Chapter 2760


    Nicole was dead serious. “Yeah, I can’t back out now.”


    Zane pondered for a moment, whereupon he agreed, “Since we can’t avoid this, we might as well work


    together once more. However, you don’t need toe over to HQ to do any field work. You can stay


    where you are now and provide us with intel. Don’t hesitate to let us know what you need help with.”


    ‘As long as she doesn’t put herself in danger, there shouldn’t be a problem,’ he thought.


    Nicole nodded. “Sure, no problem. I’ll handle the side of things here at San Joto and leave the rest to


    you.”


    To that, Zane sternly replied, “Okay.”


    ‘If the Eastern Falcon is thinking of making a return, we won’t hold ourselves back this time around,’


    Zane thought, determined to bring his adversaries down.


    Nicole sighed as she hung up and she reminisced about the days when she was still an active member


    of the organization. Near-death encounters weremonce back in those days.


    Then, Jared came up to Nicole and whispered in her ear,” Have you called?”


    Nicole tilted her head and looked at Jared with a smile on her face, “Yeah, I just called.”


    Jared gently ran his fingers through Nicole’s hair. “He must’ve pulled all of his hair out worrying about


    you.”


    Nicole nodded in response, “Yeah, I know.”


    She could not imagine how terrible Zane must have felt upon learning that she had crashed.


    After that, Nicole bit her lip and mumbled, “He said that I can officially resign from my post after we


    have dealt with the Eastern Falcon.”


    Jared saw a sh of reluctance in Nicole’s face, and so, he offered, “You know, if you don’t want to


    resign, you don’t have to. You don’t need to abandon what you love just because of us. You can keep


    doing what you enjoy.”


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    However, Nicole shook her head. “I know I’m reluctant to resign, but sometimes, tough decisions must


    be made.”


    Nicole resonated to herself mentally, ‘I’ve been missing for the past five years, and now, I have a family


    of my own. I can’t be running around with the organization battling criminals and mercenaries all the


    time. I guess my exit is the best solution for both parties.’ Jared immediately caught onto what Nicole


    was trying to tell him, and gave her a back rub. “I want you to know that I’ll be here supporting you


    every step of the way.”


    “Thank you,” she said, her heart skipping a beat.


    Jared then looked at Nicole with a soft smile on his face.” Go take a shower and join me in bed.”


    Agreeing with Jared’s suggestion, she got up and made her way to the bathroom.


    Shortly after, Nicole climbed into bed, wrapped herself in Jared’s arm, and fell asleep with a smile of


    contentment on her face.


    The next day, the sun shone warm and bright as Nicole entered the headquarters of Riddle


    Corporation.


    The instant she ced her belongings down, Lulu came walking into Nicole’s office with a serious look


    on her face.” Take a look at this.”


    Nicole frowned as she grabbed the documents. Lulu’s face, on the other hand, was scrunched up into a


    sour grimace.


    She waspletely bewildered by Harvey’s shameless behavior, “Like, what on earth is he doing? Is


    he dumb or something?”


    Nicole furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head. “I think it’s because Thomas has rejected his


    proposal, and it’s driving him nuts.”


    “And so?” Lulu snorted.


    ‘If Thomas has refused to help him, it wouldn’t be a stretch to say that he’ll go that far to screw with


    Nicole,’ Lulu thought.


    With a sneer on her face, Nicole said, “He really believes that strengthening our ties together will


    benefit bothpanies. However, he has not taken into ount that it’ll be much harder for us to


    separate what’s ours and what isn’t.


    Lulu blinked and gave Nicole a nk stare before the truth dawned upon her.


    “So what you mean is that he’s doing this on purpose to bind bothpanies together so that you’ll


    never be separable!”


    This made Lulu fuming mad. ‘I do have to give it to him. Such a brilliant idea riddled with so much


    wishful thinking. He really should know that we aren’t mindless puppets which he could manipte


    however he likes.’ “Yeah, I guess you can put it that way.” Nicole sighed. ‘This dude is bing more


    juvenile with each passing day.’ Lulu looked at Nicole with a look of impatience written all over her face


    and asked, “What’s the n? Are we going to take the upper hand in this situation or?