He's bound to make a move."

Even if they didn't go after Lawrence, it was likely he would come after them. Without Scorpio to shield him, Lawrence had two choices: retreat or strike first. But knowing his character, retreat seemed unlikely.

"Yes," Max acknowledged respectfully.

The car continued forward, Jared leaning back in his seat, his eyes filled with deep contemplation, though his thoughts remained inscrutable.

***

Meanwhile, at another location.

returned. They came back last night,”

scornfully, "Scorpio turned out to

Scorpio had squandered such

has already signed the contract with Apex Corp, and also..." Ian

at Ian.

he replied, "Apart from that, they've also signed a project for the joint development of high-tech military robots. It's a confidential project, not

and the project's difficulty level wasn't high for her. If they

"Her trip seems to have been quite

what should we do?" Ian asked Lawrence, feeling conflicted. The possibility of a direct confrontation with Nicole

fell into silence again. With Scorpio's capture, their

eyes narrowed slightly as a name crossed his mind, prompting

time for him to come out of hiding," Lawrence said, his voice carrying

asked, "Do you mean