My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 1405
"A stretcher is needed here too!
Before Nicole entered the building, she saw that everyone was surrounding Joyce.
Nicole glared in her general direction. Joyce was already lying in a pool of her own blood, unable to speak. Her body convulsed
every now and again, but her gaze was fixed on Nicole. Even as she was breathing her last, she was still able to lift her finger
and point it at Nicole, for even if she was going to hell, she would want nothing more than to drag her in. However, the moment
she lifted her arm, there was a pause.
At the very next moment, her arm fell limp on the ground. Her irises rolled back, and her breathing ceased.
In response, Nicole coldly turned her head around without sparing Joyce another glance. If she died, it would be good news for
her, but if she did not, that would mean that she was the one responsible for Jared's current state. As such, Nicole would show
her a life worse than death if she could make it out alive.
Jared was quickly wheeled into the operating theater, with Martin rushing in at once.
Seeing that Nicole's knees scraped, his eyes immediately widened. " What just happened? I heard that someone fell off the
building? You..."
Nicole gave him glance, indifferent to the injuries she had sustained. "I'm fine. Let me operate on him."
Nicole looked at Jared's X-ray and decided that an operation was imminent, and that she would be the one doing it. Meanwhile,
Martin paused for a bit, after which he fixed his eyes on her wounded legs again.
Realizing that it would be unwise and implausible for her to perform the surgery herself, he sternly said, "Your leg requires
treatment. How could I let you perform the operation?"
"Just let me perform the surgery for him!" Nicole raised her voice.
She stubbornly looked at Martin, who could see how wet her bloodshot eyes were.
He had never seen Nicole in such a light. Martin could not help but look at her carefully. Then, he discovered that she seemed to
be suppressing her pain. Her entire body was shivering, but she was stubbornly holding on, not allowing herself to collapse.
Seeing Nicole's vulnerable side for the first time, Martin's heart ached for her.

Looking at Jared, who was already strapped to a breathing device in the operating room, Martin's gaze became firmer.
He stretched his hand out to pat her on the shoulder. "Concern causes panic. You cannot operate on your immediate kin. These
are among the tenets of being a doctor. If you believe in me... let me take care of Jared. I promise you that he will be fine."
Martin's voice had a gentleness that she had never experienced. As her shoulder felt the warmth of his palm, she finally calmed
down and apologized for her loss of composure. "Sorry..."
Nicole, who had never apologized to anyone, had actually apologized to him. Seeing this, Martin could not help but feel restless.
He held onto her, sat her down, and said, "You should calm down a bit. Let someone help you bandage your injuries. When I
leave the operation, you still need to take care of Jared..."
This sentence made Nicole sober up, and she nodded her head earnestly. This well-behaved version of Nicole was totally
unfamiliar and distressing to see. He could not help but stretch his hand out to pat her shoulders again, whereupon he got up
and marched into the operating theater. As it all began, Nicole could only watch Jared's surgery from the window.
It was then that Harvey came rushing into the hospital. He had initially hurried over to stall Jared. However, Harvey did not
expect that, the moment he parked his car, something so severe could happen. He then heard the nurses as they described the
events that had unfolded to him, before looking at Jared, who was lying still in the operating room. The expression on his face
changed soon after.
He did not think that Jared would go all out for Nicole, for Jared was actually courageous enough to catch a person falling from
the seventh floor... He darted his eyes at Nicole, and suddenly felt a pang of guilt.
As he did not know if he would catch Nicole at that moment if he was in Jared's stead, he felt that he had lost to Jared this time.
He noticed that the usually calm and collected Nicole was nervously looking at the window into the operating room in a trance.
Her body was still shivering and curled up into a ball from the cold.
Harvey's heart felt heavy, and he immediately took his coat to drape Nicole with it.
It was only then that noticed that Harvey had shown up.
She immediately furrowed her brows and questioned, "Did I not tell you to stall him?! Why... why is he even anywhere near the
hospital?!"

Had Jared not shown up, she would be the one lying in the operating theater, as she was supposed to. She would be the one
dealing with the critical injuries, not him.