Ch. 1521..1525: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1521-1525

Chapter 1521

Karen was shocked. "How is that possible? That silly woman has just been back for a few days? She did not even receive this many gifts when she got engaged to Jared. Why are so many people sending stuff over to her when it's just a dinner organized by the family?”

"Who am I supposed to ask these questions to!?” Dillon fumed, annoyed by Karen's endless barrage of queries.

"Who to ask? Ask Damien about it! I'm sure he knows more about it than us!" Karen urged.

Hearing this, Dillon had no choice but to look for Damien and ask him about it.

Unfortunately, Damien was only tasked to welcome the guests at the entrance. He knew nothing about the situation either.

Initially, he was happy to see all of those lavish gifts, but upon finding out who the receiver was, he became frightened.

Usually, whenever there were guests at their house, most of the gifts would be addressed to Mr. Riddle Sr. whereas the rest would be his. During this particular night, however, things were particularly strange.

Most of the gifts were for Nicole while the rest were for Mr. Riddle Sr., with no mentions of his name at all.

Furthermore, there were quite a number of powerful families from the other cities present as well. Dillon did not know them personally, but they were so well-known that Dillon could not summon the guts to approach them. All of the gifts they had presented consisted of precious and rare items. The prices were also astronomical.

"What is going on, honey?” Miley asked, her fading smile growing stiffer by the second.

Miley was brimming with jealousy as soon as she saw the exuberant gifts addressed to Nicole. ‘Are these people stupid? They came all the way here to deliver gifts to Nicole? How is she deserving of all these, unless she has been riding on Jared's coattail to make herself known to the people in his circle? Or did something eventful happen to the Johnston family, and because of that, it gave us so much attention?’

"I'm not sure either, but I'm guessing it has something to do with what dad had said to Nicole,"

‘Dad was whispering to Nicole the other day. Everyone's standing in the family might shift soon!"

Miley noticed that Dillon's expression was getting darker.

At that moment, Dillon came over and asked, "What about dad? He had not explained anything to us, and yet he expects us to entertain the guests. A lot of people are asking me about Nicole, and I don't know what to say!”

Deep down, he had nothing but disdain for Nicole, but whenever someone would ask him about her, he would heap praises upon her name as though his lips were coated with honey.

“I'm not sure. Dad just asked us to wait for more guests to arrive. The dinner will begin in an hour," Miley said.

With that said, if they wanted the truth, they would have to wait until then.

It seemed that most of the Riddles, along with Dexter's family were remarkably busy. The young and old were so busy entertaining the guests that they had no time to look for Mr. Riddle Sr. It was then that Stanley, Steve, and Sean alongside Spencer and Samuel arrived.

They had obeyed Daniel and Gloria's instructions and returned early, but in the garden, they only found Damien, Dexter and Dillon's family getting busy. The boys felt a little uncomfortable at that sight.

“Where is mum, dad and Nicole?" Steve asked.

"I don't know.” Samuel shrugged.

While the five of them were scratching their heads, they saw Daniel and Gloria walking out.

Then, someone from the crowd said, “I think they are Nicole's parents."

But that simple comment made the whole crowd silent at an instant. All eyes were on Daniel and Gloria.

Sensing that things would soon take a strange turn, the five brothers hurried up to their parents’ side.

"Mum, dad, why are there so many people at our house?"

Sean glanced at the crowd and asked in a soft voice.

"Yeah, where's Nicole?" The garden was filled with people, but Nicole was nowhere to be seen.

Unfortunately, Daniel and Gloria did not have an answer to their question either.

It was then that the crowd waiting outside realized what was going on. A blonde-haired couple then approached them slowly.

Chapter 1522

"Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Riddle,” the man said to Daniel and Gloria politely.

At that moment, someone in the crowd recognized the married couple. "Aren't they... from the royal family of Yamenia?!"

"Seriously?! They've been around for over a thousand years! I can't believe they came to the banquet too!” another in the crowd commented.

"Tell me about it..." the third said.

In a strange turn of events, even the royal family from Yamenia was there, and they were greeting Daniel and Gloria too.

Naturally, with them in sight, no one bothered about Damien and his wife anymore.

For a second there, Daniel and Gloria were stumped. “Hello there, you are..."

Sean was well-travelled, so he was very familiar with Yamenia. "Dad, this is the future king of Yamenia, Prince Andrew, and his wife, the princess."

"Prince?"

"The princess?" Spencer and Samuel exclaimed in shock.

Sean glared at them, shutting them up at once.

However, he was secretly in awe as well. 'Wow, what kind of fortune are we blessed with? How did we get the prince and princess of Yamenia to visit us?! This has got to be the most glorious day for the family in centuries!’

Meanwhile, both Damien and Dillion were too in shock to utter a word. ’So, that was why this couple have been acting smug and keeping to themselves for the entire time. They were royals!’

When they entered, they did not even bat an eye at Damien. Such was why they could not fathom why the royals would be so polite to Daniel and Gloria.

Dillion's eyes were already burning with jealousy when he figured that the presents were for Nicole, but with the most recent development in play, he was livid.

‘What's going on? Why is that stupid kid Nicole so valued by them? Even her parents get to be respected too!’ he fumed.

"What? Why didn't the prince and princess talk to you? Why are they associating themselves with Daniel and Gloria?" Miley asked, upset and resentful as she felt that their status in the family was diminishing in importance with each passing day.

"Shut up! We'll see how this goes!" Damien said, finding the situation incredibly grim for himself and proceeded to hold his tongue.

It was at that moment that Daniel reached out, wanting to shake the prince's hand.

This stunned the prince for a moment.

Sean was shocked as well. 'That's the prince of Yamenia!

Not everyone gets to shake his hand!’

But the prince only paused for a second before extending his hand to shake Daniel's in a gesture of reciprocation.

Seeing this, everyone's eyes widened in shock.

‘Gosh, what an honor! Daniel is actually shaking hands with the prince of Yamenia! Doesn't this mean that the Riddle family is going to have more power?"

Daniel did not find anything unusual and responded with a gentle smile instead. "Thanks for traveling so far to come here. Since you've been outside for so long, why don’t we head inside? I'll introduce you to my father."

In response, the prince and princess of Yamenia exchanged looks before saying, "But we'd like to meet Miss Nicole first.”

When the crowd heard Nicole's name, everyone gasped.

Everyone present was there to meet Nicole in person.

Unfortunately, many of them did not know her on a personal level. Only those who had attended the Riddle family's banquet and the Johnston's engagement banquet actually knew her.

Now, the individuals of great prestige and influence had shown up for Nicole, rather than Mr. Riddle Sr.

Snow and Raine's eyes were burning with jealousy. They did not wish to talk to Chloe, who had made herself present at the banquet despite having been kicked out of the house. However, seeing what was unfolding before them, they had no choice but to ask her, "What's going on? They're royals, so why are they here to see Nicole?"

 

Chapter 1523

Chloe rolled her eyes at them. "How would I know?”

She did not know much about Nicole. All she ever cared about was making her leave Jared, but now that she thought about it, she realized that Nicole was not to be underestimated.

After all, Lloyd had called her Soy at his family’s banquet last time. Chloe had done some research and discovered that Soy was the code name of one of the most important figures in Interpol.

To Chloe, however, Nicole was just a high school student. Even if she had joined Interpol, hit the jackpot, and gotten herself the code name, Soy, Chloe had still refused to believe that Nicole was of any good. Still, the scene today had left her stunned.

In a twist, Mr. Riddle Sr. had organized a banquet at the very last minute for Nicole, and yet many people had showed up. In addition, her mother had informed her that a great number of the presents were for Nicole, and that Chloe herself could only look at them. Hence, that had made her livid.

On the other hand, Daniel and Gloria were shocked. Though they felt that Nicole's identity had changed, they did not expect that a prince would pay her a personal visit.

They looked at each other before responding, "My daughter is upstairs. She'll be coming down when the banquet starts, Your Highness."

They could not wait to bring Nicole down to meet a figure of such status. However, Mr. Riddle Sr. had explicitly ordered that Nicole could not make her way downstairs before the time came. Therefore, the couple could just offer that as a reply.

The crowd thought that the prince was going to be furious upon hearing Daniel and Gloria's reply.

Instead, the prince gave them a humble smile in response." Sure. In that case, let's head inside and wait for her."

The princess nodded. "Yes, prince.”

Seeing this, Daniel and Gloria were both shocked and relieved to see the prince being so calm.

Then, they quickly said, "I'll lead you in, Your Highness.”

“Thanks,” the prince uttered, being really polite to Daniel as well.

After having witnessed this scene, nobody in the crowd would dare to look upon Daniel with disdain anymore. According to the rumors, Daniel was the ineptest son among his brothers. His five sons were decent, but they had been living under the shadows of their three uncles nonetheless. Now, the public was starting to realize that they were all geniuses. Now, Nicole had single-handedly gotten everyone to take Daniel and Gloria seriously.

Meanwhile, Stanley watched as his parents invited the royals in.He could not help but pull Steve aside. “What's going on, Steve?"

Steve looked at Sean and said, "You should ask Sean instead...”

No one had expected this to happen. They could not wrap their head around the fact that Gloria and Sean had become so honored, that even the royal family went up to them to greet them in person.

And once the prince and princess had left, the crowd shifted their gaze to the five brothers.

Some of them anchored themselves back to reality and asked, "Are you all Nicole's brothers?"

Steve looked at Sean and smiled. "That's right. I'm Steve, Nicole's eldest brother.”

“I'm her second brother, Sean,” Sean said.

Steve and Sean introduced themselves and glanced at each other for a while.

Both of them were aware now, that on that day, their parents were not the only ones whose status had become known; the brothers had also became relevant in the eyes of the most influential members of society...and that they owed all of this to Nicole.

"Huh? Even we are getting the attention now?" Samuel, who was still in shock, asked Spencer.

In response, Spencer replied, "I have no idea, but who cares? It's good that mom and dad are getting valued, is it not? Let's just keep the guests entertained for now.”

Chapter 1524

"Spencer is right.” Stanley nodded. "Come on, let's go. There are still guests at the entrance.”

He then brought two of his brothers to the entrance.

Damien stood before them. He was ushering the guests in initially, but it was then that the people who had seen everything that happened earlier went on to greet the brothers, completely ignoring him. None of them cared that Damien was the eldest son of the Riddle family.

It was bad enough that Daniel had dwarfed them in status and prestige, but now that Daniel's sons were more considered more significant than him, the crushing embarrassment began to gnaw at Damien and his wife from the inside out.

Dillion and his wife were even more ashamed. The people who were talking to them had all gone off to talk to Sean and Steve instead, leaving them with nobody around them. This only served to leave Dillion feeling even more humiliated!

"I'm going to look for dad! I need to know what's going on!” Dillion fumed, certain that Mr. Riddle Sr. had provided Daniel something of great benefit.

But it was then that a commotion was heard at the door.

"Mr. Johnston Sr. is here!"

Even if Dillion had wanted to leave, he could not do so upon hearing that Mr. Johnston Sr. was present. As such, he could only stifle his anger and walk up to him with Damien at his side.

"You're here, Mr. Johnston Sr," Damien said, trying to greet Mr. Johnston Sr.

Dillion followed suit. "This way please, Mr. Johnston Sr."

After looking at them, Mr. Johnston Sr. glanced over at Stanley.

Seeing this, Stanley quickly walked up to him and said," Good day, Mr. Johnston Sr. My grandpa is at the living room. Let me help you in."

"Sure." Mr. Johnston Sr. smiled and extended his arm, allowing Stanley to help him in.

Damien and Dillion were embarrassed to the bone. They exchanged looks as they felt extremely annoyed.

Meanwhile, Stanley proceeded to walk Mr. Johnston Sr. into the house.

Sean and Samuel's jaws were almost floored by the scene before them. Previously, Damien and Dillion would always prance around with an air of superiority and smugness around them. But as the saying goes, “what goes around comes around," and that was what they were experiencing at this very moment!

‘This feels awesome!’ Sean thought.

"Hmph!" Damien grunted, unable to tolerate this any longer, and turned back before heading into the house.

Damien was utterly humiliated, so he could only return to the house with his wife.

They did not wish to embarrass themselves there any further, so they had decided to hide themselves somewhere. ‘We'll figure something out after we find out what's going on!’

Chloe was upset when she saw her parents leaving in embarrassment, so she proceeded to approach them, wanting to argue with them.

However, Everett stopped her with a grab to the hand. "Don't go, Chloe.”

Chloe flung Everett's hand aside. "Piss off! You useless wretch. You're afraid to defend mom and dad, but I'm not!"

Everett's eyes became as cold as ice. "Go on. I guarantee dad and mom will only be subjected to more embarrassment if you cause a scene.”

As it was the first time that Chloe had seen such an expression from Everett, she asked, "What do you mean?"

Everett looked at her with a stern look on his face and said,” You'll know when the banquet starts. I hope you don't embarrass our parents any further. Otherwise, grandpa will do something even worse than kicking you out of the house...”

Chloe was shocked to see Everett threatening her, "Are you threatening me?”

Everett did not bother to look at her. Though her parents viewed Chloe as their perfect princess, Chloe was nothing but an idiot to Everett.

"Whatever." Everett said, not wanting to waste any more time on Chloe.

As expected, no one really paid attention to her, while Everett continued to help in ushering the guests in with a perfect smile.

Chapter 1525

Though Chloe was upset, she figured that there was truth in what Everett had said, and so, she just rolled with the punches.

As time passed, most of the families had already arrived, with the banquet being about to start when the Holder family suddenly arrived. Nachelle, who had turned up with the movie star, Lloyd, began to garner quite a lot of attention.

"Oh my God, Lloyd is here!”

"It's the A-lister, Lloyd Holder!"

Chloe immediately looked over when she heard the commotion.

She was nothing but a lackey in the entertainment industry because of what Nachelle and Lloyd had done. When Mr. Riddle Sr. kicked her out years ago, the Riddle family had no time to take care of her, so she could only live her sad life abroad.

She was gritting her teeth as soon as she remembered how they had stood against her.

Still, her parents had tried their best to hash a plan that would allow her comeback. She knew that there were many rich people around today, and as her grandfather was too busy to deal with her, she wanted to go around and build connections on her own.

Hence, she was shocked that she would meet the Holder family today. Though she was upset, she could only hide behind other people.

The Holder family had also been around for a long time, but they had been keeping a low profile of their lives. No one knew what the family was doing, but everyone from the family lived lavishly. When Lloyd

became a celebrity, their family established a media company just to manage him, and that was when the public became even more aware of the Holder family.

But some of them guessed that the Holder family was a family filled with complexities. Otherwise, they would not be San Joto's top ten families, even at a time when they were living humbly. It was just that no one knew what business the Holder family was running in order to keep them going.

As for Lloyd, he had been looking for someone ever since he arrived, but to no avail.

Ever since he found out that Nicole was the girl for him, he had been looking for a chance to meet her, but as usual, she was always with Jared. He had invited her out privately too, but her brothers would always be in the way. He felt that most of his messages would be stopped before they could even reach her.

Upon seeing that Lloyd was crestfallen, she arranged for him to act in a movie abroad, as he could not find a female lead whom he was happy with. However, the moment Lloyd had returned, Nicole got engaged to Jared. As such, the Holder family had decided to keep the news from Lloyd, ever since, for they were worried that he might get hurt.

Still, he could not find Nicole no matter what he did after his return. Therefore, the instant he heard that Nicole was back, he planned to pay her a visit. However, his grandfather had gotten him to join the Riddle family’s banquet before he could even ask.

He did not know what was happening, but he agreed to it anyway, as he just wanted to meet Nicole.

Though he could not find her, he was in luck, for it was then that he saw Samuel and Spencer.

"Hello, where’s...Nicole?” he asked.

The people in the crowd who were not aware were confused when they heard that Lloyd was there to see Nicole. But the ones who knew did not find it surprising. After all, 80% - 90% of the people there had actually come to see Nicole.

When Samuel and Spencer saw him, their expression turned cold. ‘Why is it that this guy has a knack for pestering Nicole whenever he sees her? He even tried multiple ways to meet her, even after Sean and Steve stopped him and said that Nicole didn't want to be in contact with him.’

For this reason, Samuel and Spencer wanted to avoid him as well. But as they had to welcome all of the guests that day, it was impossible for them to kick him out.

Spencer said flatly, "Take a seat there. Nicole will come out when the banquet starts."

If this had happened in the past, Nachelle would never allow Spencer and Samuel to talk to her son like that, but with Nicole's new identity in place, the Riddle family had become a powerful family.

Therefore, she could only tolerate the scorn and pat Lloyd in the shoulder. "Let's head inside."