Ch. 1991..1995: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 1991-1995

Chapter 1991

Nicole and Leo soon arrived at a Western restaurant. Leo chose an inconspicuous but well-positioned table according to Nicole's preferences, and sat down with her.

Nicole was not surprised that Leo knew what she preferred. She sat down and ordered their meal. While waiting for their meal, Nicole asked again, "So, what is it?"

"If I said I'm here to seek a collaboration with Riddle Corporation's chairman, would you be interested?" Leo said with a hint of a smile.

"Collaboration?!" Nicole was stunned. She never expected Leo to find her for this matter. Although she had not officially taken over the company, she knew the chairman Leo meant was her. Leo was hoping to collaborate with Riddle Corporation.

Seeing that Nicole was too stunned to speak, Leo smirked. He handed her a document, saying, "This is the letter of intent of collaboration. Take it back and have a look. I'll wait for your reply."

"Alright." Nicole took the document. When it came to business, she knew Riddle Corporation needed better project collaborations. Leo was reliable, so she would not worry about the project. Her job now was to check the suitability of the project for Riddle Corporation. If suitable, they could definitely collaborate.

Leo secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon Nicole's agreement. He was worried Nicole would reject him.

"Your food is served." The waiter came over and put their dinner on the table.

"Let's eat." Leo gestured to the food.

Nicole complied and chatted with Leo. "Well, aren't you quick to take action? I just arrived here, and now I have to start a project."

That was in line with Leo's usual speed demon self. It was also evident that he had made adequate preparations before showing up.

"You're not slow either," Leo replied with a hint of depression. If he was slow to action, Jared might have stolen a march on him.

It had just been a few days since Nicole returned to the country. But, Leo could clearly sense that she had already embraced everything here, even without her memories. This change made him feel perturbed. He wanted to get closer to her, and not as a friend.

Nicole misunderstood Leo's meaning, thinking he was just talking about the time she took to take over Riddle Corporation. Nicole replied helplessly, "It's my responsibility after all. I just feel a great deal of pressure."

Not only did Nicole not have any knowledge of the past, but she was also completely clueless about business. She did not know whether it was a blessing or a curse to take over Riddle Corporation, but she knew she had no way back.

"Don't worry. I'll help you." Sensing her stress, Leo comforted her.

"No need to trouble yourself, Mr. Royce. I'll naturally assist my wife," a displeased voice interrupted, causing Nicole to feel a chilling aura surround her.

"Jared?! What are you doing here?" Nicole exclaimed in surprise at Jared's sudden appearance.

"I wanted to stay at home, waiting for you," Jared said, but it seemed like it was impossible.

Jared had gotten off work and returned to the Riddle family manor. However, he came home to find infuriating news from Daniel that Nicole went out to have a meal with Lawrence. Jared almost burst into

fury as he remembered how Nicole had asked him not to pick her up from work but now, she had gone out to dinner with Lawrence.

After hearing his poignant remark, Nicole unintentionally felt guilty and said, "I was discussing some matters with Leo."

Chapter 1992

Looking at Jared's resentful expression, Nicole felt as though she had truly done something to wrong him. She wanted to explain things clearly and hoped he would not be angry about this misunderstanding.

However, Lawrence said indifferently, "Mr. Johnston, even though she's your wife, she should have the freedom to make friends. Besides that, she doesn't even remember you."

This was a reminder to Jared not to unilaterally call Nicole his wife. Nobody knew how things would turn out as Nicole had not acknowledged their relationship.

It was a blatant provocation. A darkness flashed in Jared's eyes as he coldly replied, "But she's Nicole."

Jared did not mind that Nicole had no memories of their relationship because he would make her remember. Even if she failed to regain her memories, he believed they were fated to be together. He would pursue her again and make her fall in love with him.

Lawrence's pupils were pitch black. He could tell Jared was staking his claim on Nicole. However, Lawrence did not mind. It was unknown who would emerge the victor. He was determined to fight until the very end.

"Leo, I'll head back first," Nicole said as she watched the tense confrontation between the two. She felt it would be better for them to separate.

Leo smiled gently. "Alright, but I hope you'll consider my proposal seriously." With that, Leo pushed the document toward Nicole.

Nicole took the document, thinking, 'If it's suitable for Riddle Corporation, I'll consider it properly.'

Nicole stood up and left the restaurant with the document in hand. Jared's gaze darkened when he glanced at Lawrence, and soon caught up with Nicole.

Looking at Nicole's figure, a determined looked flashed in Lawrence's eyes.

Soon, Jared and Nicole got in the car. After glancing at the document in Nicole's hand, Jared asked about it.

"Leo's letter of intent for collaboration," Nicole revealed bluntly.

"Are you going to cooperate?" Jared's pupils constricted, and a cold light flickered in his eyes.

"I haven't read it yet. If it's suitable after I review it, why not?" Nicole replied naturally. She had no reason to decline if it would benefit both parties.

Jared looked at the documents meaningfully and thought, 'Lawrence's intentions are rather obvious. Now that Nicole's back in business, he sends a letter of intent for collaboration.'

Jared raised his hand and closed the document when he saw Nicole already engrossed in reading it. He frowned. "Don't read in the car. You could have motion sickness."

"Hey!" Nicole narrowed her eyebrows at Jared, displeased that someone suddenly took her document away.

Jared suppressed the urge to throw the document out the window and said gravely, "Read it when you get back."

Nicole rolled her eyes at Jared, feeling irritated, and looked out the window. She knew Jared would not return the document to her. It was fortunate enough that he did not throw it out the window.

Jared felt a sense of satisfaction at Nicole's compliance. No matter how angry he was before, the resentment in his heart was gone since she was heading home with him now. Bitterly shaking his head, Jared felt helpless at their unique way of interacting. It was like God was punishing him.

Nicole was looking out the car window the entire journey and paid no attention to Jared's expression. Seeing that they returned to Riddle family manor, she waited for the car to stop and got out.

Jared followed suit and handed Nicole the document. To Nicole's surprise, there were two documents, instead of one.

She thought, 'What's the extra one for?'

Chapter 1993

"Some external development information about Riddle Corporation's headquarters." Jared knew she went to the office and probably learned about the company's situation. Since he promised to help her, it was only natural for him to consider everything for her.

The Riddle Corporation had not been doing well while she was gone. Jared had given a lot of support to Riddle Corporation, which was why he had some understanding of their situation. He believed Sean would provide him with internal information, so he gathered and recorded a compilation of information that was beneficial for the future development of the Riddle Corporation in a file.

Nicole knew what the file was, and she fell into a daze as she stared at it. She had already seen some information about Riddle Corporation today, and while she was about to find further information, Jared had already provided her with that. This shocked her, but it also warmed her heart.

"Mommy!" a voice rang out, and two small figures excitedly rushed over.

Nicole wrapped her arms around Nolan and Lana before looking down at them. "What brings you here?"

"Mommy, didn't Godpa come?" Nolan looked up at her and asked. 'I've already called Godpa and told him that Mommy went to work. Besides, didn't Godpa go on a date with Mommy last night? Why didn't he take Mommy back home? Instead, Mommy came back with this annoying guy!'

"Are you stupid? Our real father went to pick Mommy up, so why would Mommy need Godpa to take her home?" Lana raised her chin and said disdainfully.

Nolan used to tease her for being dumb all the time, but she finally got the chance to turn the tables now.

"You're the stupid one." Nolan scoffed as he thought, 'Godpa treats us and Mommy way better than this big old meanie!'

"You're stupid." Lana stood her ground and stuck out her tongue at Nolan. She then opened her arms to Jared and said, "Up, Daddy!"

"Of course." Jared held her lovingly as he thought, 'Daughters are the best. Unlike that selfish little rascal.'

When Nolan saw Lana being held by Jared, who was looking at him disdainfully, Nolan said defiantly, "Mommy, up!"

'Hmph! So what? I still have Mommy to hold me.'

Unexpectedly, Jared held Nicole's hand and walked away before saying, "Your mommy is tired after working the whole day. You can walk yourself."

Nolan frowned angrily as he watched the trio walking away. 'What an annoying guy! He's taking Mommy away from me and godpa! I'll never agree to this. Just you wait and see!'

Though he was upset, he remembered that Nicole had been working a lot, so he just ran up to them and did not pester Nicole to hold him anymore.

Jared arched his eyebrow ever so slightly when he noticed this. 'Even though this rascal always throws a fit, he's still very thoughtful to his mother.'

When they entered Nicole's family's home, Daniel and Gloria were in the living room. They were relieved to see them back as they said with a smile, "You're back."

When they were having dinner earlier, Jared had left abruptly when he realized that Nicole would not be coming home because she was out with Lawrence. Daniel and Gloria were fairly worried that they might fight.

For that reason, they were relieved to see them coming home together, not looking like they had been in an argument.

"Mom, Dad, why aren't you sleeping yet? Did something happen?" Nicole asked as she did not know what happened.

"Nah, we were just about to go to bed. Have you both eaten at all?" Gloria looked at Jared in concern. Though it seemed like she was asking casually, she was actually questioning Jared.

After all, Nicole was supposedly going to have dinner with Lawrence. And Jared left before he could eat anything.

Nicole realized something and looked at Jared, asking, "Haven't you eaten your dinner?"

Chapter 1994

Nicole figured that Gloria asked that because she knew that Jared had not eaten his dinner. And they went home after Jared went to see her, so he obviously had not eaten anything.

Gloria realized that Jared had not eaten dinner as well, so she reminded her daughter, "Nicole, we've all had dinner already. You should have dinner with Jared."

"But I've had dinner too." Nicole hesitated, but she did not stand her ground.

Though she did not intend to do it, the reason Jared had not eaten anything for dinner was because of her.

"Hurry up, then. It's Nolan and Lana's bedtime too. Just leave them to me." Gloria arched her eyebrows at Nicole. It was obvious. She was creating some alone time for Jared and Nicole.

After being separated for five years, they were reunited but with different identities. Gloria was really worried about them and hoped that they could make up with each other as soon as possible, so they could finally live happily ever after.

"I'm not tired. I want to stay with Mommy." Nolan did not want to leave.

In contrast, Lana was delighted. She held Nolan's hand and said, "You don't want to sleep. You're a naughty kid!"

This was good timing. They obviously should not disturb their parents.

Nicole was speechless when she knew what each of the cheeky duo was doing. 'They're acting up already.'

"Nolan, it's getting late. Let's go to bed. Grandma will stay with you," Gloria said gently.

Lana held Nolan's hand and said, "Well, I'm tired. Let's go to bed."

"Here. Let grandpa hold you," Daniel said as he carried Nolan in his arms.

Helplessly, Nolan could only allow Daniel to take him away. After all, he lacked the strength. He really missed his godfather. 'If Godpa were here, he'd definitely be on my side.'

Soon, only Jared and Nicole were left in the living room. Jared looked at Nicole deeply before walking out of the living room, delighted.

Nicole glared at him, but all she could do was follow him to the dining room.

She knew what Gloria was doing, but she was wistful. Though she did not resist Jared as much now, she still could not envision him as her romantic partner.

Besides, she had not retrieved her memories yet. That was why she did not want to consider her personal romantic relationship first. She wanted to focus on the Riddle Corporation.

The wheels in her head kept turning, and she did not notice that Jared had been staring at her while he was eating his dinner.

"Are you thinking about the Riddle Corporation?" Jared seemed to have seen through her. Though he was asking her, it sounded like he already knew the answer.

"Yeah," Nicole responded as she was still in a daze. When she snapped back into reality, she looked at Jared. "How did you know?"

'Was I thinking out loud just now?'

"I mean, what else would you be thinking about?" Jared answered her with another question.

Though Nicole had lost her memories, some things were just embedded in her bones. For example, her character and the way she treated people. Since she had already agreed to take over the Riddle Corporation, she had already decided to take up the responsibility. So, there was just one thing on her mind for now, and that was to give her utmost effort to do her best in the matter at hand.

Chapter 1995

Nicole's expression appeared to be a little uneasy as she looked at Jared's teasing gaze. Although he managed to guess her thoughts, she understood the hidden meaning behind his words too, implying that she could miss him.

Her heart beat faster, and she subconsciously looked away, avoiding direct eye contact with Jared. 'It could get really difficult to deal with this guy sometimes,' she thought to herself.

Seeing how nervous Nicole got, Jared subtly curved his lips. Although he was eating dinner alone, the food tasted unusually good.

After finishing his meal, Jared followed Nicole back to the room.

Nicole frowned with resentment. "Actually, you don't have to stay here with me."

The estate was so near and so much bigger, yet Jared would still cramp into a room with her. Nicole just did not feel comfortable with it.

However, Jared did not want to let any opportunity to be alone with her slip away. So he said confidently, "It's livelier here."

Of course, Jared would be wherever Nicole was, and he did not want to leave her, not even for a single moment.

Nicole rolled her eyes at Jared and grabbed a blanket before throwing it at him. "This is yours. Remember, do not cross the line."

Upon saying that, Nicole pulled her own blanket over and wrapped herself up, lying with her back facing Jared. She genuinely did not want Jared to get close to her.

Jared looked a little helpless after he had been brushed aside. However, he was glad that he was not chased out of the room. He had no other choice but to accept his fate and lay down.

Although the person he had been thinking about for nights and days was right before his eyes, all he could do was sleep while hugging the blanket. It was simply frustrating for him as he wondered to himself, 'When will days like this ever come to an end?'

Very soon, he heard gentle breathing fill the room. So, he sighed and slowly shut his eyes.

On the next day, the rising sun awakened a new day.

Nicole woke up and saw the huge face in front of her. She found herself clinging onto Jared like an octopus and her face immediately turned red and hot. She immediately pulled her hand back as if she was electrified, but it was already too late.

Jared grabbed her hand and put it back on his waist as he looked at her playfully. "You're the one who broke the rules now. Don't you have anything to say to me?"

"I'm going to the office. I have a lot of work to do." Nicole panicked and looked away as she tried to shift the topic. She was asleep, and she had no idea how that happened. She just wanted to get out of this awkward situation now.

Nicole was about to get out of bed after saying that, attempting to flee the scene.

However, she failed to do so. After grabbing her arm, Jared flipped them over and pinned her down on the bed as he forced several kisses on her.

"Hey, get off..." Nicole struggled in panic, yet her words were all engulfed by Jared.

Although Jared was extremely reluctant to do so, his rationality overcame his impulse anyway. Then, after getting a taste of Nicole, he let her go.

Nicole was stunned for a while and her mind was blank after suddenly regaining the freedom to breathe.

Jared dotingly rubbed her soft hair and said, "Get freshened up. I'll drive you to the office after having breakfast."

"Okay," Nicole replied like a robot. Then, she got out of bed and walked toward the bathroom. However, she came to an abrupt stop halfway before turning around and glowering at Jared. She gritted her teeth and shouted, "Jared Johnston!"

'I almost fell into this cunning man's trap! How could he do that to me?!'

Jared smirked and slowly walked toward Nicole. Then, he lowered his gaze and looked at her. "How can I help you?"