Ch. 1951..1955: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1951-1955

Chapter 1951

Then, Jared sardonically remarked, "This is the paternity test we've done with the traces of your saliva left over from the meal."

"Paternity test?" Nolan blinked as he searched his mind for answers to what it was. "Ah... It's the test that can prove if a child is related to a parent!"

Jared snorted at Nolan's clever yet mischievous character. "You know your stuff."

Nolan glared at him. "Why did you take this test with me? There's no way I could be your child!"

Indeed, Nolan would be anyone's son but Jared's.

"You have no say in that matter." Jared scoffed as he anticipated Nolan's breakdown upon seeing the results.

As expected, the moment Nolan noticed how quiet Niki was, he climbed onto the bed to see the results for himself. Though he was just five years old, he could already understand Hustuaburgian. And when he saw that they were a perfect match, his jaw dropped.

"H-How is this possible?!" he asked, wondering how he could be the son of that big ol' meanie.

Jared smirked in satisfaction when he saw the looks of shock on Niki and Nolan's faces. "Are you not happy with it? Well, we can do the test again."

Niki's suspicions were confirmed when she saw the look of confidence on Jared's face. 'He is definitely not lying!'

As it turned out, the resemblance between the two was not just an illusion! Jared was truly her son's father! And with this revelation, Niki felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She was left feeling overwhelmed and utterly shocked!

"Y-You knew all along, didn't you?" Niki figured. 'That's why he insisted on keeping me by his side! I think that...when he said he was indebted, it had nothing to do with money! It was an emotional debt! Goodness me!'

Jared was brimming with satisfaction when he saw Niki's expression shifting from shock to fear and guilt.

At that moment, he bent over and brought his face closer to hers. He was so close that he was almost breathing on her face, his eyes locking with hers.

"You were pregnant with my kid when you went missing five years ago. It's only natural that I was able to make the correct guess. Besides... Don't you think this little thing looks a lot like me?" he asked.

'How slow is she? It's been three days. How has she not noticed the resemblance between us?' he thought.

And just like that, Niki's reality shattered once again. 'Who said I didn't?! I just noticed it back there! It's just that... you have never been seen together with Nolan before. Oh crap! This is one hell of a debt! I actually ran away while I was pregnant five years ago! Who made me this brave? Sara Bareilles?!'

At that moment, Nolan finally responded by yelling, "I don't want to look like you!"

He would never want to resemble a demon who had the audacity to bully his mother.

"This test result is definitely fabricated!" Nolan strongly denied.

Jared chuckled. "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What's important is whether your mommy believes it or not."

Then, he turned to Nicole.

Expectedly, Nicole was at a loss for words.

"Mommy! Don't believe him..." Nolan said in an attempt to persuade Nicole.

However, it was then that Nicole decided that she could not sit on it anymore. "Let's talk outside!"

She did not want to frighten her son, so she dragged Jared out of the room.

Nolan watched as her mother walked away with Jared the bully, gritting his teeth in defiance.

"I would never acknowledge a meanie like you as my father!" he shouted. 'Come quick, Godpa! Mommy's being taken away!'

 

Chapter 1952

Niki yanked Jared through the doorway, only to realize she had no clue where to go. To her surprise, Jared took charge and wrapped his arm around her waist, guiding her straight into the study. Then, he pressed her against the door panel.

"Y-You don't have to get so close to me!" Niki cursed in her mind. 'Seriously, I came here to discuss business with him! Why does he keep flirting with me all the time?'

Jared lowered his head, locking his gaze with hers, his eyes penetrating. "What's the matter? Are you feeling nervous?"

As Niki once again sensed his overwhelming presence, her body involuntarily tensed up, particularly when she thought about their previous kiss and the memories it invoked. She couldn't help but wonder if they had truly shared an intimate moment. The thought caused her face to flush with heat!

"Take it easy," Niki couldn't take it anymore. She pressed her hand against his chest, mustering her courage and meeting his gaze. "Even if... even if there was something between us in the past, I've changed. That's not who I am anymore." Her eyes shimmered with determination and a hint of pleading.

Niki needed time to process this information. She also wanted to figure out what exactly had happened between them in the past and why he was her child's father.

A flicker of hurt crossed Jared's face as he observed the distant expression in her eyes. "What do you mean?" In his mind, whether it was the past version of her or the present, she was his wife—the person he cherished most. Yet she had just said, 'That's not who I am anymore.'

Niki paused, taking a moment to compose herself before speaking in a calm tone. "It's simple... Even if there was something between us in the past, we've been apart for five years. During that time, I've built my own life, and you can't keep me tied to you in this ambiguous state."

She could endure these three days, but she couldn't continue to linger by his side with such ambiguity.

"Ambiguous?" Jared's eyebrows shot up, and anger flickered in his eyes. Abruptly, he released her and forcefully pulled open a drawer, retrieving two Panem marriage certificates. "Take a good look, we're legally married!"

Niki blinked, slightly confused, and instinctively opened the two small booklets. She felt surprised that she could actually read Panemian. She could even comprehend it, and indeed, they were genuine Panem marriage certificates!

Being well aware of Panem's laws, she knew how difficult divorce could be, prompting many people to seek marriage there as a means of providing security for their partners. She hadn't expected that she had actually tied knot with this man in Panem! Internally, she exclaimed, 'Oh my God! This news is too overwhelming, I can't process it!' Turning to Jared, she asked, "Are you absolutely certain we're legally married? I wasn't... coerced or anything, right?"

Otherwise, Niki couldn't fathom why she would have gone to a country like Panem with a man to register their marriage! How deeply must she have loved him to make such a decision? Yet, the imposing figure standing before her also evoked a sense of fear...

"Coerced?" Jared nearly burst into laughter. He really wanted to pry open this woman's mind and see what she was thinking!

Seeing Jared's increasingly displeased expression, Niki swiftly understood the gravity of the situation and said, "I was just joking..." She and her child were still under his control, and she couldn't afford to provoke him. "But I do need time to process this information and thoroughly investigate my past..."

Upon hearing that she wanted to investigate, Jared sarcastically remarked, "If you really wanted to know, why did you throw away the information from that day?"

When Nicole had disappeared, along with the Fire Crest, Jared had feared that someone might find Nicole before him and cause her harm.

Chapter 1953

For the past five years, Jared had instructed Zeke, Preston, and others to erase all traces of Nicole. In Hustuaburg, nobody could find any information about Nicole. Even if investigations were conducted overseas, those involved would only discover scattered remnants. So, even if Nicole attempted to investigate on her own, she wouldn't uncover much.

Niki let out a sigh and said, "I didn't lose the information from that day. My son accidentally dropped it out of the window." She didn't want to provide further explanation, so she could only attribute it to an accident.

However, Jared still sensed her unease. 'Accidentally?' he thought, 'That brat must have done it on purpose!' Just the mere thought of Nolan, who had been trying to set Nicole up with his so-called "godpa," made Jared feel the urge to give him a good beating!

"Well... if you don't mind, could you give me another copy?" Niki pondered that this time, she would thoroughly examine the information.

Jared looked at Nicole intently and suddenly changed his mind. "I don't have another copy."

Feeling impatient at his refusal, Niki grew frustrated. "How is it possible that you don't have a copy?" she cursed in her mind. "Don't be so childish. Just give me another copy quickly. Otherwise, how am I supposed to find out about my own past..."

She genuinely felt curious about her own history. Despite having offended many people in the past, she couldn't afford to care about that now. After all, her child's father stood right in front of her, and she needed to address this matter!

"Want to know about your past?" Jared replied, his tone slightly challenging. "Then stick with me, and I'll personally fill you in."

Niki blinked in surprise. "What do you mean?"

Jared's eyes narrowed slightly. "I mean, if you leave me, no one will ever be able to tell you about your past because... I've already had someone erase everything related to you from the internet."

"You had someone erase it?" She had suspected something fishy all along. As someone as prominent as Jared, his wife should have been well-known, but Niki couldn't find any connection between the name Nicole and him, no matter how extensively she searched.

"For the sake of your safety, it was necessary," he said, his gaze suddenly deepening.

Niki fell into silence, a strange sense of belief in his words washing over her. However, she couldn't fully accept it and reluctantly voiced her concerns, "So, you're saying that whatever you tell me is the truth, and I have no way to argue if you're lying."

Jared saw Nicole pouting and let out a cold laugh. "Whether you believe it or not is up to you. My responsibility is to fill you in."

Resigned, Niki sighed but could only agree, "Understood..." After a brief silence, she had a sudden thought and asked, "Who lives in the neighboring estate? Do I... know them?"

Since Jared had promised to reveal the past to her, Niki decided to seize the opportunity and inquire about anything she vaguely remembered. However, she didn't expect Jared's gaze to darken suddenly.

"To find out about that, you'll have to hear it directly from them," he replied.

Jared couldn't reveal every single detail about the Riddle family to her, so it would be better to let her hear from them in person.

"They will tell me?" Niki was taken aback, instinctively feeling a strong connection with that family. Perhaps she was even intimately acquainted with them!

"If you want to know that badly, then come with me," Jared replied. With those words, he simply took hold of her hand and pulled her out of the study.

"Hey! Where are you taking me?" Niki struggled in the hallway.

Jared remained indifferent and didn't respond.

Hearing the commotion, Nolan peeked out and immediately grew concerned when he saw his mother being forcefully taken away. Ignoring everything else, he hurriedly followed, trying to catch up.

Chapter 1954

A few minutes later, Jared brought Nicole to the front door of the Riddle residence, Then, he rang the doorbell without giving Nicole any time to react.

Niki was shocked as she widened her eyes. "What are you doing? I didn't say I wanted to go inside!"

She figured that it would be inappropriate for her to show up uninvited at the home of the people she did not know anymore.

"But they've been thinking about you every day." Jared argued.

He had tried to delay this meeting for three days now, thinking that Nicole would have more time to prepare herself mentally. However, he and the Riddles had been dying to see her for the longest time.

Niki widened her eyes, not knowing what he was talking about.

All of a sudden, a butler with a headful of white hair came outside, and as soon as he saw Nicole, he stood there, rooted in disbelief.

The butler was shocked to see Nicole as he quickly opened the door and rubbed his eyes, afraid that he was just hallucinating. "M-Miss Nicole? Is that you? Is that really you?!"

"I..."

Niki did not know what to say, but she felt a sense of familiarity and comfort the moment she caught sight of the butler's face.

'He just called me Miss Nicole...'

Perplexed, Niki asked, "Jared, is this... my home?!"

They went inside, and there, Nicole took a close look at the building in front of her.

Suddenly, she felt a searing pain in her temple, causing her to reach for her head and hold it. "Ugh..."

Jared held onto her as soon as he saw that. "Are you okay?"

He frowned and eyed Nicole with a look of concern as he quietly blamed himself for having done something so hasty.

"I'm fine..." Nicole took a few deep breaths, finally regaining some of her memories.

"Do you still want to go inside?" he asked.

The only reason as to why he had not informed the Riddles about her return was because he was worried that they would bombard her with a ton of questions and overwhelm her by forcibly attempting to help her regain her memories.

He would not have made the impulsive decision to bring Nicole here if it was not for the little brat. When he saw how much pain Nicole was in, he felt an instant pang of regret.

However, Niki nodded with a stern expression on her face. "If this is really my home, I've got to go inside..."

She regained her balance and looked at the building with mixed feelings. She gathered her courage and finally, she decided to have a look inside.

After seeing the look of determination in her eyes, Jared calmed down as well.

"Okay. Let's go then. I'll walk with you," he said, his hand still holding onto hers.

For some strange reason, she felt a sense of security while she was with him. Then, the two of them entered the Riddle residence.

Meanwhile, the butler quickened his steps and went into the house to inform the Riddles about what he had just seen. "Sir, madam! Miss Nicole is back!"

It had been five years, and during that period of time, the entire house had been awash in nothing but sadness.

But when the announcement had been made, the air around them seemed to freeze for a moment, and the eyes of the dispirited woman, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly sparkled. "Nicole... Did you just say Nicole?!"

Gloria stood up wearily, her legs so weak that she almost tipped over as soon as she was on her feet.

Fortunately, Daniel acted swiftly. "You've just recovered not long ago. Sit still."

Gloria had not been eating well for as long as she missed Nicole. She even had a difficult time consuming food in the past year, and malnutrition had taken such a toll on her that she could not even walk properly...

In fact, it was a miracle that she could suddenly get on her feet...

"Nicole... I want to see Nicole!" she shouted.

That was the only thing Gloria cared about at that very moment. She had waited for five long years, and Nicole was finally back! Thus, it would be impossible for her to just sit still!

At that moment, everyone from the top floor had heard the commotion too.

Sean and Steve hurriedly came down. "Mom, Dad, what's happening?"

Then, Samuel and Spencer immediately got out of their bedroom on the first floor as well. "Mom, Dad, is everything all right?"

After that, Stanley made his way downstairs and curiously asked, "What's going on?"

Chapter 1955

It was then that they suddenly saw two figures coming inside, the sight of which left the five men dumbfounded.

"Stanley, a-am I seeing this correctly? I think I saw Nicole!" Samuel widened his eyes, thinking that it was all just an illusion.

Spencer stuttered. "I-I saw her too!"

Shocked, Stanley sputtered, "It's real! It's really her!"

Sean and Steve, who were stunned too, were both at a loss for words.

Nicole had been missing for five years, and the last thing they had ever expected was to see her again.

However, Jared had never given up on searching for her, and at long last, he found her!

"It's really Nicole!"

Gloria was overwhelmed with excitement as tears began streaming down her face. She could not help but cry out loud upon finally seeing the person she had been yearning for after so long.

"My daughter! You're finally back!"

She had been away from home for so many years, and just a year after she had returned, she was caught in a plane crash, causing the separation to last for another five years. Once again, Gloria had gone through the pain of losing her beloved child. Every single day in the past five years felt like eternal torment to her.

Meanwhile, Niki had seen Gloria's tearful eyes and heard her saddening cry. Suddenly, she felt a tearing sensation in her heart and a lump in her throat. Even though she had no memories of her

mother, the feelings within her felt so real.

As it turned out, Jared had not lied to her: this place was truly her home.

Gloria then reached out to Niki, who instinctively walked toward her, allowing Gloria to hold her as she did not want that old lady to fall over again.

Her movements were so natural, but her blank mind made it impossible for her to say anything to them...

At that exact second, Tia pushed Mrs. Wallace Sr. out in a wheelchair from behind the crowd.

Mrs. Wallace Sr. 's eyes turned red as soon as she saw Nicole. "Nicole, you're really back... Where have you been all these years?"

Tears welled up in Tia's eyes too as she quickly pushed Mrs. Wallace Sr. closer toward Nicole, and that was when the latter grabbed Nicole's hand, refusing to let go.

Tia and Mrs. Wallace Sr. were right next to each other, and they were the exact people she had seen on the balcony earlier.

Soon enough, Nicole realized that they were indeed her family, and she finally knew why she felt sad just by looking at them from afar...

Sean knew that something was wrong when he saw how quiet Nicole was.

Then, he looked at Jared and asked, "Mr. Johnston...erm, when did you find my sister?"

Jared knew that he could not hide the truth from him, so he gave them an honest answer, "Three days ago. Preston was the one who had found her in a hacker contest first."

"Three days ago? Then why did you bring her back now?" Steve asked, feeling a little upset.

'He knew very well that our mother had been living in pain all this while, and yet he hid Nicole from us. How could he do that?!' Steve thought.

Jared looked at Steve, and with downcast eyes, he replied, "She has lost her memories. I was worried that it would be too overwhelming for her if I brought her back rashly."

"Lost her memories?!" Samuel and Spencer repeated after Jared in unison.

Sean and the others were shocked too.

However, Jared was right, for Nicole had been looking at him as if they were strangers as soon as she came inside.

"I see. Now I know why she hasn't said a word since she came back here." Stanley said, having noticed that something was not right too as he began to feel bad for Nicole.

As Niki had heard everything they were talking about, she said, "It's true that I've lost my memories. I can't recognize any of you..."

She was afraid that she would upset them more if she addressed them wrongly.

Gloria and Mrs. Wallace Sr. burst out crying upon hearing that Nicole had lost her memories. "She has lost her memories!? Oh, God! How could you be so cruel to my daughter..."

Now, they finally knew why she never came home, and with that in mind, they began to wonder about what she had gone through while she was living away from home alone....

Upon noticing the look of sorrow on Gloria's face, Niki explained, "Don't worry. I've been doing fine in the past five years, and I have friends who took good care of me. Even though I have kids, I'm able to support us as a family. I haven't really faced any hardships."

It was in her intention to console and assure them, but everyone's eyes widened as soon as they heard the word, kids.

"Kids? What kids?" Samuel and Spencer exchanged glances.