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.

Nicole have returned. They came back last night,” Ian reported as he entered

scornfully, "Scorpio turned out to

that Scorpio had squandered such a good

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

Lawrence glared at Ian. "And what? Spit

paled slightly as he replied, "Apart from that, they've also signed a project for the joint development of

Nicole had secured such a significant project. This was Nicole's forte, and the project's difficulty level wasn't high for her. If

long silence, Lawrence finally sighed, "Her trip seems to have been quite

Ian asked Lawrence, feeling conflicted. The possibility of a direct confrontation

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

name

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

lowering his voice, asked, "Do you