My Wife Act Differently Behind Me novel Chapter 2762

Nicole, expecting some sort of news from him, was surprised when Jared maintained his silence. "Did you really just come over to have a meal with me?"

She thought something significant had happened, but upon noticing that he had not said a word along the way, she concluded that she had simply misunderstood.

The smile from Jared proved exactly that. "Just a meal, yeah."

"Oh, I thought something occurred, and you came over to tell me about it." Nicole took a sip of water.

Teasing her, Jared said, "You seem quite disappointed."

Annoyed, she rolled her eyes and placed her glass down. "Of course I'm not."

As Jared's sudden appearances usually indicated that there was something he needed her to know, it was natural for her to assume that he had brought some kind of word with him. Still, she was happy that he had simply brought her out for a regular meal.

With a gentle smile on his face, he explained, "I just signed a project, and I thought I'd come to see you after I'm done with it."

In addition, it was already lunchtime by the time he had concluded the meeting, so he thought it would be a good idea to take her out for a bite along the way.

"Speaking of projects, I don't know how it's going in BayCorp. There should be news about the bidding soon," Nicole said.

"Probably." Jared agreed, as the bidding should be around the corner soon.

"That kid hasn't told me anything. I don't know how he's doing," Nicole complained.

Amused, Jared replied, "When you handed it to him, it's possible that he already knew you wanted him to work on it himself. So, until there's a result to show for it, he probably won't trouble you."

Nicole nodded in agreement. "Makes sense. He has indeed matured."

"He has admired you since his days in school, and he has always viewed you as a role model. So it's expected that he'll do his best." Jared replied with a look of seriousness etched on his face.

Nicole was exactly that – calm, cool, tenacious, and capable. Because of this, Jared would not need to worry too much about her, but that was until that fateful incident five years ago. He knew there and then that she was not invulnerable.

Even now, he wished he could be there to protect her all the time. However, he knew that she would not want that, so he had to let her do as she pleased. All he could do was assign a security detail to watch over and protect her from a distance.