My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

"Well, that's not true,' Edwin Bradford smiled wryly. "It's just that I'm also one of the members of this entourage, and if we don't make it into the semi-finals, it would be far too embarrassing..."

'If I had not met Nicole, I bet I would be able to enter the semi-finals,' he thought.

"It's okay. Preston should be able to crack it easily. You're a part of our company, and we should have the pride of being so," Nicole replied.

Edwin sighed. 'How can any of this be the same? This match is doomed from the start.'

Nicole noted Edwin's look of discouragement, and thought for a moment before saying, "How about I give you a ten-minute head start. How 'bout that?"

Edwin immediately raised his eyebrows. "Really?"

Though Edwin had made Nicole feel very uneasy, it was also the only way in which he could secure a better chance at winning. He could not help wanting to try his best.

"Yeah, come on!"

the exchange had ended, Nicole leisurely took a sip of her drink and leaned back on the chair. On the other side, both Gary and Ryder were relaxed. Gary's eyes were

competition? Even if she's better, you can't underestimate

be underestimated. Out of earshot of their conversation, Nicole kicked back as she continued taking sips

later, everyone proceeded to get busy and the clacking of keyboards filled the room. Everyone in the audience held their breath as they spectated

Nicole from time to time were Bradley and Director Monroe. It was Director Monroe who had noticed Nicole drinking leisurely when she was up against Edwin, a gesture which

Nicole doing?" Director

there," Bradley said confidently as he knew that Nicole's behavior was not a cause

was stunned. "But this is a competition. She's up against Edwin, who's pretty famous in the entirety of his university's faculty! His

smiled and thought, 'Though Edwin is good, he couldn't even go toe to toe with Ryder. Not to mention, Nicole didn't even break when she battled Ryder, so I reckon

on the other hand, was breaking into cold sweat. He did not want

down before typing away on her keyboard, changing her stance from relaxed to serious in a matter of seconds. And just as everyone thought that Edwin was about to break into the firewall of