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Chapter 1308
Chapter 1308
Chapter 1308
Chapter 1308
Jared had taken a few steps before he noticed that Nicole's footfalls were not trailing behind him.
Then, he turned around to see that Nicole was standing on the flight of steps in a daze. "What are you thinking about?”
"It's nothing. I suddenly remembered that there's something I need to take care of."
As soon as she was done speaking, she hurried back down before he could even utter a word. Jared had wanted to tell her that she could use the study room, but she was long gone by then.
"Coward," he sneered.
Nicole plonked herself atop the couch with her heart pounding in her chest. She was afraid that Jared would come back around, and so, she whirled around to check if he was.
The instant she saw that he was nowhere near her, she issued a sigh of relief.
‘If I had not taken the initiative to escape earlier, he would have stopped me. The problem now is that there is no computer in the living room and mine is all the way up in my bedroom. What should I do so that Jared wouldn't suspect anything?”
‘I can't watch TV now, or else the excuse I've given him would not add up. He will definitely question me if he finds out.’
Nicole sat idle in the living room, in which time began to slowly pass, before she took her phone out and watched videos. She suddenly thought of Zeke, and that was when she searched for his contact and called him.
"Zeke. I haven't contacted you in ages. Are you busy?" Nicole asked.
"Nicole! Let me fill you in on what I've been working on lately. It's something major," Zeke said in a hushed tone of voice.
‘Something major? What are you working on? Tell me," Nicole asked, frowning.
Two days ago, I was on the dark web and I discovered a special mission to complete. All I need to do is to complete the mission and I will get a badge from the Reby family.”
"That faction has a badge?" Nicole asked, as she had never heard of them having a badge.
"Yeah, and you didn't know?” Zeke asked. ‘That's something she didn't know about?’
"I don't. What's the use of the badge anyway? There's no actual use for it now, is there?" Nicole said disapprovingly.
"You're ignorant. The badge of the Reby family has a decisive place among members of the armed forces and the underground scene. However, there are very few people who do own the badge. It is rumored that only five people in the world do. It is plausible that this badge is very important," Zeke said, finally able to find something of pride to brag to about in front of Nicole.
He was so happy that the joy of actually having the badge would pale in comparison.
"A badge so small holds so much power...” Nicole muttered, her emotions running high upon hearing Zeke's description.
"The reward is truly special. So, I take it that the mission is not for any Tom, Dick, and Harry, right?” Nicole asked.
‘That’s right. I've been researching about it for a week now, but I still haven't made any progress,” Zeke replied, and as he spoke, the tone of his voice betrayed how listless his look would be if he was in front of her.
"Nicole, if you have the time, can you help me?" Zeke asked.
‘Well, I do have the time now," she replied.
‘That's great!” Zeke cheered.
"But my computer isn't with me right now,” she added.
Upon hearing this, Zeke felt a little bummed out.
"However, I can use my phone to study. We can go through the details together through video call." Nicole said, surmising from Zeke's words that it was a special mission and with the fact that she had nothing to do at the moment, she had decided to help him out to kill some time.
"That's even better!’ Zeke said in a surprised tone of voice.
"I'll hang up now and call you back through video.” Zeke said, and hung up at once. is it that necessary for him to be this excited?" Nicole frowned, staring at her phone as she watched the phone call end.
It was at that moment that she heard footfalls coming down the stairs. Nicole darted her eyes toward the flight of steps, where she saw Jared coming down. The second he saw Nicole looking at him, he asked, "You're working on the couch?"