Chapter 1264

Nicole looked at him after hearing what he had just said. “Just started?”

“Yeah.”

Nicole squinted her eyes slightly as she watched the sunset…

Kelly had tried her best to chase after them, but Harvey was nowhere to be seen. After searching high and low, she decided to head back to the office and wait forthem.

Suddenly, the door to the office swung open, and Kelly looked over to see Harvey and Nicole, at which point she immediately walked over and asked, “Where have you been, Miss Riddle? I’ve been searching for you everywhere.”

“Don’t worry, we’re fine,” Nicole assured as she noticed Kelly’s worried expression.

“Did they erase the data?” Nicole asked Kelly.

“No, they just removed the equipment,” she responded.

“Good.” Nicole uttered, relieved as she made her way back to her computer.

Then, Nicole went ahead and began working on her computer while Kelly looked at her in confusion.

“Miss Riddle, what are you doing?”

Harvey answered before flashing them a leer, “One day, you’ll know.”

Kelly was speechless as she did not understand what he was trying to say.

“Done.” Nicole deleted the data on her computer before shutting it down.

“Let’s go.” Nicole gave Harvey and Kelly a glance as she walked out of the office.

In the hallway, Nicole bumped into Ike, who was making a beeline for her.

“About today, Nicole, you don’t have to take it to heart. Look at it from a different perspective. You can still develop the chip next week, and we can still work together,” Ike consoled Nicole.

He had been longing for the day when he could work with Nicole, so that he could derive some fun and motivation out of it.

“I’m fine, Ike,” she replied. “I was going to look for you as well.”

“Me, really?” Ike asked, shocked and confused.

“Thank you for taking good care of US for the past few days. I won’t be coming over next week, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be coming here anymore.”

“Really? Are you flying back to your country?” Ike looked at Nicole, surprised as he did not expect his unfulfilled hopes to be crushed just like that.

“Yeah, I’ve got matters I need to attend to over there,” she said.

Ever since Nicole returned to Lanningbourg, there was not a day where she was not worried about the recent developments of the Beacon, causing her to give Martin calls from time to time.

“Don’t be upset. I’ll still come over to pay you visits from time to time. I’ll be there to welcome you if you ever find yourself in my town as well. Anyway, bye for now.’ Nicole gave Ike a polite smile before leaving with Kelly and Harvey.

Ike wanted to ask her to stay, but he had no reason to do so. Hence, he could only watch her leave until her figure had disappeared from the corridor.

Ike sighed and punched the wall with regret. ‘If I didn’t mess with the equipment, Nicole’s chip might’ve succeeded by now. That way, she wouldn’t have to leave this place, and I could see and talk to her every day.’

In actuality, regardless of whether Ike messed with the equipment, Nicole would still not be able to develop the chip with the existing setup and technical support. Indeed, the lab was not equipped to accommodate the development of Nicole’s chip.