Ch. 2321..2325: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2321-2325

Chapter 2321

“Don’t worry. It’ll be back.’ Mr. Riddle Sr. stood up.

Seeing Mr. Riddle Sr. preparing to go back to his room, the butler asked, “You haven’t finished your dinner. Why don’t you eat some more?”

“I’ll pass. I have no appetite.” Mr. Riddle Sr. sighed.

The butler helped Mr. Riddle Sr. up the stairs and comforted him, “Don’t worry, Nicole would never do such a thing. It must be a coincidence.”

“I know she didn’t.” A thought flashed through Mr. Riddle Sr.’ s mind then. It seemed as if Nicole was giving that person a chance to commit the crime. Perhaps Nicole had already figured something out.

Mr. Riddle Sr.’s decision to have the four families investigate was merely a compromise. The situation happened right under their nose when everyone was present. It was only natural to have everyone investigate it. No matter the result, the outcome would be accepted collectively. However, Mr. Riddle Sr. still held hope in Nicole, thinking she might know something.

Meanwhile, Damien and Dillion had already left. Daniel and Dexter were in the courtyard discussing the matter,” Something doesn’t feel right.”

“Let the kids handle the matter. We’ll talk when the result is out.”

“Well, that’s all we can do for now.”

They both sighed in unison, their mood growing heavier.

“Nicole, you have to help me with this,” Ellar begged.

“What?” Nicole blinked, feeling confused. ‘What help does he want?’

“About the investigation, duh. It’s not like I know anything about it,” Ellar said, with depressing and lifeless look.

Sean glanced at Ellar and remarked, “Nicole and I need to avoid suspicion.”

“What for? There’s no way you two did it. Only fools would take that deed,” Ellar quipped. “Whoever did it must have lost their mind.”

Nicole chuckled. “Some things are useless to you, but it doesn’t mean it’s useless to others.”

Although their actions had been a little foolish, that was only if they were caught. It would have been a smart move if this act went unnoticed.

“What do you mean?” Ellar blinked his eyes, looking puzzled.

“Nothing much. Focus on the investigation.” Dexter patted Ellar’s shoulder. “But Nicole really can’t help you with this one.”

Mr. Riddle Sr. did not include them in the investigation. He even selected Steve, who had no suspicion to investigate the matter. It showed that Mr. Riddle Sr. wanted to protect Nicole by avoiding any potential suspicion. Since that was

the case, they should not involve Nicole, lest they fall into trouble.

“Oh.” Ellar lowered his head with a gloomy expression.

“You don’t have to do it. You can just copy the information Steve found,” Preston’s voice suddenly sounded, startling them.

“Why aren’t you gone yet?” Ellar asked as he thought the people from Damien’s family had all left a while ago.

Preston rolled his eyes disdainfully at Ellar, saying, “It’s none of your business. I didn’t come to look for you.”

Preston said to Steve, “Hey, I’m counting on you for this.”

“What is it?” Steve frowned, an unsettling feeling rising within him.

“The investigation of course,” Preston explained. “You know I know nothing about this. Whatever you find out would be my result too. I just need a copy.”

“Scram!” Steve barked. He had no idea how to investigate either.

 

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“Come on, you’re the boss. I’ll come to get the result when the time comes.” Preston was still happy after being scolded. He cheerfully got into the car and left.

“Hey, I didn’t promise you anything.” Steve rolled his eyes in exasperation. This was not what he meant by asking Preston to leave.

Ellar’s expression lit up as he realized the cheat code and bowed toward Steve. “Thank you, Steve. I’ll also be leaving now.”

Ellar then quickly pulled Dexter and Emma into the car and ran away, fearing that he had to stay back to investigate the matter.

“Hey! You guys have gone too far!” Steve fumed, anger boiling in him. ‘How could they? They actually shifted all the responsibilities to me, and are waiting to take advantage of what I find!’

Looking at the empty crowd, Steve rolled his eyes in frustration.

“Steve, you have to investigate this matter thoroughly. After all, it concerns your older brother and sister,” Gloria said with a worried look.

Seeing Gloria’s concern, Steve could only reluctantly promise, “I know, Mom. Don’t worry about it.”

He only blamed Preston and Ellar for not being loyal, but he was definitely going to investigate regardless.

“Dad, Mom, Let’s go,” Nicole said with a faint smile, unfazed by the situation.

Gloria felt sorry and even a hint of regret for coming to the Riddle manor today.

Helping Gloria into the car, Nicole informed Daniel, “Dad, you should go home with Mom. I’m going with Sean.”

“No problem. Don’t worry. I’ll talk to your mom,” Daniel promised, knowing the kids had other matters to discuss.

After everyone got into the car, they soon left the Riddle manor. Nicole, Sean, and Steve sat at the back of the car, watching the others drive away.

Nicole then asked, “So Sean, what’s the situation now?”

Sean shook his head. “There’s no news back to me yet.”

“What’s going on with you two?” Steve whispered. Although he had a hunch, the situation’s development still surprised and bewildered him.

“Nicole created an opportunity for them to act. We’ve already sent people to keep an still uncertain if they found anything yet,” Sean replied, his gaze slightly dark.

“But you guys…” Steve’s eyes subconsciously darted to Nicole’s arm.

“It’s fake. I dodged it at the time. She didn’t actually burn me.

” Nicole waved her arm, laughing.

The pieces suddenly fell into place for Steve. “Oh, so that’s how it is!”

“If we didn’t create an opportunity for them, we wouldn’t know when they would act. I was just going with the flow, saving them from finding another opportunity,” Nicole explained coldly, smirking.

If Damien had the audacity to target the Riddle manor, Nicole would ensure that he never got a chance to possess it.

“Well, it seems like I can relax now,” Steve said, feeling the burden on his shoulders lighten.

“Yes, you can,” said Sean.

Nicole smiled as she knew what Steve was up to.

Leaning against his seat, Steve muttered with a carefree look, “Looks like Everett is going to be the only one doing a proper investigation.”

After all, Everett’s family were the ones behind it. Everett had to investigate ‘seriously’ to at least divert their suspicion off the matter. All Steve had to do was to keep an eye on Everett to avoid him from tampering with the evidence. As for the rest of the investigation, Steve could just copy them exactly as they were.

“Don’t make it too obvious and let Grandpa catch onto what you’re doing,” Nicole reminded Steve with a glare.

“He won’t,” Steve assured complacently. “I’ll have to remind

Preston and Ellar too.”

Steve was not going to let those two lazy bastards directly copy his work.

 

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As Nicole was thinking of Preston and Ellar, she helplessly shook her head and chuckled softly. She wondered if Mr. Riddle Sr. would be angry if he knew about Preston and Ellar’s behavior when the property deeds for the Riddle family manor were lost.

‘Even if they believed me, aren’t they curious about who exactly took them?’

Meanwhile, Damien had already returned home.

“Go upstairs and check on Chloe,” Damien said, glancing at Miley.

“Okay,” Miley replied and went upstairs.

“Dad, any updates?” Everett eagerly waited until Miley’s figure disappeared at the top of the stairs before asking.

Damien shook his head. “No.”

“Why is it taking so long?” Everett furrowed his brows slightly as his expression turned solemn.

“Don’t worry. The arrangements were made with trustworthy people. They won’t have other intentions,” Damien whispered. Besides, those things were only useful in his hands, and not in anyone else’s.

“I’m just worried that delays may lead to more complications.” Everett’s tone he did trust the people his father chose.

Damien fell silent for a moment as he wondered, ‘He’s right. It has been quite a while, but why hasn’t any news come back yet?’

After a brief hesitation, he decided to make a phone call, but no one answered the phone.

“Dad, could it be…” Everett’s gaze slightly darkened.

Damien’s expression also turned grim. Why was his call unanswered? Could something have really happened?

The butler came over, appearing hesitant with an unusual expression. “Sir, two individuals have arrived outside, and it seems…”

“Speak clearly. Don’t beat around the bush,” Damien said with a touch of displeasure.

“They’re from the Riddle family manor. They’re injured and said they want to see you,” the butler reported.

Upon hearing this, Damien’s face turned sour as he said through his teeth, “Let them in.”

“Yes, sir.”

The butler was about to leave when Damien added, “Be careful, don’t let anyone see them.”

The butler paused for a moment and answered in a low voice, “Understood.”

Everett’s gaze dimmed as he watched the butler leave. “Why did those two idiots come here?”

“Let’s hear what they have to say.” Damien also appeared displeased. ‘Are they not afraid that others would be able to trace us?’

After a while, the butler brought the two individuals in.

Seeing their bruised and battered appearance, covered in bloodstains, Damien’s and Everett’s anger turned into shock.

“How did you end up like this?” They wondered, ‘How could they look so battered?!’

The two individuals hung their heads and looked somewhat dejected. “Someone put sacks over our heads and beat us up.”

Shortly after leaving the family manor, they were attacked and beaten while still in the sacks, so they had no idea who was behind the attack. They were dizzy for a long time and immediately rushed over as soon as they regained consciousness.

“Sacks?!” Damien’s face turned ashen. Who’d dare do this?!’

“Where are the items?” Suddenly, Everett’s gaze darkened as he realized that something was amiss.

“Well…” The two individuals searched themselves thoroughly, their faces turning pale as they looked at Damien. “They’re gone,” they said in a quivering voice.

Both Damien and Everett raised their voices in unison,” How?!”

Trembling, the two individuals stammered, “W-We don’t know.”

“Don’t know? Then what did you do?” Damien’s face turned dark instantly as all of their efforts had gone to waste.

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“We were knocked unconscious as soon as we left the Riddle family manor. We came here right after,” the two individuals stuttered as they recalled. They genuinely had no idea.

Everett narrowed his eyes as he took out a card and handed it to them. “Take the money and leave San Joto forever.

Don’t come back, and don’t let anyone find you. Otherwise, you can consider yourselves dead.”

“Understood.” The two individuals trembled as they accepted the card, feeling a chill down their spines.

“Please.” Everett looked at the butler.

“Yes, sir.” The butler understood Everett’s intention and led the two individuals to leave through the back door.

After the two had left, Everett looked at Damien and said,” Dad, I’m afraid we’re in trouble.”

“We’re the only ones who knew about this, so how did it get leaked?” Damien found it hard to accept such a possibility.

“The only explanation for a coincidence like this is that someone is targeting us.” Just as they had succeeded, they were suddenly attacked and lost something important. It seemed too coincidental for things to unfold this way.

Damien fell silent, his face now as dark as ink. Although he found it hard to believe, there really was no other reasonable explanation.

“We must find out who did this.” Damien gritted his teeth in anger.

‘TH arrange for an investigation,” Everett said.

Damien furrowed his brows and said, “Also, about what your grandfather asked you to investigate, it has to be handled seamlessly too.

Regardless of who took the items, the items were definitely not in the house anymore. Furthermore, Mr. Riddle Sr. would have discovered that two people were missing from the house by tomorrow morning. Naturally, suspicion would fall on those two individuals, so Damien and Everett can never let anyone find out that they were involved in this.

Everett glanced at Damien and asked, “Dad, when you bought those two men over, were you discovered by anyone? If

“No,” Damien said with confidence. There was no way he could have been discovered doing such a thing.

“Got it. Leave the rest to me,” Everett said.

Damien responded, “You have to investigate the property deeds as soon as you can too.”

“Sure.” Everett then turned and left the house.

Damien rubbed his temples and let out a tired sigh. After all the planning over these days, they ended up empty-handed.’ What a waste! But who could’ve done this?’ he wondered.

His gaze darkened slightly as he started to feel uneasy.

Meanwhile at Nicole’s house, a car stopped at the entrance.

Sean looked at Nicole, who was still in the car. “We got them.”

“Good. I’ll return them to Grandpa secretly tomorrow. After this, no one will dare think about the property deeds for the Riddle family manor again.” After all, it was known to all that they had been lost.

“You go ahead and return them.” Sean smiled.

It was indeed a better idea from Nicole. She had solved the problem once and for all.

“I think that’ll work. Let Nicole handle it. Only she can do it without raising suspicions from Grandpa,” Steve chimed in.

Nicole looked at the two of them defeatedly and said,” Alright, I’ll go.”

“Don’t worry, Grandpa probably already knows or at least has some idea about it,” Sean said calmly.

“Most probably.” Nicole nodded in agreement. She figured that Mr. Riddle Sr. surely had some thoughts about this matter.

After opening the car door, Nicole said, “I’m heading home now. You guys should also go back early. Don’t keep your wives waiting.”

“Sure. See you at the office tomorrow.” Steve waved.

After getting out of the car, she entered the house.

Steve chuckled mischievously as he watched Nicole disappear. “Oh, what a shame we have to keep this from our uncles. I really want to see their expressions.”

 

Chapter 2325

Sean glanced at Steve and said, “Just do what you need to do.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll keep an eye on Everett.” Whether it was the task given to them by Mr. Riddle Sr. or preventing Everett from tracing them, Steve was determined to keep an eye on Everett.

Sean knew that Steve understood what needed to be done, so he looked away and instructed the driver to start the car.

Soon, they left the Riddle family manor.

After entering her house, Nicole found Daniel, Gloria, and Stanley in the living room.

“What exactly happened today?” They could not ask any questions back at the old house, so now they came bursting forth.

Nicole smiled calmly. “Don’t worry. Everything will be fine.”

“Do you know something?” Stanley furrowed his brows slightly.

She briefly explained the situation and advised them, “Just pretend need to worry about anything else. Sean and I will handle it.”

“If that’s the case, then I’m relieved.” Gloria let out a sigh of relief.

Although Mr. Riddle Sr. had not said much at the time, how could Gloria not worry when it involved Nicole and Sean?

“You’re smart, alright. You were able to figure out Uncle Damien’s intentions in time. Otherwise, if the property deeds had fallen into his hands, he would’ve manipulated Grandpa into signing some

contract.” Stanley was filled with disdain as he thought about Damien’s scheme.

It was clear that Damien’s family had come up with this plan. First, they would obtain the property deeds and then manipulate Mr. Riddle Sr. into signing the documents. This way, the Riddle family manor would end up in their hands. But Mr. Riddle Sr. had clearly stated that whoever inherited the Riddle family’s legacy would do so based on their own abilities.

“They’re too cunning. We need to be cautious at all times.” Nicole’s gaze slightly darkened.

Actually, it was Mr. Riddle Sr. who had alerted her first. He had found Damien’s behavior peculiar, which is why she paid attention to their actions. In the beginning, it was only speculation, but they really took action.

It seemed that Damien’s family was truly desperate. Damien was concerned about the family manor, while Everett was colluding with Harvey. They were truly aiming for the Riddle family’s assets.

Unfortunately for them, if Nicole did not agree, they would never be able to achieve their goals easily. As far as Nicole was concerned, Sean was the most qualified to inherit the

Riddle family’s legacy.

“Ah, it’s getting late. Why hasn’t Spencer returned yet?” Gloria glanced outside, feeling a bit worried.

It was already very late. He skipped the family gathering, yet he still had not returned.

“Mom, let’s rest for now. He’ll probably be back soon,” Nicole reassured her. After all, he was on a date, and he might be reluctant to part so soon.

Gloria stood up and said, “You’re right. My kids are all grown up. It’s time for me to let go.”

They went up and Nicole went to Nolan’s room as she wanted to see Jared and the kids.

She wondered if they had spent some quality time together in the house.

When she entered the room, Nicole grinned. Jared was playing building blocks with the kids.

She walked up to them and asked gently, “What are you building?”

“A castle, Mommy! Look, this room is for you and Daddy, this is Nolan’s room, and this is mine…”

Nicole smiled as she listened to Lana. “Can I help you out?”

“Of course! It’s only our home if we build it together.”

So, Nicole joined the family bonding session and built the castle with them.