Ch. 1586..1590: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1586-1590

Chapter 1586

Max took a deep breath before he took a few pieces of paper out. "The Fisher Group hasn't been doing well recently. A lot of companies terminated their contracts with them because they did not want to cross the Riddle family. We're also getting ready to terminate our contract with them as you ordered. I'm now looking for another company to take over for the green energy project.”

"Okay, just forget about them and let them rot," Jared said.

"However, the Fishers are up to something... They're trying to form an alliance with families and enterprises that don't support the Riddle family..." Max's expression became a lot more serious as he explained.

Jared's eyes darkened as soon as he heard that. He was not expecting the Fisher family to do something like that.

However, it did not sound like something that Colton and the old man would do.

"What about Fiorella?” He squinted and asked.

Max's expression became even more solemn. "I heard that she was the one who was representing the Fisher family in their negotiations with those people.”

"Hmm! Seems like Colton did not raise his child right,” Jared fumed.

The Fisher family could only be where they were because Mr. Fisher Sr. was a scheming and despicable person.

Though Colton was slightly better than that, he would still resort to some dirty tricks to get what he wanted.

Such was why the Johnston family did not want to associate themselves with the Fishers for the longest time. Jared would never have had any interactions with the Fishers if Henry had not collaborated with them for the green energy project.

"Keep an eye out on Fiorella and her family. Take any actions when necessary," Jared ordered.

"Yes, sir.” Max nodded dutifully.

Then, he grabbed his stuff and left.

Jared's eyes fell on the computer. He opened a name list that he had given to Nicole on his new phone. He had already listed down the people who supported her and the people who did not have any plans of working together with the Riddle family...

It seemed that he had something planned all along.

The weekend ended very soon, and the school finally reopened on Monday.

Naturally, Nicole, Spencer, and Samuel got into the car and went straight to their school early in the morning.

While in the car, Samuel complained, "Mr. Ellison is kind enough to let Stanley skip the first day of school.”

"Yeah. His results are just too good. Mr. Ellison said he just has to sit for the few main exams.” Spencer replied.

"That's wonderful. I guess having good results could really get you anything.” Samuel sighed.

Spencer replied with a degree of sourness as well. "Yeah. I wonder when we can be as good as him and finally do something that we like.”

Samuel was very good at basketball, and he just could not concentrate on his studies. Even though his academic results were pretty good, he had never gotten first place in his batch. Spencer, on the other hand, was a musical genius, and he would always participate in competitions. Although he was always in the top ten in his culture class, it was still difficult for him to leave school and pursue his passion.

"It's okay. Both of you are good at different things. Just focus on those.” Nicole smiled as she consoled them.

Not expecting their little sister to comfort them, big smiles crossed their faces.

"You're right!"

"Yeah!"

Nicole's smile also became warmer after seeing how bright the smiles were on her brothers’ faces. And just like that, they arrived at the school in a good mood.

As soon as they arrived, however, there was somebody waiting for them at the entrance. Samuel saw Norah the second he stepped out of the car, while the latter stood there as if she was really just waiting for them.

They only went forward to greet her after they had looked at

Nicole and saw that she was not bothered by this. "Why are you here, Norah Riddle?”

Norah was choking with rage when she heard Samuel calling her by her full name.She had been staying in the hotel for the past few days, and her family seemed to have already forgotten about her.

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None of them cared about her or even asked her if she was okay.

‘Are they planning to leave me here?' Norah thought to herself.

However, she did not dare to call Daniel and Sean. She also had no idea as to why Gloria had blocked her number, but she highly suspected that Nicole was the culprit. The only thing she could do was wait for her brother at the school to find out what was happening.

Norah took a deep breath and forced out a smile. "I figured that my brothers would be here on the first day of school, so I came to wait for you guys.”

Samuel's expression became even more awkward, for Norah had addressed him as her brother, even when there were many people around them.

Unable to feel comfortable with what she had done, he said. "Norah, Dad has already said that you shouldn't call me your brother anymore. Just call me Samuel."

Norah's smile froze after she heard what Samuel had just said. She would have slapped him if he was somebody else.

Fortunately, she held herself back.

Instead, she stopped smiling and wore a pitiful grimace instead, "Okay, Samuel..."

It was only then that Spencer and Samuel felt more comfortable. Nicole, on the other hand, was amused by the way Norah acted.

Sean had been busy, and he had not told his family about the results of the investigation. However, Norah was the one who could not wait, and that was why she had come to look for Samuel and Spencer.

Nicole only ignored her because she had been living with the Riddles for so many years and she did not want to put Gloria on the spot.

However, the Riddle family had made their stance clear to her, so there was no reason for Nicole to keep enabling her.

Nicole took a step forward, and in an icy voice, she said," Norah, please put that pitiful look away. Other people would think that our family is mistreating you if they see you like this."

Spencer and Samuel only began to realize that what Nicole said was very true after hearing that.

They would probably get wind from the outsiders, saying that the heartless Riddle brothers had turned against their older sister again.

Spencer's tone became stern as he asked, “Norah, just tell us why you came here."

"Yeah. You should avoid coming here to look for us in the future,” Samuel added.

The brothers sounded really stern. They were neither too soft nor too loud, and the passersby could hear what they were saying.

Norah gave off the look which implied that she would not stop pestering Nicole, and her face was burning as if she had just been slapped.

"Isn't that Norah Riddle?” one of the people in the crowd asked.

"I heard that she was chased out of the house after the Riddle family found their real daughter..."

"What? She even boasted that she lived in the Riddle residence just last semester...”

The bystanders buzzed about.

Norah could not bear the humiliation anymore as she angrily yelled, "Do you think I want to be here? I'm homeless now, and yet all of you just left me at the hotel. Are you guys trying to mess with...?"

With a loud smack, Nicole slapped Norah before she could even finish her sentence.

At this point, Norah was just trying to tarnish the Riddle family's reputation, the very same family which had raised her for so many years. Not only did she not appreciate what they had done for her, she had also defamed them publicly.

Norah was left in a daze after Nicole had slapped her. There was blood on the edge of her lips, the coppery tang of which she could even taste.

That slap was simply too powerful, and Norah had never been slapped like that before. To add salt to the wound, Nicole had done that in front of everyone.

Norah widened her eyes and looked at Nicole in shock. "Did you... just slap me?"

 

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"Yeah, and I've been wanting to do this for a very long time.” Nicole stretched her wrist and took a step forward. "That slap was to remind you not to forget the fact that my family raised you. As for this one, it's to teach you a lesson for asking my mom for money and lying to all of us!"

Norah helplessly looked on as Nicole raised her hand again. She wanted to flee, but much to her misfortune, Nicole was faster than her. And just like that, she took another smack to the face.

That slap was so hard, that her ears began to ring. She slumped to the floor and her ponytail tumbled out.

Samuel and Spencer did not expect that Nicole would hit Norah. However, they felt that Norah deserved it after hearing what Nicole had said.

The Riddle family were the ones who had raised her for so many years, yet she had never made any mentions about it. Daniel and Gloria even gave Norah's biological parents some money when she left the Riddle family. However, she had secretly approached Gloria to ask for more money. They did not confront her about everything that had happened previously, but as she was still dead set on messing with their family after her biological parents had died, their tolerance for her actions dissipated.

"How dare you! I'm going to kill you!” she cried.

Both sides of Norah's cheeks were swollen. However, she came prepared. She took a fruit knife out from the side of her bag and charged at Nicole.

"Watch out!" Samuel grabbed Nicole and wrested her away upon seeing what Norah was doing.

However, his own arm was gashed in the process.

Seeing that, Nicole's eyes turned red, and her glare became murderous. "You're dead!"

She broke free from Samuel's protection. Then, she grabbed Norah's hand which was holding the knife and twisted it.

With a crack, Norah's wrist gave in.

"Ah!" Norah yelled out of pain! She did not anticipate that Nicole would be so ruthless that she would be willing to break her wrist.

As her joint popped out of its socket, Norah was in so much pain that she collapsed and rolled on the ground with her face all scrunched up. "It hurts! She's a murderer... Call the cops! Call the cops now!"

Norah screamed for help from the bystanders, her hair wild and messy.

Nicole looked down at her and stomped on her other hand before yelling, "Cops? You tried to harm me, and I was just protecting myself. You're the one that the cops will be arresting once they’re here.”

Nicole's vicious gaze scared Norah so much that she even stopped yelling.

‘She's terrifying... Her eyes really do make her look like a demon,’ she panicked.

‘Why do I feel like she could crush me anytime and kill me!?’

"I'm sorry... Please forgive me. I'm sorry!" Norah's fear made her kneel and plead for forgiveness.

However, Nicole's eyes were blank. "Tell that to the cops!"

She withdrew her foot and returned to Samuel, after which she examined his wound and yelled at Norah again, "You're not going to get away with this!”

Then, she helped Samuel up. "I'll get you to the infirmary now."

She had to stitch the cut as soon as possible. Otherwise, Samuel would be left with a scar.

"Okay..." Samuel nodded and walked off with Nicole while enduring the searing pain.

Spencer turned around and look at Norah, who was lying on the ground. His eyes were filled with hatred and disappointment.

‘Is she the same sister that we used to love? Why did she become like this? Or were we wrong about her true colors from the start?’ he pondered.

Norah could only think straight after they had left.It was then that someone called the cops, causing Norah to panic. ‘Are the cops really going to arrest me?’

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Norah did not even bother claiming her backpack anymore the second she thought about that. Then, she left while enduring the pain in her wrist.

Nicole did not waste any time. The school doctor's widened at once when he saw Samuel's wound once Nicole had brought him in.

"It's a deep cut. You've got to bring him to a hospital to stitch it up and get a tetanus shot..."

Nicole took her Beacon out after seeing how profuse Samuel's bleeding was.

Then, she wrapped it around his arm, “The bleeding will stop soon. It has the same ingredient as a tetanus shot. Don't worry."

The eyes of the school doctor lit up as soon as he saw the device. "Is that a Beacon? This is something that we can't even buy now. How did you get it?”

Nicole ignored him and swept her glance across the room, spotting the medical equipment needed to stitch Samuel up, whereupon she said to the school doctor, "I'm going to stitch him up. Would you mind waiting outside?"

"What?" The school doctor paused as he was taken aback.

He was a doctor, and that was where he worked. Thus the notion that a student had said those words to him did come off as absurd.

"Hey, listen to me... This is an infirmary, not a hospital. A wound like this needs to be treated in the hospital..."

Spencer became impatient as he told the school doctor," My sister is a very good doctor. Just keep quiet and listen to her."

The school doctor choked after hearing what Spencer had said. However, he knew who Spencer was. He shifted his gaze to Nicole's face right away and recognized that she was the popular lady from the last semester.

He knew that Nicole was a genius, but he had no idea that she knew anything about medicine.

‘She's just a high school student, isn't she?’ he wondered.

However, Nicole had already administered a local anesthetic to Samuel before stitching him up. As expected, the school doctor was shocked to see what Nicole was doing. He figured that it was foolish of him to doubt her after looking at how polished Nicole's procedures were. She was just as good as the doctor working in a large hospital. Hell, she could even outclass his mentor at this point.

‘Is this kid really just a high school student?! he wondered again.

The doctor felt humiliated and useless in her presence. He even began thinking that he did not deserve to work as the school's doctor when a high school student could actually do a better job than him.

Soon after, Nicole took care of Samuel's wound.

She placed a bandage on it before glaring at Samuel. "Why did you rush over to protect me? Have you forgotten that I know martial arts?"

Unable to stomach the fact that Nicole knew martial arts as well, the doctor left. "I'll get you guys a glass of water..."

Samuel scratched his head in embarrassment after the doctor had left. "I forgot about it because I was afraid that she might hurt you. I only did what I did out of instinct."

Spencer then added. “Isn't it perfectly justified for a brother to protect his little sister? I'm sure that he didn’t think much when he acted out of his instinct just now.”

Samuel nodded. "Yeah. All I wanted to do was to keep you safe."

Nicole's reproachful eyes turned gentle.

Even though it felt good to be protected by a brother of hers, she did not want anyone around her to get hurt.

However, she could not pin the blame on them as Norah was the reason why everything had happened.

"Spencer, you should head to class with Samuel right now. I have something else to take care of." Nicole then left the infirmary with a grim look on her face. Spencer somehow felt relieved after his sister had left." Nicole looked really terrifying when she was mad...”

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“Yeah. Sometimes, I feel like our little sister is more mature than us..."

Even Spencer needed Nicole to take care of him, and that made him feel guilty.

"However, she's still our sister and we've got to protect and give her the very best the world has to offer," Spencer passionately said.

"Of course." Samuel nodded, not regretting what he had done for Nicole at all.

Nicole, who had already left the infirmary by now, proceeded to dial Sean's number right away.

Concurrently, Sean was having a meeting with his subordinates when his phone suddenly rang.

Everyone there knew how meticulous Sean was in his work and that he would never pick his phone up during a meeting. In addition, he had gotten even more serious in his work as of recent.

He looked at his phone after a few rings. To their surprise, he gestured for everyone to keep quiet and answered the call by the window.

"Hello? Nicole?" His gentle voice made him look as though he was a completely different man to the one who would reprimand his employees.

Everyone was confused...

‘Who's that person on the phone?

‘Could it be Mr. Riddle's girlfriend? I have no idea that he had one.’

However, nobody dared to speak a word as they perked their ears up to listen to their conversation.

Sean heard Nicole's solemn voice from the other side of the phone. "Sean, did you manage to dig up anything about Norah's parents?”

Sean paused. He had a meeting in the morning, and so, he had left early. That was why he did not tell Nicole about what he had found out.

"Yeah, but I haven't read the report yet. Do you want me to forward it to you first?" Sean asked in a caring tone of voice, which left everyone shocked.

"Sure. Thank you so much.” Nicole nodded.

She knew that Sean was very busy, so she added a soft," Sorry for disturbing you."

Sean smiled. "Don't talk to me like I'm some stranger."

Their stern-looking boss actually smiled. Everyone there looked at each other in utter disbelief.

‘Who's the person on the phone? How did that person manage to make Mr. Riddle smile so gently?’ one of the men thought.

"Okay, thanks Sean. I'll hang up now. Bye.” Nicole thanked him and hung up.

As soon as he placed his phone away, he realized that everyone in the conference room was staring at him.

Just like that, his gentle gaze turned into a frown again.” What are you looking at? Carry on!”

"Yes, sir!” One of the managers that were reporting to him stood up and continued as if everything that had happened moments before was nothing but a dream. Mr. Riddle would never be so gentle.’

“I'm sure that it was just an illusion!’

Nicole received an email seconds after she had hung up.

Then, she started reading it.

Indeed, Sean had acted very quickly. ‘He probably spent a lot of money and leveraged a number of his connections. He actually found the bodies of Norah's parents too.’

The detailed report showed that Norah and her parents had traveled to an island for vacation some time ago, but they were caught in a thunderstorm three days into their trip. As a result, their boat was stranded and unable to return to the shore. For some reason, Norah's parents had insisted on going to the island, and they had even bought an overpriced boat to sail out. That was how they got into that accident.

Nicole read the final result and that was when her eyes darkened. Her gut feeling was right. She was certain that there was more to the death of Norah's parents. Otherwise, there was little reason as to why they would suddenly buy a boat abroad just to go to that island with all that they could afford.

Nicole just could not figure out why they would risk their lives to do that under such terrible weather.

Then, an assumption came to mind.