Ch. 2246..2250: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2246-2250

Chapter 2246

“That’s it,” Nicole nodded.

Lulu turned around and left the office. Then, she picked the document on the table up and started working on it.

Meanwhile, at DillCorp, Snow was wearing a sour grimace as she was sitting at her desk. She was frustrated, as she could not believe she had allowed such a good opportunity to go to waste. The more she thought about it, the more discontented she felt.

With her fists clenched, she thought, ‘No, this can’t be it. It’s not easy to come upon such a chance. I sure as hell can’t give it up.’

Snow gritted her teeth. She was determined to get Harvey to meet her even if he was reluctant to do so.

In the afternoon, the warm rays of the sun poured into the room. After she had eaten her lunch, Nicole took a break, until there were three knocks on the door.

Confused, Nicole declared, “You may enter.”

Nicole could not figure out who would come knocking at this hour. It could not be Lulu, as she had just gone out.

The door opened, and Lawrence entered with a smile on his face.

“Leo! What brings you here?” Nicole was taken aback, not expecting it to be Lawrence.

“Will you thank me if I say I have news for you?” Lawrence sat on the couch, beaming.

Nicole raised her eyebrows, for his words had piqued her curiosity. “What news?”

She then began wondering about what sort of news would be so significant that it could prompt Lawrence to tell her about it in person.

“It’s about the Ellison Group,” Lawrence smirked.

“Wait? What Group? Johnston Group? Jared?!” Nicole tensed up. ‘Has something happened to Jared?’

Lawrence’s expression darkened as he corrected her, “No, it’s Ellison. Harvey Ellison.”

Upon hearing that it was Harvey, Nicole instantly regained her composure, feeling nothing but indifference towards the issues of others. “Oh, alright. What about him?”

Observing Nicole’s expression, Lawrence felt a little depressed and disappointed. She seemed concerned when she thought that it was about Jared yet had regained her cool the instant she discovered that it was about Harvey.

“Leo?” Nicole raised her voice a little at Lawrence’s silence.

Lawrence snapped back to reality and wore his usual smile once again. “It seems that Harvey has set his sights on DillCorp. Not sure whether this is good news or bad news for you.”

Even though DillCorp existed as an entity separate from the headquarters, it was still part of the entirety of the Riddle family’s assets. As such, Lawrence was unsure if she would see the buy-over of DillCorp by Harvey as good riddance for an adversary or a pitiful loss for the Riddle family.

“So that’s why. I see what’s going on now,” Nicole sneered.

She had a feeling that Harvey might be up to something, and now, it seemed that he had set his sights on DillCorp.

“You knew about this?” Lawrence was taken aback.

He too had stumbled upon this issue by accident, and that was why he had come to warn her about it. Little did he expect that she had already been informed about it.

Nicole shook her head. “It was just a hunch. But with you here, the truth has been confirmed.”

Previously, she had no evidence, only doubts and speculations. She had planned to wait and observe the situation for a moment before coming to a conclusion, but now, she had gotten her answer.

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Lawrence flashed her a sheepish smile. “It seems to me that you won’t be in any disadvantage.”

Lawrence was worried that Harvey would not accept his requests and would even pose a threat to Riddle Corporation in the near future.

‘Perhaps I’m overthinking this. She does not have to go through me for whatever decision she is going to be making.

I guess I’ll have to put my trust in her,’ Lawrence thought to himself.

Nicole bit her lip and shot him a glance. “I must still thank you for this.”

‘With all said and done, he has personally shown up to provide me with such information just in time. I ought to thank him for this,’ thought Nicole.

“There’s no need to thank me for this. Just take it as a gesture of good will,” Lawrence replied with a smile.

“Cut the crap. Me helping you is how things should be now. You’ve given me enough aid before this,” Nicole said as she returned the smile.

‘There will be no end to it if we keep repaying each other’s favors.’

“That’s a completely different story. I told you before, whatever happened back then was done out of nothing but

good will.” Lawrence’s eyes darkened, not wanting Nicole to feel indebted to him.

Nicole raised her eyebrows, and cautiously, she replied, “ Either way, it’s not right for me to take advantage of that.”

Nicole knew that even if Lawrence had done whatever had out of the kindness of his heart, she would still not take advantage of anyone.

“Nicole, there’s really no need for you to do this. It makes things really awkward between us.” Lawrence’s eyes flashed with hurt and pain, indicating that their relationship was strained, and that they were no longer as close as they used to be.

Nicole bit her lips, and in a soft tone, she said, “Leo. We’ll always be friends.”

Lawrence paused for a moment before issuing a sigh of defeat. ‘Why can’t she see that I want us to be more than friends?’

“Want some coffee? I’ll have Lulu get some for us.” Nicole changed the subject.

Lawrence’s face became crestfallen, and that was when he suddenly stood up and said, “There’s no need forthat. I’ve said what I needed to say, I’ll be on my way.”

Instead of keeping him around, Nicole stood up and bade him goodbye, “Okay, I’ll send you off.”

After exiting Nicole’s office, Lawrence took one last hesitant glance at Nicole before stepping out of the office.

Nicole sighed mentally, as she bumped into Steve just when she was about to return to her office.

“Steve,’ Nicole called out softly. “Were you looking for me?”

“Yeah. There’s something I need to talk to you about.” Steve turned to glance at Lawrence. “What’s his deal?”

Raising her eyebrows in doubt, she asked, “Steve, why do I feel like you have some kind of beef against Lawrence?”

Nicole had never questioned Steve s belligerent attitude towards Lawrence prior to this, but having seen it twice by now, she was certain. ’It’s clear that Steve does not have a keen liking towards Lawrence…’

“Regardless of whether I have a grudge against him or not.” Steve lowered his voice before adding, “The point is you have to be careful when you’re around him.”

“What do you mean?” Nicole frowned, knowing that Steve would become defensive whenever Lawrence was mentioned in a conversation.

“I can’t fill you in on the exact details. Don’t get me wrong, but that guy is not as simple and straightforward as he seems. Do not get all sentimental and soft-hearted just because he has helped you before.” Steve told Nicole.

The more Nicole listened, the more confused she became.” Can you cut to the chase?”

“I don’t have concrete evidence so I can’t prove anything just yet. I believe you know what I’m talking about. You just need to pay more attention to things,” he finished.

Steve and Sean had been working together to gather evidence against Lawrence, but neither of them had found any that could be used against him. His record was so squeaky clean that it had aroused the suspicion of both Steve and Sean. All they could do now was to get Nicole to be on the alert until they had secured the evidence.

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After a moment of hesitation, Nicole solemnly agreed,” Alright, I know what to do.”

Nicole was still in the mist on why Steve was being such a worry wart but knowing that he did indeed look out for her, she had promised him just so that he could be at ease.

“Just be alert, okay?” Steve reminded, knowing that he and Sean were not going to give up on their investigation easily.

Nicole nodded and changed the subject, “Okay, is there anything else?”

“Yeah, here.’ Steve handed a document over to Nicole.” Sean has gotten his hands on some info about Everette. It seems that he has been getting closer to this unknown

figure as of recent. We’ve yet to find out who.”

Nicole’s eyes flickered back and forth from the document, after which she grabbed it. “Okay.”

“Sean has gotten people to keep an eye on him. I think you should be the one to see this first. If you have any ideas, you can come to Sean and me,” he reminded.

“Okay.” Nicole nodded in agreement.

Then, after seeing him off, she returned to her office.

Nicole sauntered over to her desk for a seat before opening the document, its pages filled to the brim with information gathered during investigation on Everett. Seeing them, her

eyes narrowed.

‘It seems that he disappears once every few days. Nobody knows where he had gone or would go. Everett has not shown up for the past few days either. What is he up to that he has to be so secretive?

And with who?’

Nicole suddenly remembered that it was almost time for Mr. Bennett to disclose his decision, ‘I bet Everett is sitting on the edge of his seat. I’ll give it to her if she can sit still after the announcement.’

Nicole stashed the document away as her eyes darkened.’ I’d like to see who this figure together with Everett is.’

The next day, the news had spread around like wildfire.

“What’s happening? Yesterday, NandoCorp announced that they are releasing a Beta version, and now, Riddle

Corporation is claiming that they have released a joint product today!”

“It seems that NandoCorp is being crushed by Riddle Corporation.”

“One with a beta and another with a new product. These two are not from the same league to begin with.”

People were buzzing with chatter, comparing the latest products of the two companies.

Meanwhile, Nicole was sitting at her desk as she read the news in real time.

“Nicole, I think Everett must be really pissed this time!” Lulu exclaimed in triumph.

‘This ought to set them straight for stealing our projects.’ Nicole smiled without responding to Lulu.

‘I don’t want to know or care if he’s fuming mad. But what I do know is that he has shown his true colors.’ Nicole’s eyes narrowed as she delivered a message Sean to remind him that they needed to employ extra measures against Everett.

Sean replied in a split second, telling Nicole that he would provide her with the updates soon.

A faint smile crossed her face as she placed her phone away. ‘The news should come soon. This is the calm before the storm.’

“Nicole, are you hiding something from me?” Lulu asked in a low voice upon noting Nicole’s expression.

Nicole raised her eyebrows, and with a smirk, she asked,” How do you know?” “I know you inside and out. I’m guessing this person is going to be unfortunate,” Lulu declared.

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Nicole chuckled a little, after which she told Lulu, “I don’t know if they’re going to be unfortunate, but what I do know is that I might have solved a mystery because of this.”

“Is it Everett or Snow?” Lulu asked, her eyes brimming with curiosity.

Nicole shrugged. “Everett.”

“She’s just,” Lulu guffawed.

The product Riddle Corporation had released had overtaken the beta version of the same item that his company had doled out. ‘I discovered what he was up to in the nick of time. If and when he finds out, he will be pissed.’

Meanwhile, at NandoCorp, Everett came rushing into the office in a panic, his face grim and sullen.

“Mr. Riddle? What should we do now?” his assistant anxiously asked.

No one at the office had envisioned that this would happen, especially after they had bagged such a successful project from the Riddle Corporation.

“What should we do? What can I even do?!” Everett shrieked, irritated at her assistant.

Startled, his assistant lowered his head, and the rest of the office fell into deep silence.

Eventually, Everett calmed down and ordered, “Tell Sky Corporation to change the plans as soon as they can.”

“Change the plans? But we have already started experimenting.”

At that point, it was already too late to make any changes, as their product was already in the phases of experimentation and finalization.

“Scrap everything! The beta version we released is useless.”

There was no point in saving their beta project at this juncture. Even if they placed the PR and Marketing department on overdrive for this product, the market would still create an imitation of their beta version, and with ease too, unless they could come up with something even more appealing.

Everett did not want to waste any more time. ‘I have to minimize the losses. Otherwise the only option I have is to scrap everything and start from scratch.’

His assistant agreed. “Yes, Mr. Riddle.”

Everett was left utterly crestfallen as he contemplated his next move, and he kept at it until his phone suddenly rang.

Everett shot his phone a glance, and that was when his expression changed. “You go ahead and sort things out.”

“Yes, Mr. Riddle.” His assistant left.

Then, Everett took a deep breath before answering the call. ” Hello?”

“Everything is smooth sailing on my end, but yours seems…,” his correspondent coldly said over the phone.

“No, please listen to me. I can explain.” Everett broke out in cold sweat.

“Explaining won’t solve anything.”

“No… hello? Hello?” Everett became annoyed when the other person hung up on him.

He gritted his teeth, hurried out of the office, and drove away. Little did he know that a car was tailing him from behind.

As night fell, the lights of Riddle’s Residence came to live, with the Riddle family having dinner happily.

“Mom, were you busy the entire day today? How was it?” Stanley asked Gloria.

“I checked a few interior design companies out, but I’ve opted to leave the final decision to Samuel and June.” Gloria smiled.

“Now that marriage is in the talks, why do I feel like our mom’s looking even happier?” Stanley said, cracking a joke at the sight of his mother being so elated.

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“Of course, when you all get married, your mom and I can finally be at ease.” Daniel looked at Stanley and Spencer, as if to suggest that the both of them were the odd ones out.

“Don’t look at me, you should be saying this to Stanley,” Spencer quickly protested, arguing that he had a girlfriend, and that Stanley was the only one among them who was still single.

In a split second, Daniel redirected his glance to Stanley, who threw his arms up as if in surrender. “Pretend I never said anything.”

Stanley had always been a person who did not have a hoot to give about relationships, let alone marriage. As such, he did not mind if his younger siblings got hitched way before he did.

Daniel and Gloria both exchanged glances, after which they each issued a sigh of defeat. Both were praying that Stanley would soon understand where they both were coming from.

Stanley quickly scarfed his food down to divert everyone’s attention.

“Forget it. Let’s dig in.” Daniel said, giving up on convincing Stanley.

Gloria began to dig into her food too.

“Mom, Dad. Don’t worry about things like these. Marriage

isn’t something we take lightly. Who knows that after Spencer gets married, perhaps Stanley might even get himself a girlfriend,” Nicole posited.

Gloria nodded. “Ah, at least Nicole understands.”

Gloria glanced at Stanley as she spoke, causing him to scarf his food down even faster. Not once did he lift his head up thereafter as he kept his eyes on the plate.

Having noticed Stanley’s behavior, Gloria dropped the idea entirely. She shook her head and urged everyone to eat up, before proceeding to gush about Spencer and June’s wedding as it was the only exciting news for her to look forward to.

Once dinner was over, the Riddle family all sauntered over to the living room to lounge about.

“Mom, I’ll be heading up first, I have to continue writing my thesis,” Stanley said, finding an excuse to flee from his parents’ grasps.

“I’m going to leave too. There’s a new score I must study on, ” Spencer followed suit.

He was afraid that after Stanley had left, he would be the next to be placed under the spotlight.

Gloria wore a blank look on her face as she watched her two sons scrambled away. ‘It is true when they say that daughters are more considerate than sons. Nicole’s the youngest and she has never gotten me to worry about her. My sons on the other hand…’

“Mom, Dad. You can head up to bed. We can take care of Lana and Nolan,” Nicole said to Daniel and Gloria.

“Alright, you guys better not stay up too late.”

Soon after, the old couple left for their bedroom to get themselves some sleep.

Nolan and Lana were still engrossed with the TV show they were watching when Nicole went up to them. “Nolan, Lana? It’s time for bed.”

“Okay.” The two of them quickly switched the TV off and headed upstairs with Nicole and Jared.

Nolan had just entered his room when he saw a pop-up on his computer. In an instant, he hurried over and clicked on it a few times. To his surprise, however, there was no pop-up at all.

“Mommy, there’s progress!” Nolan shouted in enthusiasm.

Nicole quickly rushed over to check on the mission she had posted, and that was when she noticed that someone had accepted it. Her eyes widened in shock before a solemn look took over.

Nolan quickly climbed off his seat. Then, Nicole quickly sat down and waited for the updates from the person. However, there was none.

“Mommy, what does this mean? They accepted the mission and they’re not giving us any updates!” Nolan yelled out in confusion.

‘Mommy was the one who posted the mission. Why did they accept it without proceeding? It makes no sense unless they’re clueless. But then, how could they simply accept the mission? Or are they prying for answers, just like they had done last time?’ Nolan pondered.

Nicole quickly came over to assess the situation and that was when she saw that someone had accepted her mission. Earlier, she had ensured that she had rerouted her IP address so that no one could track her down.

“Mommy, do you think he accepted it and had logged off to do some research?” Lana blinked her eyes as she asked.

Jared picked Lana up into his arms. “Lana is right.”

“Yes, I was right! I’m smart!” Lana boasted. ‘Daddy agreed to what I said, which means I’m right! I can finally help them!’