Ch. 1626..1630: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1626-1630
Chapter 1626
These voices streamed in one after another, and everyone began to feel jealous of Nicole.
Nicole ignored the voices, looked at her brothers, and shook her head. ‘I'm fine. I'm just not used to wearing high heels."
It was only then that her brothers heaved a sigh of relief.
Samuel then smiled. ‘Hold onto me then."
As expected, that smile from him brought forth another wave of shrill squeals from the women around him.
"So handsome..."
"What a bright smile.”
Seeing that, Samuel could only feel proud of himself.
Nicole instantly knew what he was thinking and rolled her eyes. “There's no need forthat. Tia can help me."
At that moment, Tia got out of the car, and when she heard what Nicole had said, she immediately rushed over. "Yes, Miss Nicole can hold onto me, Mr. Samuel."
"Oh...’ Samuel said, suddenly looking a little dejected.
It would be really cool if he could go in together with Nicole.
Spencer rolled his eyes at Samuel at that instant. "You can keep dreaming on about going in with Nicole."
Right after that, he grabbed Samuel and the twins left the place together.
When Nicole saw the two acting the way they were, she could hardly withhold her snigger. Soon after, the Riddle Family stepped into the banquet hall together, under the gaze of everyone present.
Although it was an annual meeting, the Riddle Corporation had anticipated a large number of attendees, so the preparations were exceedingly lavish and decadent. The venue in question was even much grander than the banquet at the Riddle's residence, with all kinds of glass lamps, fresh flowers, desserts and the likes.
Within the banquet, many individuals from the various great families, as well as elites from the major businesses were already gathered there. It would not be frowned upon for them to discuss business in the banquet, as everyone came here with benefits in mind.
Because of this, everyone was dressed to the nines, for fear of losing out to others.
Both Damien and Dillon's family, after such a long period of underestimating Daniel's family, and fearing that they would lose out when compared to the latter, were dressed even more decadently. Damien, in particular, did so as if he wanted to flaunt his status, to tell everyone that he was the interim chairman of the corporation.
Yet, just as he was chatting up to the VVIPs in the room, a sudden commotion erupted at the entrance.
As soon as that occurred, the person he was talking to said. “Excuse me, Mr. Damien. I'll head over there for a bit."
Damien instinctively turned around to look over, and that was when he saw Daniel appearing at the entrance with his family.
At that point, his calm eyes could no longer hide the jealousy within him as a storm of envy and anger brewed.
Miley quipped. "Look at Daniel's family. Before this, they did not even have the right to attend events like these, and now he brings his entire family!
This is a blatant provocation!"
This time, however, Damien did not admonish Miley.
And the VVIP who had just ignored him so abruptly earlier had gone off to shake hands with Daniel and Sean. His fists were clenched tight at the sight of that.
Noticing his father's furious look, Everett came up to his side and whispered. "Dad, don't get agitated. Grandpa still needs you to mingle around with the folks near him."
It was only then that Damien regained some degree of clarity, and when he saw a crowd around Mr. Riddle Sr., he left that WIP behind, recomposed himself, and accompanied the old man.
Even if no one recognized him now, the old man was here, and as the person in charge of the company, Damien could not afford to lose the trust of the old man at this juncture.
Over on the other side, Dillon and his wife too were being ignored. When they saw Nicole and her family members being surrounded by the socialites and business elites, they were pissed off.
Karen, in particular, spat angrily, "Do you see how gleeful Gloria is? If you don't think of a way, you'll really be nothing in this company!"
Chapter 1626
These voices streamed in one after another, and everyone began to feel jealous of Nicole.
Nicole ignored the voices, looked at her brothers, and shook her head. ‘I'm fine. I'm just not used to wearing high heels."
It was only then that her brothers heaved a sigh of relief.
Samuel then smiled. ‘Hold onto me then."
As expected, that smile from him brought forth another wave of shrill squeals from the women around him.
"So handsome..."
"What a bright smile.”
Seeing that, Samuel could only feel proud of himself.
Nicole instantly knew what he was thinking and rolled her eyes. “There's no need forthat. Tia can help me."
At that moment, Tia got out of the car, and when she heard what Nicole had said, she immediately rushed over. "Yes, Miss Nicole can hold onto me, Mr. Samuel."
"Oh...’ Samuel said, suddenly looking a little dejected.
It would be really cool if he could go in together with Nicole.
Spencer rolled his eyes at Samuel at that instant. "You can keep dreaming on about going in with Nicole."
Right after that, he grabbed Samuel and the twins left the place together.
When Nicole saw the two acting the way they were, she could hardly withhold her snigger. Soon after, the Riddle Family stepped into the banquet hall together, under the gaze of everyone present.
Although it was an annual meeting, the Riddle Corporation had anticipated a large number of attendees, so the preparations were exceedingly lavish and decadent. The venue in question was even much grander than the banquet at the Riddle's residence, with all kinds of glass lamps, fresh flowers, desserts and the likes.
Within the banquet, many individuals from the various great families, as well as elites from the major businesses were already gathered there. It would not be frowned upon for them to discuss business in the banquet, as everyone came here with benefits in mind.
Because of this, everyone was dressed to the nines, for fear of losing out to others.
Both Damien and Dillon's family, after such a long period of underestimating Daniel's family, and fearing that they would lose out when compared to the latter, were dressed even more decadently. Damien, in particular, did so as if he wanted to flaunt his status, to tell everyone that he was the interim chairman of the corporation.
Yet, just as he was chatting up to the VVIPs in the room, a sudden commotion erupted at the entrance.
As soon as that occurred, the person he was talking to said. “Excuse me, Mr. Damien. I'll head over there for a bit."
Damien instinctively turned around to look over, and that was when he saw Daniel appearing at the entrance with his family.
At that point, his calm eyes could no longer hide the jealousy within him as a storm of envy and anger brewed.
Miley quipped. "Look at Daniel's family. Before this, they did not even have the right to attend events like these, and now he brings his entire family!
This is a blatant provocation!"
This time, however, Damien did not admonish Miley.
And the VVIP who had just ignored him so abruptly earlier had gone off to shake hands with Daniel and Sean. His fists were clenched tight at the sight of that.
Noticing his father's furious look, Everett came up to his side and whispered. "Dad, don't get agitated. Grandpa still needs you to mingle around with the folks near him."
It was only then that Damien regained some degree of clarity, and when he saw a crowd around Mr. Riddle Sr., he left that WIP behind, recomposed himself, and accompanied the old man.
Even if no one recognized him now, the old man was here, and as the person in charge of the company, Damien could not afford to lose the trust of the old man at this juncture.
Over on the other side, Dillon and his wife too were being ignored. When they saw Nicole and her family members being surrounded by the socialites and business elites, they were pissed off.
Karen, in particular, spat angrily, "Do you see how gleeful Gloria is? If you don't think of a way, you'll really be nothing in this company!"
Chapter 1628
It was really not a good idea for a man to be too handsome, as he would attract the attention of many women wherever he was, every single time. And as always, he would saunter toward her under the gaze of everyone present, dialing the jealousy and hostility those women had toward her to eleven.
As expected, Jared came up to her a few seconds later, whereupon he took her hand and kissed it. "Sorry I'm late, honey."
The last word that came out of his mouth sent shivers down Nicole's spine. ‘This b*stard! It has been either wifey or honey of late! This is so embarrassing!’
"You're not allowed to call me that,” she said.
"Got it, wifey." Jared relented as he lowered his voice.
Nicole rolled her eyes at once. "Forget it. Go with the first one then."
‘At least it's better than being called wifey,' she thought.
With that said, Jared grabbed Nicole by the waist as he nodded at Daniel, Sean and the others. “I'm sorry, Mr. Daniel, for being late.”
"It's alright." Daniel smiled without a hint of dissatisfaction toward Jared.
Concurrently, Mr. Johnston Sr. too came in from the entrance and made a beeline for Mr. Riddle Sr.
Mr. Riddle Sr. immediately greeted him. "Oh my, this is just our annual meeting. You don't have to attend this."
Although everyone here was a VIP, it was still, after all, the Riddle Corporation's annual meeting, so most of those who had attended were from the younger generation. No one had expected Mr. Johnston Sr. to honor the hosts like that.
"This is just basic courtesy. I too miss seeing my in-laws." Mr. Johnston Sr. smiled at Mr. Riddle Sr. as he brought the latter to one of the seats.
When he saw Damien standing by Mr. Riddle Sr.'s side, Mr. Johnston Sr. was quite surprised. "That granddaughter of yours, Nicole, is currently a rising star. Why don't you keep her by your side?"
Damien's pride took another beating upon hearing Mr.
Johnston Sr.'s words, but he could not afford to show his dismay, so he gave them an awkward smile. "Nicole and Mr. Jared are always together, so I'm handing things over here."
Seeing that Damien knew his place, Mr. Johnston Sr. remained silent, knowing that what Damien said made sense as well.
At that instant, Nicole and Jared were surrounded by many who wanted to form collaborations with them. As one was the head of the Johnston Group, and the other was the daughter of the Riddle Family and bearer of the Fire Crest, they became the object of everyone's pursuit.
Nicole had never dealt with so many people before, and because of that, she became a little anxious. Seeing that, Sean and Daniel came over to help her out.
Nicole then told Jared. "Go deal with them."
After she had said that, she snuck off to the side to grab herself a few bites of food.
At the same time, Tia was having a meal with Stanley.
Nicole approached her as Stanley was handing the latter a champagne. "Give it a taste."
"Okay." Tia uttered, flattered by the gesture.
Seeing Stanley being so considerate, Nicole could not resist raising an eyebrow. "Stanley is rarely so gentle with people."
This embarrassed Stanley, who said, “Nothing like that. This is the first time Tia is attending such an event and she's just too nervous. Some alcohol will calm her nerves."
Nicole simply just smiled, and that was when she saw Martin walking in together with Kelly. She had forgotten that Martin and Kelly would definitely attend such business- related banquets.
Martin walked over and was stunned the moment he saw Nicole. However, Kelly was even quicker to react.
"My goodness, Nicole! You're looking way too gorgeous. You look so good in every style. How do you do that? I'm so jealous."
Nicole took the praise as she looked at Kelly's elegant black dress and said. "You look really good too. Matches Martin pretty well."
When Tia heard that, her expression became a little sour as she subconsciously glanced at Martin again.
Chapter 1629
"Mr. Wyance, it has been a while.” Stanley walked up to Martin and greeted him.
Martin nodded. "Yeah, it has indeed been some time."
After shaking hands with Stanley, Martin saw Tia standing next to him and could not help but be taken aback.
Martin had only met Tia a few times, but this time, she had become Stanley's companion, and was so elegantly dressed that the sight had managed to even stun him.
When Kelly noticed that, she elbowed him. "What are you doing, staring at another man's companion like that?"
It was only then that Martin snapped back to reality as he quickly said, "It's nothing. I just feel that Tia looks really beautiful today."
Tia immediately blushed a little when she heard that." Thank... thank you...”
Nicole looked at Martin and swirled her wine glass. “What's with the smooth talk today?"
In the past, Martin would never have said such things to women. So, Nicole could not help herself from giving the two a strange glance.
Finding himself in an awkward position, Martin said, "No such thing. I always have been a smooth operator.”
The few were chatting when they saw Harvey walking in from the entrance.
After all, Harvey had business with the Riddle Corporation, so it made sense that he would definitely attend the annual meeting of the Riddle Corporation.
However, he did not even look at Nicole as he went straight to Sean after stepping into the venue.
When Nicole noticed that, she breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he had finally gotten her words into his head.
Yet, for all she knew, the moment she turned around to take a seat, Harvey immediately cast his gaze over to her.
He had only known how he had been in the past few days. He had been absent since the start of the semester and thought that Nicole would be somewhat concerned about him. Yet, she had not even given him a call.
When he finally realized that he had no place in a certain someone's heart, that feeling drove him crazy.
Sean felt uneasy looking at his gaze. "Mr. Ellison, what are you looking at?”
Harvey shifted his gaze as he smiled self-deprecatingly. ° Nothing.”
His smile was still warm and courteous, but Sean could register a certain darkness in Harvey's eyes.
For a long time, he had felt that Harvey was not as simple as he turned out to be, and he had always felt that there was a storm brewing under his humble and polite facade. It was only because he was often with Nicole that this inexplicable darkness could not be felt. But in that instant, he could see a beast in Harvey's eyes, rearing to break out of its cage. That feeling made Sean perturbed.
“Now that the Riddle Corporation is hot and blooming, I suppose you can look forward to a promotion soon, Mr. Sean,” Harvey commented
Harvey had already gotten wind of how prominent Daniel and Sean had been in the Riddle Corporation of late, and he felt that this year's annual meeting would not be that simple.
Sean flashed him a light smirk before he politely replied," That's up to Grandpa. I just make sure that I do a good job."
He was no Harvey Ellison but he had heard, by chance, that Harvey had done many things behind Mr. Ellison's back...
Harvey let out a coy smile. “I'm impressed by your levelheadedness, Mr. Sean. Please remember to buy me a drink when you've snagged that promotion.”
"Sure." Sean nodded.
Harvey could see Sean's subtle dismissal of him, so he turned to look elsewhere. "Excuse me then."
After that, Harvey walked off to greet Mr. Riddle Sr.
Sean could not help but to glance at Harvey a few more times. He felt that Harvey had returned to his previous state of inscrutability, and that the darkness he had always carried was even more pronounced than before.
Chapter 1630
The annual meeting's banquet had come to its climax as Jared coolly stood by Nicole's side the entire time. All eyes were on them. Meanwhile, Daniel's family was busy focusing on the banquet's attendees, with countless of people swarming them.
The annual meeting was almost coming to an end, and Mr. Riddle Sr. was due to give his concluding speech. All eyes were on Mr. Riddle Sr. as he walked up the stage. It was everyone's assumption that this year’s annual meeting was no different from the previous years.
Mr. Riddle Sr. paused for a moment before he said, “At the end of tonight's annual meeting, I would like to make an important announcement to everyone."
His steady tone of voice attracted everyone's attention at once.
Damien's heart skipped a beat as Miley hurriedly asked,” What's going on? What is he going to announce? Did he tell you anything in advance?"
"No..." Damien said as his face brimmed with bitterness.
Miley became unsettled, as an inexplicable feeling of dread began to flood her heart.
At this time, Dillon went up to them, and in a tone of urgency, he asked, "Damien, what's he going to announce? Do you know?
Why haven't I heard anything about it?”
Damien was immediately annoyed. “How am I supposed to know?!”
Taken aback by the sudden outburst, Dillon fell silent, with Karen not daring to utter a word even if she wanted to.
Then, Mr. Riddle Sr. took a glance at the four of his sons, whereupon his eyes fell on Daniel.
"Daniel, come up here,” he said.
Daniel was stunned for a moment, and quickly, he scrambled up onto the stage, prompting everyone to turn their attention to him. Gloria and her sons sensed that something was going to happen, as they looked at Daniel with eyes full of hope. Nicole was also a little surprised too, but due to the fact that she had guessed Mr. Riddle Sr.'s intention, a smile broke out on the corner of her lips.
"I’ve never thought that he would prepare such a grand surprise,” she commented.
Jared raised his eyebrows, "It seems that it's going to be a very big one.”
And sure enough, after Mr. Riddle Sr. had patted Daniel on his shoulder, he said, "I'm announcing to you that, starting from today, my fourth son, Daniel Riddle, will become the new chairman of the company!”
As soon as these words came out, the audience was taken aback, and not long after, a thunderous round of applause erupted.
Everyone at the event knew that the fourth son of the Riddle Family had gotten lucky due the help from their daughter.
When Daniel assumed the position of chairman, the potential of attracting more big companies would be larger.
The applause was deafening, and the expression on the faces of Damien and Miley were as cold as their hearts. Their eyes were bulging like a deer caught in headlights.
"What did he mean by that? Is he going to dismiss you?" Miley asked.
‘I haven't stepped down as chairman, and now there's a new one?! What the hell is this supposed to mean?’ Damien fumed.
Dillon did not see this coming either: the annual meeting turning into Daniel's inauguration ceremony.
I've been in the company for so long and I'm just a general manager on the same level as Sean! How did he, who played nothing but a minor role in the company, get to be the chairman overnight? What's the difference between the making him chairman and announcing that he will be the successor of the Riddle Corporation in the future!?’ Dillon seethed.
It was the most depressing piece of news for both Damien and Dillon, but it did not take Mr. Riddle Sr. long to ask everyone to stop applauding.
“In addition, I would also like to announce that my grandson, Sean, will also be promoted from general manager to the company's president!"