Though they were situated in two different parts of the world, they were protecting the very same thing.
The next day, Harvey knocked on Nicole's door.
"Nicole, do you want to have breakfast together?"
When the first rap was not answered, he knocked on her door a few more times. “Nicole?”
Then, her door creaked open, revealing a Nicole with tousled hair as she stood before him. "Order a
takeaway for me when you go out for your meal later."”
Harvey was shocked to see Nicole looking so unkempt. "What happened, Nicole?"
“What do you mean ‘what happened’? I'm fine,” she replied.
Nicole had stayed up all night, so her eyes were bloodshot and her lids were drooping.
“Are you sure that you're fine?" Harvey asked as he studied her from top to toe.
“What's wrong?" Nicole looked at him with her brow raised before turning to the mirror.
“Gosh! Why do I look like this?!" Nicole immediately ran off to the washroom to freshen up.
Then, she walked out after she was done grooming herself. “Why are you still here?”
“I'm worried about you," he replied.
"What happened? Why do you even look like this?"
Harvey was baffled as he wondered, 'She was perfectly fine yesterday, and we even strolled around
the area. Why does she look so tired this morning?’
"Like I said, I'm fine. I just stayed up to take care of some work- related stuff. You should have your
breakfast now, and please, remember to get me some food after you're done." Nicole pushed Harvey
aside and walked out.
“Alright, I'll get you some food right now. You should catch some rest." Harvey looked at Nicole before
heading downstairs, worried and downcast.
Nicole closed the door and walked back to her room where she fell asleep before she even knew it.
Suddenly, she was jolted awake by a notification on her phone.
She then grabbed it and saw that Zeke had sent her a message. " The firewall yesterday was a
success. It hasn't been hacked at all. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to trace their exact location."
"The assault was a rather aggressive one, and yet you still weren't able to trace them? What's going
on?" Nicole responded, beginning to doubt Zeke's expertise.
“I'm bummed out too. With my skills, I didn't think I'd fail. Do you think that they might be
professionals?" Zeke texted back with a shocked emoji at the end of the sentence.
"Well, that's not impossible. You should focus on guarding the system today. I'll find another way to
trace them,” Nicole replied, and went off to give herself a rinse.
While she was in the midst of it, she heard a knock on her door again, and so, she hurried out of the
bathroom to answer it.
”You're done eating already? Well, that's quick.”
"No, not yet. I've brought it all up to eat with you because I don't want you to starve yourself,” Harvey
replied, concerned as he walked over to the couch and took a seat.
“Thanks, you go ahead. I'll join you when I'm done washing up.” Nicole then returned to the washroom
to continue grooming herself.
She walked out of the washroom and joined him on the couch thereafter, but the instant she saw that
the food on the coffee table had remained untouched, she asked, “Why haven't you started?"
“I told you that I'm going to eat with you." Harvey felt a lot better the moment he saw Nicole's current
state. ‘At least her hair is tidier now.’
“Tuck in." Nicole took a sandwich and gave it to Harvey.
“Nicole, are you still going to the manufacturing base of the manned flying cars today?" Harvey asked
as he looked at Nicole.
“Nope,” she replied.
“You and Kelly can do whatever you want today."
“Whatever we want? So where are we heading off to today?" Harvey looked at Nicole with his head
tilted.
“You can discuss with Kelly about this," she said.
"I'm not joining you today."
“You're not joining us? What are you going to do then?" Harvey asked Nicole with a brow raised and
his forehead creased.
“I have to stay here and take care of something important," she answered.
"I can't disclose the details to you, though. Anyway, thanks for the breakfast. I'm done, so I'll get back to
business now.
“Oh, and remember to close the door on your way out." Nicole finished and made a beeline for her
computer.
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