Ch. 2251..2255: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2251-2255

Chapter 2251

“Very clever, indeed.” Jared bopped Lana’s nose with a smile.

In turn, Lana giggled with satisfaction.

“Mommy, should we continue to wait for him?” Nolan asked, glancing at Lana before turning to look at Nicole.

“Let’s wait for a while longer,” Nicole replied. ‘This might be our only hope.’

“Okay.” Nolan nodded obediently, not daring to make any decisions on his own.

Then, Nicole softly caressed Nolan’s head. “Come on, let’s go to bed.”

“Okay.” Nolan nodded in agreement.

After that, Jared shot them one last glance and said, “I’ll go put Lana in bed.”

“Goodnight, Mommy. Goodnight, Nolan.” Lana waved her tiny arms.

“Good night.” Nolan waved back.

“Go take a shower and get ready for bed.” Nicole patted Nolan on the back to usher him to the bathroom.

Nolan then grabbed his pajamas and waddled to the bathroom, and not long after, he emerged wearing them.

Nicole watched as Nolan climbed onto his bed, after which she tucked him in.

“Mommy, are you and godfather never going to be together? ” Nolan asked through gritted teeth.

Nicole sighed, staring at him as her eyes brimmed with love. “Nolan, your godfather and I can only be friends.”

“Is it because of Daddy?” Nolan said, trying his best to sputter out the word ‘daddy’.

“No,1 Nicole lowered her voice. “Even if I didn’t come back here and meet your daddy, your godfather and I would only ever be friends.”

Nicole had made it clear that even if these turns in her life had not occurred, she and Lawrence would never be an item. Regardless of whether they were on the island or not, Nicole’s sole goal was to take good care of both her children. Lawrence had, and would never be a part of her plan in life, even though she was eternally grateful for his help.

Gritting his teeth, Nolan groaned, “Oh.” He thought, ‘It didn’t work!’

Having noticed the grimace on his face, she gently patted his head. “Nolan, you’re still too young to understand what Mommy is saying right now, but when you grow older, you will.”

Nicole understood that Nolan was still young and lacked sufficient understanding of feelings and emotions.

‘It is clear that Nolan and Lawrence are inseparable, though we can’t be together as a family. It is a certainty that Lawrence has played a large part in his life, despite not being his birth father. Being his godfather is the next best thing for Nolan, after all.’

“Alright, Mommy. I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight,” he said.

Hearing that, Nicole planted a kiss on Nolan’s cheek. “Good night, baby.”

Then, she switched the bedside lamp off before turning to leave Nolan’s room, but once she was out, she bumped right into a sturdy figure. “Why are you out here standing and not in our room?”

“I’m waiting for you.” Jared looked at Nicole before lifting her off her feet.

“Hey! What do you think you’re doing?” Nicole lowered her voice, glaring at Jared.

“Going back to our room.”

As soon as Jared had spoken, he took large strides toward their room with Nicole in his arms.

Following the gesture, Nicole could feel her heart pounding in her chest, her shaky hands inadvertently gripping onto the hem of Jared’s clothes.

Jared looked down at her, flashed her a wicked smile, and made a beeline for their bed.

Then, their fingers intertwined, and in a soft, coquettish voice, she called out, “Jared Johnston.”

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Jared gently placed Nicole down on their bed, whereupon he smoothed her hair out and gave her a peck on her lips.

With their breaths hitching as they both ascended to cloud nine, Nicole kissed back, succumbing to the heat of the moment. The couple then got lost in one another’s presence as Jared deepened the kiss.

The next day, the sun shone bright and warm as Nicole flickered her eyes open. She pecked Jared in the cheeks, which turned red at once.

“Come on, let’s get up,” Nicole said, gently patting on Jared.

In response, Jared curled his lips into a smile, “Okay.”

Soon after, the two of them got themselves ready and went downstairs for breakfast. And one after another, the entire family slowly came down and sauntered into the dining room.

“Steve, why are you here?” they asked, surprised to see Steve at the dining table having breakfast.

“Did you guys fight?”

“Did you do something to hurt her?”

A barrage of questions struck Steve, who turned to glare at Spencer and Stanley. “Shut up. Don’t screw with my image now.”

“What brings you here so early?” Nicole inquired calmly.

“There’s something I need to tell you all. It’s nothing urgent. My wife went to her mother’s house and eating alone is kinda boring, so I came here.”

Stanley did not live too far away, so it was convenient for him to pay the family visits every now and then.

“Oh,” Nicole nodded, having gotten the hint that there was news about Everett.

“Let’s dig in,” Daniel declared as he ushered everyone to start eating.

“Let’s eat!”

With that, everyone quickly dug into their food.

After breakfast was over, Spencer and Stanley were the first ones to leave, followed by Nolan, Lana, and Tia.

Nicole turned to look at Jared, “You don’t have to send me there today. I’m following Steve to work.”

Jared looked down at her, and in a low voice, he said, “If there’s anything you need, please make sure to tell me first.”

Nicole raised her eyebrows, as it dawned upon her that Jared truly did know much about her.

She nodded “I know.”

A smile appeared on her lips as Jared shot her another glance to ensure that she had gotten the message before he made his way out of the house.

After Jared had driven off, Nicole turned around to look at Steve, “Let’s get going.”

“Okay.” Both of them bade their parents their goodbyes before they too left the premises.

After buckling up Nicole went straight to the point and asked, “What did you find?”

Steve’s expression darkened as he replied, “Sean told me that it is an enemy of ours.”

Nicole narrowed her eyes, and slowly, she blurted an all too familiar name, “Harvey Ellison.”

Steve was impressed that Nicole had nailed her guess right off the bat. “You’ve been suspicious of him, haven’t you?”

“Not really. I just think, based on what I can gather about the situation, there wouldn’t be anyone else.”

‘Since Steve had mentioned that it was an old friend, it has just confirmed my suspicions of him.’

“True. Everett went over in person to meet up with Harvey. It’s quite surprising, at least for someone who’s been silent for five years to be up to no good.”

‘I bet that he thinks that he’d succeed this time around,’ Nicole thought as she bit her lip.

“So, for the past five years since my disappearance, he hasn’t been active or targeting our company?” she asked.

“Yeah, something like that.” A thought came to mind as Steve turned his face to look at Nicole with a strange

expression on his face.

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“Heh.” Nicole chuckled lightly. ‘Since that’s the case, let’s settle everything at once.’

“Nicole, what do you think Harvey is planning to accomplish by helping Everett deal with Uncle Dillon? And about Sky Corporation, do you think it could also be Harvey’s doing?” Steve’s gaze slightly darkened as he asked.

Nicole coldly snorted. “You’re probably right.”

She knew that Steve and Sean had guesses of their own already, and if anything, their thoughts might even be similar to hers. The only problem was that they lacked the evidence to prove it for now.

“What do you plan to do with Uncle Dillon?” Nicole asked, feeling a little conflicted.

If she interfered, she felt that it would be hard for her to be fair and just as Dillon and his family had gone too far. But if she did not step in, it would result in a disgraceful situation, as an outsider would take DillCorp, which was ultimately still a part of the Riddle Family.

“We’ll take action when the time comes.” Nicole smiled with a look of confidence.

And as they have already gotten to know about this, they could obviously not allow Harvey and Everett to succeed.

After thinking for a moment, Steve mustered a look of surprise and said, “Are you saying that…?”

After shrugging her shoulders, Nicole candidly said, “If there are benefits involved, how can we let someone else take advantage of them?”

“Yeah, that’s exactly what I was thinking,” Steve agreed, thinking that it was time to strike back too.

Nicole smiled and shook her head as she looked at Steve. She liked it when he would go around gloating like that.

Soon, the two arrived at the Riddle Corporation headquarters.

Just as they had gotten off the car, they happened upon Sean and Jane.

“Hey Sean, Jane,” they greeted, whereupon they entered the building together.

In the elevator, Sean glanced at Steve, who nodded, signaling an unspoken understanding between the two.

Sean knew that Steve had already told Nicole everything, so he did not bring it up. They just needed to wait quietly for the results to come into fruition.

After getting off the elevator, everyone headed to their respective offices.

“Nicole.” Lulu followed Nicole into the office as soon as she saw her.

“What’s the matter?” Nicole raised an eyebrow and looked at her with a hint of amusement in her eyes.

She had a rough idea of what Lulu wanted to talk about.

After all, she had also paid attention to the news on her way here, but she was certain that Lulu, the queen of gossip, knew more.

Seeing the expression on Nicole’s face, Lulu realized that Nicole had already known, so she pouted and said, “You already know about it.”

“Just a little,” Nicole nodded and admitted.

She had only seen a tiny bit of the news online, and she was confident that she did not know as much as Lulu, aptly labeled the queen of gossip.

Hearing this, Lulu beamed and began sharing the juicy details with Nicole.

“I really didn’t expect that! Snow actually had the audacity to climb into someone else’s bed! She must be utterly humiliated right now, hahaha…” Lulu burst into laughter.

Nicole raised her eyebrow a little. When she saw the news, she was rather taken aback too.

“Not only did she offer her body, but she had also deliberately gotten it on camera too. She really shot herself in the foot this time.” Lulu scrunched her face up in disdain.” Say, how did she end up in the wrong room?”

This was the biggest joke of the week among the upper class elites in San Joto. If Snow could not marry Harvey, she would be deprived of a future. Now, the questions remained: would Harvey still want her?

Nicole squinted as she asked, “How did she know Harvey would be staying in that hotel?”

This was San Joto, and the Ellison family had countless properties to their name. Did Harvey have nowhere to stay? Did Harvey really have to choose that hotel in particular? It was also too much of a coincidence that Snow happened to know about it.

Lulu’s eyes widened in surprise. “You mean… No way!”

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So, Harvey had planned everything out. But why did he do it?

He had been avoiding Snow all along, and yet, he had allowed her to know where he was staying. When she approached him, he rejected her and stirred a scandal up. Even with the sequence of events in mind, Nicole could not understand Harvey’s intentions.

Her gaze turned cold as she said, “For having endured a great deal, Snow is probably getting her compensation soon, n

Harvey must have had his own reasons for doing this. She guessed that Snow had naively taken the bait, thinking that she had finally won Harvey’s heart.

Nicole guessed that Snow would finally get to see Harvey in person and receive words of comfort from him, and perhaps even aid. At that point, Snow had likely thrown her rationality to the wind.

“Things are getting fun at DillCorp,” Nicole commented with a touch of sarcasm.

“What about your plan? Will it go smoothly?” Lulu asked, not concerned about anything else as she was just here for the drama.

All she cared about was Nicole and her plan.

“I will make sure it goes smoothly,” Nicole replied resolutely.

She had already gotten an idea on how to deal with DillCorp, but now that Harvey had intervened, she decided to include him in her plan as well.

Seeing Nicole’s confidence, Lulu gave her a nod of approval. “That’s good.”

“Alright, the show has been fun enough. Get back to work,” Nicole teased.

“Understood.” Lulu playfully poked her tongue out and walked off.

Nicole shook her head and opened the documents that had been stacked up on her desk.

Meanwhile, at DillCorp. Snow was staring wide-eyed at the news on the internet, her face blanching as she gnashed her teeth in anger. ‘Stupid paparazzi. I didn’t pay them to capture this! How could they publicize such an embarrassing incident!’

“Miss Snow, I’ve managed to suppress the news. It will disappear soon. But…” Her assistant hesitated.

“But what?” Snow frowned in displeasure, irritated by the slow response.

In return, her assistant gritted her teeth and said, “You should still apologize to Mr. Dillon.”

Naturally, this incident had also affected the company, making Dillon furious, and rightfully so. Things would become even more sour if Snow did not handle it properly.

Snow’s face turned even paler as nerves wracked her. She had not thought about how to explain this to her father.

But there was no escaping it; she had to go and see him. Before she could come up with an explanation, however, the secretary came striding in.

“Mr. Dillon wants to see you,” the secretary informed her.

“Okay.”

Snow had no choice but to comply, and eventually, she made her way to Dillon’s office.

“Dad, I…”

Before Snow could utter another word of explanation, Dillon cut her off, “Is this what you call helping?”

He believed that Snow was only trying to fulfill her own plan and was just using the company as a steppingstone.

“Dad, please listen to me.” Snow panicked. “I thought that having a closer relationship with the Ellisons would be more beneficial for the company.”

“Are you trying to help the company or help yourself?” Dillon asked, evidently displeased.

“It’s a two-way street. If I’m doing well, the company will too. Just like how I’ll do well only if the company does well,” Snow timidly said, wearing a crestfallen expression on her face.

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As Snow’s attitude seemed pleasant and accommodating, Dillon’s tone and volume softened a little as he said, “Good that you’re aware of that.”

“Dad, I made a mistake this time, but I won’t give up. Once we have the Ellison family’s support, it won’t matter how capable Nicole is. We won’t be any less powerful or influential than her, and Grandfather won’t favor her blindly any longer.” Snow advised while observing Dillon’s reaction.

Although Dillon did not utter a word, it was evident that he was considering Snow’s words.

Her lips curled up slightly, and she felt relieved that her father was not scolding her. In addition, this meant that she could continue to stay in the company.

“Dad!” Suddenly, Raine suddenly walked in, surprised to see Snow.

A frown of displeasure came over his face at once. “You’re getting more and more impolite.”

“I’m here to report something. I didn’t expect Snow to be here too,” Raine quickly regained her composure, pretending to be meek and proper.

Snow shot a glance at Dillon and, upon noticing that he was silent, she responded, “I was just about to return to my office. You can go ahead and report away now.”

She then left Dillon’s office.

His expression darkened a little after Snow had left, and that was when he asked, “What’s the matter?”

“Well, I’m about to sign the project I was talking about. So, I just wanted to ask you if there are any other conditions to be added,” Raine asked seriously.

“Nope,” he replied with a grimace on his face. “You’ve been in the company for so long. Do you really have to ask me about things like these?”

Raine’s expression shifted a little, but she forced herself to remain calm as she said, This project is important to the company, so I want to confirm it with you again. I don’t want any mistakes.”

“Alright, you can leave now,” Dillon waved his hand, signaling for her to leave.

He was still unsure about Snow’s plan, but he had somewhat agreed with her. If she could get close to Harvey, they would not have to worry about sucking up to Mr. Riddle Sr. anymore. Mr. Riddle Sr. would not put all his attention on Nicole anymore either, and that was when the old man would begin to notice them.

Once Raine was out of the office, she quickly returned to her own office.

“How did it go?” James inquired the moment she stepped in.

“Hmm, she definitely had other motives when she joined the company.” Raine gritted her teeth.

She had only left to discuss a project, but things had undergone a drastic change upon her return. Not only did Snow join the company, but she had also gotten herself involved with Harvey. It seemed to her that her father was not too bothered by Snow’s scandal either, so they were probably still looking to enlist Harvey’s help.

If Snow really managed to rekindle her relationship with Harvey, Raine would be the one left to face the humiliation alone.

After all, she was not the only one who had gotten herself transferred to a second-rate university years ago. But today, she was the only one who had married into a second-rate family.

“We should be more cautious about this. If Harvey and Snow end up together, our position in both the company and the family will be compromised. Not to mention, the inheritance rights…” James paused midway.

“Do you think Harvey is targeting the Riddle family?!” he asked.

After all, if Harvey really had feelings for Snow, he would not have allowed her to stay single for so many years, just to make a move now.

Raine’s face blanched as well. ‘How did I not think of that before?’

“What should we do now?” Raine began to panic.

“We should wait and observe while we gather evidence. We absolutely cannot let Harvey succeed.” James’s eyes darkened.

“Alright, I’ll follow your lead,” Raine said through gritted teeth.

She was determined to take everything from the Riddle family. She could not bear to endure all the mistreatment alone. She would never accept it, not after those years.

As night fell, the tired birds returned to their nests, and the busy day came to an end. During rush hour in the evening, the streets were filled with vehicles and pedestrians bustling about.