Chapter 2286


    Jared was still awake, and when he saw her return, he closed hisptop and ced it aside.


    “You’re not asleep yet? Is there something important to work on?” Nicole casually asked as she took a


    nce at what he was doing.


    “No, just looking at some details,” Jared replied as he reached out to pull Nicole over to the bed.


    After shooting him another nce, Nicole whispered, “Just go to bed if there’s nothing to do.”


    “Okay,” he agreed and leaned over to kiss Nicole’s forehead.


    Blushing a little, Nicole gently pushed Jared away and said,” Now, go to sleep.”


    “I don’t want to sleep; I want to sleep with…” Jared stared at her with darkened eyes.


    His intentions were obvious.


    Nicole returned his gaze with a look of disapproval and pushed him away. “I’m going to sleep.”


    After that, she pulled the nket over herself before moving away from him.


    What a jerk. Even if he’s not tired, I am!’ she thought.


    Jared found this very adorable.


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    He watched as she wrapped herself up in a cocoon, reached out, and hugged her. “What I meant was


    that I want to hold you while I sleep.”


    This rendered her speechless. ‘This jerk is fooling me!’


    “No, thanks,” Nicole said from under the nket, her voice muffled.


    Ignoring her refusal, Jared tightened his hug, and when she could no longer bear the heat, she poked


    her head out.


    “Are you trying to suffocate me?” sheined.


    “I just want to hold you,” Jared said with a straight face, his eyes locking with Nicole’s.


    Nicole red at Jared as she clenched her jaw. She wanted to refuse, but being held while she was all


    wrapped up would just make it stuffy, so she had no choice but topromise.


    Finally, she came out from under the nket. Feeling content, Jared embraced Nicole, but this time, he


    stayed put and just held her in total silence.


    Nicole let out a sigh of relief and soon fell asleep in his embrace.


    Listening to her gentle breathing, Jared shook his head and nted a light kiss on her cheek before


    falling asleep himself.


    During the next morning, the sun rose, and thend was clothed in light.


    After breakfast, everyone in the Riddle family got busy with their respective tasks.


    Nicole had just arrived at the Riddle Corporation when she ran into Lawrence once again. “Lawrence,


    why are you here so early? Is there something you need?”


    “Just here to see you,” Lawrence smiled.


    “Oh,e on up and chill out for a while then,” Nicole said, leading Lawrence to her office without


    thinking much about it.


    After sitting down and chatting for a while, Lawrence casually asked, “Any progress on that electronic


    badge system I got you to help me with?”


    “Sorry, but no,” Nicole replied, her voice brimming with guilt.


    That system was truly peculiar. She had tried various methods and approaches, but she just could not


    crack it. This was something she had never encountered before. It felt as if the system was not locked


    from the outside. If anything, it seemed as though an internal failsafe had been activated, making it


    imprable.


    Lawrenceforted her when he saw the guilty look on her face. “It’s okay. With your abilities, you


    might be able to crack it one day if you keep trying.”


    After all, nobody would be able to ess the system if Nicole could not.


    Nicole squinted for a second before she calmly said, “I will keep trying.”