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Chapter 1174
Chapter 1174
Chapter 1174
Chapter 1174
Without knowing it herself, Nicole had been working until the dead of night, and she came to her senses after all of the R&D personnel outside the office had left. It was only after Ike came walking in with dinner that she was able to snap out of it.
“Let's eat something first. The chip can't be completed in a day.” Ike said, making her realize that she was really hungry.
“Oh, good," she said and was about to rise to her feet when she found that they had been rendered numb after so many hours on the chair.
She staggered a little, and that was when Ike rushed over to keep her supported. "Are you okay?"
Nicole shook her head and was about to speak when another voice came streaming in from the door.
“What are you doing?"
Ike looked toward the door of the office where the tall and straight figure of Jared Johnston stood. Jared did not expect that he would come across a scenario like this just as he had walked past the door. He quickly strode in to help her up, and that was when he shot lke a glance.
"Mr. Johnston don't get me wrong. Miss Riddle staggered and was about to fall," Ike quickly explained, fearing that Jared would overthink.
"Are you okay?" Jared asked Nicole with concern. She sat backdown with Jared's help, and after a while she said, "It's okay. I have just been sitting down for way too long. I wasn't paying attention when I got up just now, and I almost fell. I was very fortunate that Ike was there."
Jared frown lifted the moment he heard Nicole's explanation. "No job is as important as the fact that you must take good care of your health. Do you understand?"
As it was, those words were not just meant for Nicole; they were also a reminder to Ike that he ought to back off.
Ike stood there quietly and watched them as they spoke, fearing that the wrong sentence would cause another misunderstanding again.
“Let's stop here today. I'll take you back to catch some rest,” Jared said as he looked at her.
“Alright, wait a minute. I'll have to save the data.”
Nicole saw that Jared would not allow her to continue working into the night, so she had no choice but to compromise.
After she was done backing her work up in a save file, Nicole looked at Ike and said, "I'll stop here for today. I'll be back here first thing in tomorrow morning.”
“Okay.” Ike looked at her and nodded.
“Let's go." Nicole got up slowly while Jared helped her out of Ike's office.
“Are you okay?" Jared asked, concerned.
"Yes." Nicole looked at Jared and flashed him a smile.
Max, seeing that Jared was helping Nicole out, quickly opened the car door for them. Jared ushered her into the backseat, after which he entered the car himself.
“To the hotel." Jared looked at Max and ordered.
“Yes, sir,” Max replied, and drove them to the nearest hotel.
Soon after, they arrived.
"Mr. Johnston, we're here."
Nicole looked outside, and eyed Jared with her brows furrowed. " Isn't this the hotel I've been staying in?"