Right Person, Wrong Time

Chapter 399 The Rich Boy

As Hayden heard Nicole’s words, he looked up and gazed at her for a while before he confessed, “I was afraid you wouldn’t like what I was doing.”

Nicole let out a sigh and slowly sat down beside Hayden. She then wrapped her arms around her son and caressed his head, explaining seriously, “Of course, I won’t interfere with what you like doing, Hayden, but at your age, I’m worried that you may not be careful enough to foresee the consequences that follow your actions. So, if you let me know ahead, I could at least do something to back you up should anything go wrong.”

Upon hearing his mother’s clarification, Hayden was overwhelmed by his guilt. In fact, the reason he had been keeping Nicole in the dark about his identity as a hacker was that the assignments that he had been working with involved confidential intel, which was enough to spark a gang war in the underworld. Therefore, one wrong move could invite disasters that cost a life.

confident with his own capability that he wouldn’t expose his whereabouts to his enemies. “I only accepted these assignments because I wanted to become a really, really rich boy and give you a good

which Hayden nodded in response. Helpless, Nicole pondered for a moment and added, “You must stay safe, Hayden.

lump in his throat. Back when he was younger, Nicole always left home early and came back late. Thus, he knew his mother had sacrificed a lot for him, which was why he started making money as soon as he picked up his hacking skills from Whitney. After all, he wanted to make enough money to live

to reveal everything to Nicole honestly. “Mommy, I’ve actually been accepting jobs since a year ago. The name that I go by is ‘Nick’, but no one else knows about

familiar with the line of work in which her son was involved, she had heard about Nick’s name as the person behind the name was deemed to be the best hacker there was.Then, Nicole was reminded of the time that Zachary tried to

those elite hackers would be after all

thought of that, Nicole was stunned when the person she had been wondering about was, in fact, her son. With her eyes wide open and her mouth largely agape, she couldn’t seem to calm herself down and asked, “Hayden, tell me