Ch. 2666..2670: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 2666-2670

Chapter 2666

“Mrs. Wallace Sr. How have you been recently?” Tia asked. She looked embarrassed as she met Mrs. Wallace Sr.’s eyes.

“Don’t worry about it, Tia. I’m fine. Luna’s been here taking care of me. Please don’t pretend you’re fine when you’re not in the future, okay? It’s worrying,” said Mrs. Wallace Sr. with some agony in her voice.

Mrs. Wallace Sr. had overheard that Tia had gotten pneumonia and was at the brink of death due to her delay in getting treatment.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to worry everyone, especially Mrs. Wallace Sr.” Tia had guilt written all over her face.

THIS Stanley spoke up and warned, “If you don’t want anyone to worry about you, please tell us if there’s anything troubling you.”

“Well, enough about that. Everyone, let’s dig in,” he then said, clapping to get everyone’s attention.

Everyone quickly changed the topic and started chatting amongst one another.

Tia sneakily took a glance at Stanley, an unreadable look was on her face.

‘Stanley had been taking care of me for the past two days. I must’ve been a hindrance to his work, but nobody ever brought it up,’ Tia thought to herself. She suddenly felt pressure on her, though nobody asked her upfront about her relationship with Stanley.

“You’ve just been discharged from the hospital. You should be eating a healthy diet for the time being. No greasy or fried food either,” said Stanley.

It was then that Tia realized that the dish laid out in front of her was specially prepared for her.

“Thank you, Mr. Riddle,” said Tia in an awkward voice, her cheeks flushed red.

“Goodness! You guys have been friends for so many years. Why are you still addressing him like that?” Gloria asked with a raised eyebrow.

Flabbergasted, Tia dropped her fork onto the table. “Pardon? n “Look at you, calling us so formally. We’re out strangers, honey,” said Gloria.

She then turned to look at Nicole.” Nicole, you ought to do a better job in persuading her to stop addressing us like that. It feels like there’s a gap between us.” She sighed.

“Mom, it’s actually no big deal,” said Nicole, dumbfounded by the situation.

‘It’s just how Tia is comfortable in addressing everyone. Why should there be an issue about it?’ she thought to herself.

“Of course you don’t care. That’s you, not me,” Gloria retorted. She rolled her eyes at Nicole angrily before turning to look at Mrs. Wallace Sr. “Mrs. Wallace Sr., why don’t you decide? I don’t feel as comfortable being addressed as Mrs.Riddle.”

Mrs. Wallace Sr. was taken aback by the sudden inclusion into the conversation.

“Um…”

Mrs. Wallace Sr. looked at Nicole for a while, reminiscing the days when she first adopted Nicole as one of her own. Nicole had been under her care for the longest time and ever since Nicole’s disappearance a few years ago. The Riddle family had stepped in and taken care of her but the issue at hand was tricky for Mrs. Wallace Sr.

“Tia, in all honesty, it doesn’t matter what or how you address anyone. I think you can try calling him his name as a step forward,” said Gloria, making up her mind.

Nicole nodded along as she did not want to put up a fight with her mother.

“I’m here to take care of Mrs. Wallace Sr. and…” Tia trailed off. ‘How can I simply just change the way I’ve been calling him for so long? Stanley?’ “You can call me Gloria,” said Gloria, unable to restrain herself. She noticed how much Stanley cared about Tia. If he had shown interest in Tia earlier on, she would have set them up on a date. Instead, Gloria’s sudden input had made things far too complicated.

Suddenly, Stanley spoke up, “Call me Stanley.”

Stanley was also kind of done with being called “Mr. Riddle” all the time. It was like a gift from above that granted him this chance to correct her and break down the barriers between them.

All eyes were on Tia as they were looking at her expectantly. Tia bit her lip hard before taking a deep breath. “Gloria, Stanley.”

“And me too!” chirped Daniel, understanding his wife’s intention and plan.

Gloria’s face was filled with satisfaction and Daniel was grinning from one ear to the other.

“Daniel,” squeaked Tia.

MY WIFE IS A HACKER CHAPTER 2667-“From now on, we’re a family! Today’s a happy occasion, so let’s celebrate,”

cheered Gloria. She grinned happily, looking at Tia who could be her new daughter-in-law.

Stanley sneakily hid his smirk as he coolly continued to eat.

After dinner was over, Tia wheeled Mrs. Wallace Sr. out to the garden for a breather.

Meanwhile, Gloria grabbed Stanley and pulled him to the side. “What’s going on?”

“What? What do you mean?” asked Stanley, confused.

“What happened over the past two days? Did you not progress well?” Gloria bombarded Stanley, looking at him in disbelief.

Stanley had a calm expression as he answered, “Well duh, you have to stop overthinking.” Then he turned around and walked up the stairs.

“What about Cherry Jean?” shouted Gloria.

Stanley did not respond and disappeared from Gloria’s sight as he reached the top of the stairs.

Gloria shook her head helplessly. ‘I guess I should leave this to him to sort it out.’ The next day, the sun was shining brightly and everyone started their day as the usual.

Nicole had just arrived at Riddle Corporation. To her surprise, she saw Harvey Ellison standing there, waiting for her in her office.

Mr. Ellison, what brings you here so early?” asked Nicole, her expression indifferent.

“I’m here of course to thank you, Ms. Riddle,” said Harvey.

“Thank me?” replied Nicole, confused.

Harvey smirked and smiled. “Of course. I ought to thank you for arranging a paid vacation abroad for my grandfather.”

Harvey heavily emphasized on the word “my grandfather” to remind her that Thomas was his grandfather.

“Your grandfather?” Nicole echoed, raising an eyebrow.

Then, she retorted sarcastically, “Oh, you still remember that he is your grandfather. Should I throw a party to commemorate this moment?”

‘Wow, this guy finally acknowledges his grandfather and knows how to properly address him too. Shocker!’ she thought to herself.

“Is there a problem?” asked Harvey, raising an eyebrow as well. He knew that Nicole was intentionally doing this to him.

“No, not really. I mean since it’s your family matters and not mine.” Nicole paused before adding on, “Let’s put it this way.

I simply think that he well deserves a good relaxing holiday.”

‘What does he want? Was it illegal of me to send his grandfather somewhere for a holiday?’ Nicole snorted mentally.

Harvey looked at Nicole with an unreadable look on his face. There was a sharp pang in his heart and sadness washed over him.

‘There’s no point to this anymore. Grandpa has left the country and there wasn’t anything wrong with Nicole’s approach. He agreed so willingly, and no one could stop him either way,’ thought Harvey,

sulking.

“So, there’s really no need for you to come thank me here personally, Mr.

Ellison,” said Nicole in a matter-of-fact tone while noticing Harvey’s depressed look.

Harvey had lost all the energy to refute Nicole. He almost looked like a kicked puppy.

Nicole was notorious for her sharp tongue. Harvey wanted to blackmail her for sending Thomas abroad for a vacation but instead, the tables turned and they left him speechless and defenseless.

Harvey gritted his teeth while trying to regain his composure. “Even so, I should thank you for your generosity.

I even brought you a gift.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Harvey’s assistant came over and placed a gift onto Nicole’s desk.

Nicole stared at the box and quirked an eyebrow. “Mr.

Ellison, you’re too kind. I’ll accept this gift of yours and if there’s nothing else, you may leave.”

Nicole did not want to spend another minute with Harvey in her office and directly shooed him away.

MY WIFE IS A HACKER CHAPTER 2668-Harvey smirked. “Oh don’t be in such a rush, Ms. Riddle. We just finished talking about personal matters. Now let’s talk business.”

“Business? Could you be frank please?” Nicole asked in a serious tone.

Harvey sighed helplessly as he looked at the annoyed look on Nicole’s face. “It’s about the factory. They received a huge international order, and it has over stressed our production limit. So, I’m afraid I would have to ask you to pay attention to the factory for the time being.”

Nicole frowned. “International orders?”

‘I haven’t received any information regarding this bulk order,’ she recalled.

“We had just negotiated and signed off the contract for it. The order has yet to be placed into the factory’s system. I came over to give you a heads up,” said Harvey.

“Okay, I got it,” said Nicole monotonously.

Harvey was surprised by Nicole’s calm composure. “Is that all?”

“Yeah, what else is there?” asked Nicole, looking completely unbothered. She blinked at him.

Harvey almost choked. ‘How could she not have any reaction after I told her we’d be getting a bulk international order?’ “Ms. Riddle, after all, this is our factory. Don’t you have anything to say about it?” urged Harvey helplessly.

“Then I hope it’ll be a huge success for the both of us,” declared Nicole.

Harvey’s pitifulness sent chills down her spine.

Harvey suddenly smirked. “Right? Since it’s such a huge thing for us, why don’t we have lunch to celebrate this?”

Nicole looked at him, shocked. ‘How on earth did his brain hot wire to link that business he signed to buying a celebratory lunch?!’ “She doesn’t have the time for that,” a voice suddenly sounded in the room just as Nicole was trying to find an excuse to decline.

Nicole’s head shot up and looked at the direction of the voice. Instantly her eyes locked with Jared’s. Her face instantly brightened.

“What brings you here?” chirped Nicole, walking towards Jared.

On the other hand, Harvey’s facial expression darkened as he unconsciously glared at Jared. “Mr. Johnston, I see you have a lot of free time on your hands.”

Jared looked at Harvey. “It seems to me that you’re the one with a lot of free time.”

As soon as Jared finished speaking, he took Nicole’s hand and intertwined it with his. He turned and looked down at Nicole. “Is there anything you need to do now?”

“No,” said Nicole, deciding to act oblivious to Harvey’s offer earlier.

“Okay, let’s go. There’s an event we need to attend,” said Jared. He did not want to continue interacting with Harvey.

Nicole smiled. “Sure, let’s go.”

Before leaving, Nicole turned to instruct Patricia, “Send Mr. Ellison off later, and let me know immediately if there are urgent matters that need to be addressed.”

She was still held responsible for everything work related to Riddle Corporation and Harvey was by right not in the wrong for coming over to discuss work nor could she neglect it either.

“Yes, Ms. Riddle,” said Patricia. She turned to look at Harvey. “Mr. Ellison, why don’t I escort you to our conference room?”

Harvey’s eyes darkened as he watched Jared pull on Nicole’s hand and whisked her away from her office. ‘That douchebag must’ve done it on purpose.’ Patricia called out again when she noticed that Harvey was not moving. Mr.

Ellison?”

Harvey quickly snapped out of it and turned to look at Patricia. “No, it’s alright.”

Harvey quickly walked away with his assistant in tow.

Patricia smirked as she watched Harvey storm away, ‘He tried his luck, but no one can outplay Ms. Riddle herself.’

MY WIFE IS A HACKER CHAPTER 2669-Harvey stormed out of Riddle Corporation and climbed into his car. He sulked in his seat and demanded, “Drive.”

Mr. Ellison, is the project still a go?” his assistant asked cautiously. He looked at Harvey’s pissed off expression.

Harvey shot back harshly, “Why can’t we proceed?”

His assistant timidly replied, “Okay, Mr. Ellison.” He quickly revved the car engine and began to drive without another peep.

Harvey was lost in his own thoughts, looking depressed. He had a lot of things to digest, especially after Nicole had noticed his plans and sent his grandfather away to save him from his threats.

Nicole’s cold and distant attitude had thrown Harvey off. It told him that Nicole did not want to get involved with him in any way.

‘Nicole is a treacherous person, with all her calculations. I’d like to see how long Jared will stay by her side and protect her,’ thought Harvey.

Meanwhile, Jared and Nicole had just arrived at the Biz Club which was different from their usual clubs. It was more serene and calm, compared to the usual livelier clubs.

“What are we doing here?” asked Nicole, confusion written all over her face.

She looked around the room and noticed that it looked like a cocktail party.

However it looked like a social gathering at the same time. Everyone around the room wore the same serious expression, instead of chattering around with some laughter here and there.

“An international event. I was thinking that if Riddle Corporation can get their hands on it, it’d be a great boost of recognition,” said Jared to Nicole in a low voice.

Nicole’s eyes widened. She had not expected that Jared would bring her to a place like this. Moreover, she had not asked him for help, yet he brought her here to participate in an event that she had not even heard about.

‘Riddle Corporation must not be in their list to consider, seeing that I wasn’t even aware of this event happening,’ Nicole thought.

As if Jared had read Nicole’s mind, he gave Nicole a comforting smile and reassured her, ’Don’t worry. I’ll be here with you all the way.”

“Oh my, look who we have here. Mr. Johnston,” a person interrupted, walking over and talking in a loud voice.

Soon, a small group of people had begun to circle around them. “Mr. Johnston, this must be your wife, isn’t she?”

Jared took the lead and introduced, “Yes, her name’s Nicole. ■ Nicole nodded along as Jared introduced her to one after another. Nicole did not recognize any of the people Jared had introduced her to.

To her surprise, none of these people were from San Joto and instead were from different places from all over the world. They all came to attend this event.

“I didn’t expect that Mr. Johnston would be interested in a project like this. To my impression I didn’t know that Johnston Group would be up for taking on projects like these,” said a person among the small crowd that was circling them.

“Riddle Corporation takes projects like this,” said Jared casually, not hiding his intention of participating in the event. He had brought Nicole here to expose her to the event and gradually let her take part in the

project.

The people surrounding them stood there stunned for a moment before bursting into fits of laughter.

“It seems that Mr. Johnston is really willing to pass this project to a porcelain doll!”

“How can this be the daughter of the infamous family?”

Everyone was talking and laughing with one another. None of them dared to look at Nicole. It was not long before the person in charge of the event had arrived. Everyone soon began to settle in as the negotiation of the project started.

The negotiation had not gone as smoothly as intended as Nicole was still picking up the bits and pieces of how to deal with the international big shots.

‘I guess this is where the line is drawn. Every sentence they say seems to be like a piece of cake. One wrong step and you’re left far behind,’ Nicole thought to herself.

With Jared there to help Nicole, the results of the negotiation were pretty good.

Though they did not manage to bag the project, Nicole managed to become one of the project partners.

MY WIFE IS A HACKER CHAPTER 2670-After coming to an agreement on the project, Nicole and Jared bid goodbye to everyone and left the Biz Club.

Nicole was rendered speechless. “I could never wrap my head around it. How could such an important business negotiation happen at such a serene place like this?”

“You’ll gradually get used to this. In fact, some projects are completed this way,”

explained Jared, smirking.

Nicole nodded. “I see… This way, I guess one can hold a meeting with a clear mind without external factors bothering them. The success or failure of the meeting will all depend on the individuals involved, with no intervention of third parties.”

Jared interlocked their fingers together. “The most important thing here is that it saves a lot of trouble.”

Nicole shrugged. “You’re right.”

‘Afterall, the scale of this project was quite extreme. If it were to undergo a bidding or investment method, it might not even be resolved within a few months. Companies after companies would come flocking in and come at each other’s throats. The workload to process all this would immensely skyrocket, and most work done would be meaningless if it were to fail,’ she thought.

Nicole took a glance at Jared, one eyebrow raised. “This is the exclusive social circle, isn’t it?”

Jared looked down at Nicole with soft eyes. “If you put it that way, then yes.”

“Well would you look at that? It’s almost lunch time. Let’s go grab some food first,” said Nicole, humming after she scored the project.

Jared looked at her affectionately. “Sure, let’s go.”

Jared took Nicole to her favorite restaurant for lunch where they took a seat by the window while admiring the people walking up and down the street.

Glancing out the window, Nicole rested her chin on one hand and sighed. “Life goes by in a blink of an eye, without realizing that we’re all passersby by default.

Not many can stay by your side for a long time.”

“Why are you being so deep all of the sudden?” asked Jared with an affectionate look on his face.

“I just feel that ever since I came back here, I feel like I’m very lucky to have survived and escaped all that,” said Nicole.

‘If it weren’t for Nolan who sneakily came back here to participate in a competition, I would’ve never stepped foot here. I’d never have known I have missed an entire lifetime before me,’ she thought.

Nicole looked Jared in the eye. She took Jared’s hand into hers and held it tightly. “I feel grateful that fate or any divinity out there gave me the chance to come back here to be reunited with you again.”

Jared caressed the back of Nicole’s hand gently. ‘Til make sure we won’t lose one another again.”

“Jared Johnston. Thank you,” Nicole said earnestly.

“Close your eyes,” said Jared.

Nicole was confused. “What? Why?”

Jared chuckled. “You’ll find out real soon.”

“Wow, Mr. Mysterious,” muttered Nicole as she obediently closed her eyes. She suddenly felt something cold placed into the palm of her hand.

Nicole subconsciously opened her eyes and saw a small jewelry box in her palm.

“What’s this?”

“Open it and take a look,” said Jared, eyes warm.

Nicole opened the box and saw a necklace inside it. It was the exact same necklace she had seen in the magazine before. Nicole had just casually mentioned how beautiful it was before turning the page to look at other things.

She had not thought that Jared had taken note of it and bought it based on her casual remark.

Nicole’s heart fluttered. Her eyes were filled with happiness. “Thank you.”

“Come, I’ll help you put it on,” Jared offered. He took it out from the box and helped Nicole put it on.

Nicole touched the necklace after Jared had put it on for her. Her heart skipped a beat, the butterflies in her tummy doing somersaults. It was the happiest Nicole had ever been.