Ch. 2116..2120: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2116-2120
Chapter 2116
“Grandpa,” Nicole said softly. Then, she walked to the sofa with Jared.
“You’re here.” As expected, Mr. Riddle Sr.’s gloomy face instantly brightened up at the sight of Nicole.
Nicole seemed to have heard Steve’s low laugh. She could not help but roll her eyes at Steve.
Then, Nicole sat down beside her grandfather and went straight to the point. “Grandpa, you don’t have to worry about this matter. The police will give us the justice we deserve.”
“Yes, I believe in all of you.” Mr. Riddle Sr. had faith that Nicole would never do such a thing. After all, that trick was done clumsily. If it were Nicole, she would never let anyone catch her.
After Mr. Riddle Sr. had finished speaking, he glanced at Damien and Dillon unhappily.
The two sons’ faces immediately turned sour, especially Dillon’s. He gritted his teeth and said woefully, “Dad, you can’t side with her indiscriminately. We’re the real victims here.”
“That’s right, Dad. Both of our companies had suffered quite a huge loss as well,” Damien added pitifully.
“That’s because you lack the skills.” Mr. Riddle Sr. did not seem to show any empathy towards them.
Some of those seated were happy, and some were distressed.
Finally, Karen could not hold it in anymore, so she spoke up while looking crossed. “Dad, if you say this, does that mean we could bully others as we please if we’re skilled enough?”
“You’re threatening me!” Mr. Riddle Sr.’s anger grew.
Karen flinched. However, she stubbornly said, “I wouldn’t dare. We just want things to be fair.”
“Fair?” Mr. Riddle Sr. snorted coldly. “Then, you should try according to your skills and ability.”
Nicole had not even used her strengths. If they really were to lay their hands on Nicole, they would be at a loss.
“I—” Karen’s face instantly turned pale. She understood what Mr. Riddle Sr. meant. She also knew that if she laid her hands on Nicole, her family would not be able to gain the upper hand.
Seeing Karen remain silent, Dillon glared at her unhappily. She was more of a hindrance than help.
Karen gritted her teeth and looked down sadly.
Snow gently hugged Karen’s arm, as if she was comforting Karen. However, Snow’s gaze was on Mr. Riddle Sr. as she said, “Grandpa, Dad was actually shocked when he found out about this incident. He refused to believe it. But since it has caused some losses to the company, we just want to find out the truth.”
“That’s right. That was our intention.” Snow had found a perfect excuse, and Dillon as well as Damien fully agreed and admitted to it.
“We don’t have to discuss this anymore. The police get to the bottom of this.” Mr. Riddle Sr.’s mind was set. He did not allow anyone to bring up this matter anymore.
The reason why they made such a huge commotion and asked everyone to return home was to accuse and slander Nicole. At that thought, Mr. Riddle Sr. was angry. These people could never let him relax.
“Hmph. You guys made a police report first. And now, you’re saying that you don’t believe these things were done by us. You’re acting like hypocrites right now. You’re pretty good at your own game.” Samuel snorted, expression angry.
Why are they both the hero and villain in this story? Such two -faced people. Do they really think we’re stupid?’
“Samuel.” Daniel frowned and stopped Samuel from speaking nonsense.
“I didn’t say anything wrong,” Samuel mumbled and closed his mouth bitterly.
Seeing that Samuel had stopped talking, Daniel turned to the other direction and suggested, “Dad, the issue has reached this point. I think it’s best to let the police handle it. Well let go of it and stop discussing it.” He was actually trying to comfort his father.
He knew that with the current situation, Mr. Riddle Sr. would
be the most upset. Therefore, he suggested everyone to not discuss it and wait for the result quietly.
“Daniel, what’s wrong with you? The reason we came back is for dad to make a decision. And yet, you’re stopping us from discussing the matter.” Damien, who had just been insulted, released all his anger on Damien.
“Uncle Damien, are you saying that you don’t trust the police’s abilities? Or are you not willing to follow grandpa’s instructions?” Nicole’s face darkened a little. Her tone had also turned cold. ‘How dare he yell at dad! That was too much.’ 1
“Nicole’s right. Since we’ve lodged a police report, we shall wait for the result. In that case, you don’t have to bring this matter up to me anymore.” Mr. Riddle Sr. had decided.
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Mr. Riddle Sr. trusted Nicole. Even if Dillon and Damien said they had evidence, they would not have anything against Nicole.
“Grandpa, we’re the ones suffering a loss here. Why can’t you put yourself in our shoes?” Raine was so angry that her face turned pale as she spoke.
‘I thought that by gathering everyone, Grandpa would be fair. And yet, he’s still siding with Nicole. All the evidence is pointing towards Nicole. Why is he still siding with her?’
“Raine, I remember that when the branch office was in trouble, you asked Preston to return and help out. Why isn’t he here today? What did he say at that time? Could you repeat it for everyone here?” Sean glanced at Raine coldly. His calm tone gave a kind of pressure through them.
Raine’s face turned even paler. It was because Preston said that there was no other problem except that a loophole existed in the company’s system. Therefore, they did not inform Preston about the gathering. They knew that his words would be a disadvantage to them.
However, Raine did not expect Sean to know that she had approached Preston. Based on Sean’s tone, he must have known Preston’s final judgement on the matter.
“There was such a thing?” Mr. Riddle Sr.’s pupils narrowed and looked towards Raine with a stern look.
Raine’s face instantly turned pale again. She did not know how to handle the situation at that moment.
Obviously, Preston’s final conclusion was a thorn in their side. Raine could never reveal it. But if she did not reveal it, what was she supposed to do now?
Dillon glared at Raine unhappily and said, “You better shut up. No one will think you’re dumb if you keep quiet.”
Mr. Riddle Sr. had already been siding with Nicole. And yet, Raine decided to talk about the matter at this moment. The rest were out of words. Were they really going to say that Preston thought there was no issue?
They knew that they would not gain anything from Mr.
Riddle Sr. that day. But when Dillon thought of the evidence gathered, a firm look appeared in his eyes. Since it was the only way to go, they will wait for the result from the police.1 Let’s see what dad will have to say when the time comes.’
Dillon did not seem to be happy, and Raine dared not utter another word. She looked down with her pale face to avoid any attention on her.
“Dad, it’s such a rare moment where everyone’s back. It’s almost dinner time too. Why don’t we start eating?” Dexter could tell that the atmosphere was tense, so he made a suggestion with the intention of easing the mood.
“Hmph! We’re not eating anymore. My stomach is full of anger from all of you. Get out!” Mr. Riddle Sr. waved his hands and began to chase everyone out.
‘All of them have been complaining about Nicole as soon as they arrived here. Do they really think I’m blind and incapable of making judgments? Everyone only thinks about gaining that small bit of advantage for themselves.’
‘Dad, calm down. We’ll leave now and visit you another day.” Dillon was the first to stand up and leave.
“Please don’t visit me often, so I can live longer,” Mr. Riddle Sr. said angrily.
Dillon’s expression froze. Then he turned around and left.
Karen could only follow after him and leave. Snow, Raine and James had no reason to stay either.
Seeing this, Damien also brought Miley and Everett out of the house.
“Dad, we’re leaving too.” Dexter did not want to anger Mr. Riddle Sr. as well.
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-“Alex.” Dexter felt a little annoyed. He could only pretend to be strict and alert Alex. “Don’t you see that grandpa isn’t in a good mood? And yet, you’re requesting to stay?”
“It was Uncle Dillon and Uncle Damien who angered grandpa, not us.” Alex shrugged as if he had not done anything wrong. He seemed to be questioning why he should leave.
Dexter’s face darkened drastically, and he added with an even more stern voice, “Don’t speak nonsense.”
“Enough. Let’s eat,” Mr. Riddle Sr. said.
Alex immediately turned happy again. He looked at Nicole blankly. “Nicole, I need your help on a few things.”
“What are they?” Nicole was curious. What would Alex want her to teach him?
Alex scratched his head awkwardly. “I’ve just joined the company, right? But I just graduated not long ago, and I don’t have any experience in management. So-“
He has always admired Nicole’s abilities, and he respected her a lot. Therefore, he had set Nicole as his target. He wanted to work towards becoming at the same level as Nicole.
“I heard you’re doing quite well right now.” Nicole curled her lips into a smile. She knew that Alex joined Dexter’s
company, and his performance was pretty good.
“But I want to do better.” Alex seemed to be waiting for something.
“That’s true. He had been saying that you’re his inspiration to work harder. Actually, the previous time I mentioned thanking you personally was partly because of Alex as well.” Since the conversation had reached this point, Dexter revealed everything.
It was only then that Nicole finally understood why Dexter insisted on thanking her. Initially, she thought that Dexter was being very polite. So, this was the actual reason.
“I’m not good at managing a company. Emery’s focus is on games, so Alex is my only hope. Coincidentally, he has an interest in it as well. So, I hope to see if he can improve in this area.” After all, Dexter would not have the ability to teach Alex. So, he wished that Alex could learn from Nicole, and he was more than happy to have that arrangement.
“I see. It’s good that you’re self-motivated.” Mr. Riddle Sr. nodded happily. He felt comforted that his youngest grandchild had the heart to join in the company’s management. This was unlike the rest of his grandchildren.
Mr. Riddle Sr.’s gaze scanned across Stanley, Spencer, Samuel, and Emery and these boys subconsciously looked down. They were pretending as if they had not heard anything. After all, Mr. Riddle Sr’s threatening gaze was quite scary.
They were indeed uninterested in managing the company,
as they only want to do the things they like. Other than that, they think that they were quite successful already, so naturally they did not want to go home and suffer.
“Dad, it’s a good thing that the kids have their own opinions. Let them be.” Daniel comforted Mr. Riddle Sr. as he spoke. Each kid had their own achievements and that was good too.
After all, there was only one company and one Riddle family. It would be better to have this than have everyone fighting for the company.
It seemed like Mr. Riddle Sr. understood Daniel’s words, so he let out a sigh.
“Grandpa, I’m hungry. Let’s eat.” Noticing her grandfather’s sadness and melancholy, Nicole diverted his attention.
“Alright, let’s eat.” Hearing that Nicole was hungry, Mr. Riddle Sr. immediately ordered the other two families to eat at the dining room.
During dinner, the men discussed work while Gloria and Emma chatted about family matters. Everyone was having a satisfying meal.
“Grandpa, I’ll take care of the incident. So, you don’t have to worry about anything. You don’t have to bother about it as well. If you think it’s too boring to stay at home, you could visit the office,” Nicole advised Mr. Riddle Sr. in hopes that he would let go of the matter.
“Alright, I trust you.” Mr. Riddle Sr. still valued Nicole a lot. He did not believe that Nicole would do such a thing. And
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After they were done with dinner, they left the Riddle residence accordingly.
In the car, Nicole turned and looked at Jared. “Why didn’t you say anything?”
Jared was as quiet as a shadow that day. He was just sitting next to her without uttering a single word, but he still somehow gave her a sense of security.
Jared looked down at her and said, “You did an amazing job. r»
In fact, even if he was not present that day, Nicole would have also done a tremendous job by herself.
Nicole shrugged. “These people only have one goal anyway.”
In short, they only had their eyes on the benefits, which was not unusual.
“Yeah, you’re right.” Jared nodded. ‘Nicole has already seen through those people.’
“But where do you think they got their so-called evidence?” Nicole frowned slightly. She recalled that Dillion looked confident in himself as well.
“Everett gave it to them,” Jared answered steadily with a cold look in his eyes.
“Everett? How?!” She was shocked and wondered, ‘On top that, how does Jared know about this?’
She was both shocked and confused. Jared held her hand gently. “It might be a coincidence,” Jared explained softly.
Nicole finally understood now. “So… he tried to follow us after we saw him the other day.”
Thankfully, Jared had sent someone to stop him. Otherwise, Everett might have already found out about Nolan and Lana. After this incident, Jared also sent people to keep an eye on Everett, which was
when he found out about Everett’s plan.
“Dillon initially had this in mind as well, but Everett noticed his plan. So, he deliberately let Dillon ‘find out’ about the evidence that he prepared, misleading him into thinking that there was something fishy about you.” Jared’s gaze was cold.
“What a scheming guy, that Everett,” Nicole scoffed. ‘If Dillon succeeded, Everett would gain from it too. But if Dillon failed, Everett would not be caught in the blame.’
“He’s smart, alright.” Unlike Dillon, Everett knew how to lay low.
Nicole smirked and said, “Unfortunately for him though, you’re in the picture.”
Everett would have never expected Jared to find out about his plan. This only meant one thing-his plan was going to end before it even began.
“Between those two, you should be more alert about Everett, ” Jared reminded her.
“Yeah.” Nicole nodded seriously. She initially thought that they were all on the same level. But after this incident, she realized that Everett was not as simple as she thought he was.
At the same time, somewhere else, Dillon’s family had already returned home.
As soon as he stepped into their house, he went crazy.
“What’s the point of lashing out at us? You know how Dad is biased toward that freaking Nicole,” Karen fired back.
“Dad, didn’t you get the evidence already? Grandpa won’t be able to side with Nicole this time,” Snow consoled Dillon with a gentle tone.
“Yeah, Dad. Let’s come up with a plan to destroy Nicole forever. That way, everything will finally be ours,” Raine chimed in, delighted.
She did not expect Nicole to do something like that. She even got caught by them now too! ‘Let’s see what she’s going to do this time. Nicole, be prepared to hand us the shares!’
“But there’s nothing wrong with the evidence, right? Why isn’t Nicole panicking at all?” Karen asked in concern.
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If it were someone else, that person would already be freaking out by now. But Nicole being so calm just did not sit right with Karen.
“It’s obviously because she has Grandpa on her side. That’s why she isn’t worried at all. I’m just going to sit back and watch how Grandpa will favor her after the police are done with the investigation,” Raine said through her teeth bitterly.
“Yeah, I’m not going to let her off the hook so easily this time.” Dillon’s gaze turned dark. ‘I finally got this chance, and I’m not going to blow it.’
“Dad, are you going to send someone to keep an eye on them?” Raine asked softly, slightly concerned.
Dillon squinted as he nodded. “You’re right, I’ll send someone to do that.”
“Okay, we didn’t get to eat anything even though we went to the Riddle residence. Let’s eat now,” Karen said gloomily.
“Let’s eat,” Dillon agreed.
They then went to a restaurant without Snow. The determined look she had on her face was nowhere to be seen. Her smile turned to a scheming smirk as she thought,1 Nicole, it’s finally your turn to be unlucky.’
Time flew by and three days had passed.
The police had no success in Nicole’s case, and the rumors about her were always being shut down by someone.
Jared and Nicole lived normally. They worked and went home as usual, as if nothing had happened.
“It’s about time now, huh?” Nicole leaned against her seat, looking intrigued.
“They probably can’t wait any longer,” Jared’s gaze was dark.
Nicole nodded in agreement as she thought, ‘Unlike what Dillon expected, he didn’t get any reaction from us. They’re probably going insane from their anxiousness by now, so they’re probably taking action anytime now.’
Jared looked down at her with a smile.
Nicole looked up and asked, “Why are you looking at me like that?”
“I just think you look even more like a chairman now,” Jared responded with a smile.
Nicole rolled her eyes at him. “Are you poking fun at me?”
“Nope.” Jared’s eyes darkened. Little did Nicole know she was simply irresistible to Jared when she acted coquettish.
He slowly inched closer to her as he said deviously, “I’m being sincere.”
Nicole started to panic as she held her breath when she could feel Jared’s breath against her cheeks.
‘Why do I feel like there’s another meaning behind those three words?’ Nicole’s heart pounded against her chest. Unexpectedly, Jared just kept getting closer until he finally pressed her against the seat. In the very next second, a gentle kiss fell on Nicole’s lips, locking in whatever she was about to say.
The car stopped, and Nicole finally pulled herself back into reality. She realized that they were in front of the Riddle Corporation, so she quickly pushed Jared away, her cheeks flushed.
“I-I’m going down.” Nicole brushed her hair and fixed her clothes before getting down from the car, disoriented.
Jared smiled unknowingly as he watched how shy she was. However, he felt helpless as he thought, ‘We’re lawfully married…’
He watched as she went into her office and left after she disappeared from the entrance.
The tender gaze in his eyes was gone as soon as the car drove away, and the air turned cold.
“Mr. Johnston, Radiance Commerce’s goods have successfully reached Mecrounia and have taken the lead in capturing the market share. Contrastingly, Happiness Trading was just a little too late, and their profits were significantly lower than what they had expected,” Max reported.