Ch. 416..420: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 416-420

Chapter 416

The classes for the day ended in a blink of an eye, and Nicole picked up her bag as she walked out.

Gary looked at her back as he got up and wanted to chase after her.

Just as he was about to zip up his bag, he was suddenly patted on the back.

Gary looked back irritably, thinking that it was Jack and Wayne pulling some kind of prank.

Yet, what entered his gaze was Vivian's slightly shy face.

Gary's impression of this girl remained at the level of being the class rep, and her studies were decent.He did not know her at all, let alone be familiar with her.

When he turned back and saw her, Gary was faintly surprised.

"What are you looking for me for?"

He did not think that Vivian would be stopping him here for no reason.

Vivian looked at Gary standing before her.She had already taken notice of him since the first day of school.

To her, he was not only the youngest child of the Finley family, but he was also cold yet handsome, like a character out of fiction.

When she helped him register for school, his cold eyebrows seemingly came alive, as if his gaze toward her was hers alone.He said he was Gary Finley.

Vivian inexplicably felt that his name was not on the register, but instead, he was personally told that he was Gary Finley.

That was when the illusion began, ambiguous and hazy.

It was then that Vivian fell into a cage she had set for herself.

Just like now, as Vivian looked at Gary, who seemed to be very pleasant, a genuine smile appeared on her face.

‘Look, I knew it.Gary treats me differently"

Yet, as she dithered and did not speak, she failed to notice Gary's — who wanted to chase after Nicole — impatient eyes.

Vivian recomposed herself as she put forth her best class rep poses as she asked Gary.

"Gary, the Math Olympiad is tomorrow.How's your preparation?"

She was worried about her personal exam results back then and did not participate in the Math Olympiad with Gary.

Now she was so regretful her insides turned.

After Gary heard Vivian's question, his expression did not change much.

He assumed that she was just worried about the class' overall grades and asked about it.

"No need to worry about it.Just that I'm not sure if I can get first place."

He was definitely in contention for prizes, but whether he could clinch first place or not, Gary could not say that he had a hundred percent confidence.

Vivian looked at the boy standing before her.

Her heart tightened a little when she saw him frown.

"It's okay, Gary! You're already awesome enough.In the end, it's all because of Nicole making that meaningless bet! She isn't good at all, yet she's still acting tough.For some reason, Ms.Emerson trusts her a lot now, that even I'm no match for her..."

As she went on, Vivian started to complain non-stop.

Gary's expression became more and more irritable.

His upbringing did not allow him to interrupt her directly, and as he listened to Vivian's increasingly outrageous aspersions against Nicole, his eyes gradually turned cold.

"Enough."

Vivian looked at Gary, whose eyes had a fit of anger in them, in shock, not realizing where she had provoked him.

Gary could not be bothered with her as he zipped up his bag and slung it over his back before walking out, without even turning his head back.

Vivian looked at his cold back and clenched her fist angrily.

A completely different twist took hold in her eyes.

Everything she said just now was targeted at Nicole.

She had thought that Gary had seen through Nicole's real person and would definitely be in agreement with her.

Yet, she did not expect him to react like this! Thinking of this, Vivian's expression became extremely sullen.

If she was not wrong, there were no books in Gary's half-opened bag just now.

There was only a shirt inside it!

 

Chapter 417

'My eyesight is good.I saw the handwriting on the shirt...It was Nicole's signature I have seen countless times on her homework! 'For Gary to have Nicole's signature in his bag only means one thing: he has betrayed me!' Vivian looked at Gary's departing silhouette as she bizarrely calmed down.

‘I cannot blame him.It's all that succubus, Nicole's fault.

‘Harvey was right, that Nicole is totally a demon!'

Thinking of this, Vivian walked to Nicole's already empty desk and toppled it onto the ground.

The latter's books then scattered all over the floor, yet Vivian did not hold back and instead viciously stomped on it a few times.

There were a few classmates who had not yet left and were looking at her in shock.

Vivian then let out a gentle smile.

"I'm fine.It's just that the stress for the exam is a bit high."

As she said that, she walked back to her seat, packed up, and left.

Nicole first went to the cafe and drank a cup of coffee made by Jared himself as she went through her workbook.She then looked at her phone and urged Austin to come over to study.

The latter then replied with an emoji of him rushing over.

A smile appeared in Nicole's eyes before quickly disappearing.She gently tapped her finger on the wooden table.Her expression was impassive.

Nicole sat where Jared often sat, and it was by a tall window.

The golden sunlight shone through the white curtain onto her face, making her look inexplicably serene.

Claus happened to catch a passing glance and was stunned for a moment.

It took him a while before he snapped back as he took his phone out and wanted to take a photo of the beautiful girl.

Her slightly disheveled hair floating next to her snow-white face looked extremely immaculate and beautiful.

Just as she was inside his shutter frame, the girl's figure suddenly disappeared, and in her place was the back of a tall man.

Although this back was wide-shouldered and narrow- waisted, with a cold pride to it, it was the back of the man that Claus was most familiar with.

Claus looked at his boss, giving him a warning glance as he put down his phone.

‘It's just a photo of Miss Nicole.You sure are stingy, Mr.Johnston!' Claus resentfully returned to stirring the syrup in the mixer as he started working again without daring to utter a word.

'It's hard enough to get a job at this day and age, might as well cherish it"

Nicole did not notice the undercurrent between the two as she looked at Jared, who was walking toward her, and the chill in her eyes melted away.

"Not busy today?"

When Jared heard her question, he raised his eyebrow.

There was a tinge of reservation on his face that was inconsistent with his temperament.

"As long as you're around, I'm not busy."

When Claus heard that, he had goosebumps all over.

‘You're not busy, sure, but I sure am!' Nicole understood what he meant between the lines a s she looked at him playfully before she stopped talking and instead cast her gaze outside.

"What are you looking at?"

 

Chapter 418

She heard Jared asking softly.

Nicole did not answer, but a tinge of emotion appeared in her eyes as she looked at the brilliant sky outside before sighing softly inwardly.

‘What nice weather, yet it is not long enough"

Nicole looked back, and Jared was sitting opposite her, leaning back lazily on the chair.

Yet his aura was still imposing.His eyes had deep contours, and with it was an indescribable distant and cold air about him.He was like the icy moon hanging in the sky that will never come close to the mortal realm.

Seeing Nicole looking over, his beautiful eyes curved a little.

"What's the matter?"

It was a gaze so brilliant that it enthralled everyone.

There were many women after his affection.

There was Chloe trying to get close to him at Nottingbrook, and there was Lyana falling head over heels for him.

His identity was extraordinary, and this sort of annoyance was inevitable.

Nicole felt that there was a reason why Mrs.Wallace Sr.liked him the most.

She felt inexplicably conflicted as she gently leaned forward and looked him in the eye, with a tinge of iciness in her voice.

"What will you do if I need to leave for a period of time?"

When Jared heard the question, he instantly blurted out.

"Where are you going? Let's go together."

The moment he said that, both of them were dumbstruck.

Jared was now contemplating seriously.

After all, he had never had to worry about the question of separation, and now with Nicole raising the question, he spoke his heart's desire without even thinking.

It was as if it was natural.

Nicole totally did not expect this answer.

She seriously considered the feasibility of this plan fora few seconds before answering.

"No."

She wanted to look for Carl after her exams, but the journey will be perilous, and she had no way to guarantee his safety.

When Jared heard her answer, something flashed across his eyes, but he did not insist and instead softly said.

"Then I'll wait for you."

Nicole looked at him as a smile soon appeared in her eyes.

Her voice was calm yet comforting.

"Alright."

Just as the two were talking, Austin and the gang rushed over like a hurricane, and Nicole could hear him from afar.

"Boss! I'm here!"

Sammey was behind him with a disdainful look on his face, yet when he saw Nicole, his eyes lit up.

"Boss! The Math Olympiad is tomorrow.How are your preparations?"

Nicole looked at him and softly said, "Decent enough.Austin knew that his boss was humble, but after some pondering, he realized that the Math Olympiad was known to be difficult, so he was wondering if he should not be putting more pressure on her.

"Boss, decent enough is good enough.Just do as much as you can.It doesn't matter if you don't ace it."

Nicole looked at him and said nothing.

Instead, she just got up and prepared to go upstairs.

"Let's go.The final revision."

Jared sat there, and as he looked at Nicole's back, a thought appeared in his mind.

Chapter 419

After Nicole was done giving tuition to Austin and the others, she returned home.

She first gave Mr.Riddle Sr.a comprehensive examination.

Once she was sure that he had fully recovered, she nodded with satisfaction.

"Grandpa can eat as usual now, and it's no longer necessary for him to stay in bed.Suitable meals and exercises will help with his recovery."

Daniel, who was seated by the side, nodded.

Mr.Riddle Sr.was elated.

He had enough of being bedridden and immediately got down to walk a few circles.

By the time he returned to his bed, Mr.Riddle Sr.had looked at Nicole before him.

As if he was reminded of something, and he asked with a serious tone.

"Is it the Math Olympiad tomorrow?"

Seeing Nicole nodding, Mr.Riddle Sr.sighed deeply as he said, seemingly having given up, "Just treat it like a game.I'm not asking you to score well in the Olympiad, but just don't come back with zero again."

He sounded as if the Olympiad would end up as a tragedy for Nicole.

Dillon had just walked in and heard his father's compromise with Nicole and was a little unhappy.

"Dad, what's the matter? Don't you know that Mr.Wyance will be personally attending the awards ceremony of that Math Olympiad? If he sees a child of the Riddle family being so poor in her academics, we can probably forget about that land!"

Daniel, however, looked at Nicole with confidence in his eyes.

"Nicole will never be like what you've said!"

In his heart, his daughter was definitely not such a pushover.

‘Back then, it must've been the first time Nicole encountered San Joto's Math Olympiad questions, and that was why she scored zero.

‘As long as she puts in her normal effort, even if she does not win any prizes, she will not hold anyone back either!' thought Daniel.

Nicole looked at Daniel as she heard that.

His face was full of expectations of her, and her expression softened.

She turned around and looked at Mr.Riddle Sr, her voice firm.

"I will definitely take the first place!"

"WHAT?! Take first place?"

Not only Dillon, even Damien, who had been silent thus far, laughed.

‘No matter how good Nicole was at Great Oak, she is now in San Joto, a place brimming with talent.

Trying to get first place is extremely difficult!' Dillon could barely hide his mocking tone as he said loudly, "Nicole, you are sure good at pulling someone's leg! Even I'm impressed by your ability to be so fearlessly boastful!"

Damien, too adjusted his glasses as he looked at Nicole with deep disagreement.

"Nicole, you're being way too conceited.It's fine being confident while you're young, but overconfidence is folly!"

Nicole ignored the two of them, with a look of cold indifference in her eyes.

Even Mr.Riddle Sr.looked at her somewhat worriedly, concerned that she was under too much pressure.

Thinking of this, Mr.Riddle Sr.coughed a little.

"It's almost time now.Let's go downstairs to start the banquet."

He tapped his walking stick onto the ground as he looked at Dillon and Damien and snorted coldly.

"Shouldn't Snow, Raine, and Chloe be coming home to visit?"

Dillon nodded to indicate that there was no problem on his side.

On the other hand, Damien recalled that Chloe did not even come to visit when Mr.Riddle Sr.had recovered the other day and frowned deeply.

‘Chloe sure is too much of late"

When the three names were mentioned together, something occurred in Nicole's mind.She impassively turned and went downstairs, yet she had some thoughts in her mind.

Looking at Nicole's departing silhouette, Dillon chuckled inside.

‘Just two more days, and Nicole's fate will be sealed!' Everyone had gone downstairs, and Preston, upon seeing Nicole sitting not too far away, went over to sit by her side.

Nicole ignored him and simply just held her elbow as she thought about things.

Samuel and the others had also rushed back, and their gazes all fell upon Nicole.

Stanley looked at his little sister and asked gently.

"Nicole, the Olympiad is tomorrow.Do we need to send you to the venue?"

 

Chapter 420

When Spencer and Samuel heard this, they gave Stanley a big thumbs up.

They had talked about this in the car, yet when they sat beside Nicole, they almost forgot about it.

Nicole nodded at Stanley and thanked him.

Hearing this, Stanley let out a warm smile, yet Preston by the side twitched his lips.

If they did not say anything, he would have the opportunity to drop her off.

Thinking of this, he prodded Nicole.

Seeing that the table was still yet to be filled, he whispered.

"Do you know the hackers that attacked our website?"

Nicole returned an imperceptible nod.

Preston was not annoyed by her cold demeanor as he continued to ask, "Who are they? Why couldn't we find anything about him after so long?"

Nicole took a sip before looking at him and said plainly.

"Your company's international server is connected to a different frequency port than his.He is an 'assassination'-type hacker, so he is very protective about his data security, and that's why you could not find anything."

She knew the opposing party's codename, and she initially did not want to dig deeper into the matter.

But this time, the party was clearly aiming after the things produced by Rowan and his team, so Nicole could not just sit idly by.

The personal logo on that batch of data was something even Zeke could recognize, so how could Nicole not? Thinking of this, Nicole looked at Preston and said somewhat flatly.

"Do you know the people behind your company?" Nicole thought, ‘Someone must have been secretly funding Rowan's lab.

Without the help of this person, they would not have been able to bear even a year of the research cost.

‘Yet this time, the person did not do anything even when Rowan's lab was in such a big data breach crisis.This was not normal at all.

‘Unless...‘They already knew that someone would strike"

For that hacker to so easily send out a message for help, and also that self-congratulatory message on top that disappeared without a trace, it was as if the person was deliberately getting Zeke to find this task.

‘The opponent knew I was connected to Zeke and had contacted him in real life!

‘That means.."

Nicole's eyes narrowed as she quickly thought of something before a strange look appeared on her face.

‘Is it really what I think it is? Preston did not miss the change in her expression, and just as he was about to ask Nicole something, a voice came from behind.

"Preston, you might want to talk to Nicole less."

When Preston heard the voice, he frowned a little.

It was Snow's voice, yet it was not gentle or magnanimous like before, but it sounded inexplicably strange.

Raine chimed in.

"Yes, Preston, Mom is already very unhappy seeing you together with Nicole.Can you not make things difficult for us?"

Preston frowned deeply as he glanced at his two younger sisters, with almost uncontrollable irritation in his heart.

‘Can't these two just talk properly?! Thinking of this, he spoke icily toward Snow and Raine.

"Mom is Mom, and me is me.So, I'm supposed to not do anything that displeases her? Nicole is also a Riddle, and I cannot even sit with her? Snow, Raine, I seriously don't know where your hostility toward Nicole came from!"

When Snow and Raine heard his unfettered words, their expression changed.

Snow quickly sneered as her eyes could literally light on fire as she looked at Nicole.

"You are asking me why? My dear brother, it's because the Nicole that you like so much is the thief that stole my precious diamond!"