Ch. 561..565: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 561-565

Chapter 561

‘What else if not because of your lousy presentation?’ But he did not say it out loud, and Luke ignored him. As Sebastian walked toward Nicole, he looked on, and his suspicion was finally confirmed.

‘I did not expect that the naïve-looking Riddle family could secretly build such a relationship with Sebastian to the point where even Sebastian’s own son could do nothing about it.’ Taylor was also stupefied as he saw Sebastian and Nicole standing together and talking so happily with each other. He did not know that Nicole knew Sebastian earlier.

Mr. Riddle Sr. stood to the side, looking at the attitude of the people around him toward Nicole, and clearly felt something strange.

‘Why are these people looking for Nicole when they are supposed to come to meet me? Could it be that those people who came yesterday were actually because of Nicole?’ Seeing Nicole chatting with a group of businessmen, Mr. Riddle Sr. had a complicated look in his eyes. Even Damien and Dexter looked at Nicole in amazement and disbelief. They had invited Sebastian multiple times, but this was the first time Sebastian had come to the Riddle Mansion.

And when Sebastian came in, he was friendly to them. Damien and Dexter had never enjoyed such treatment from him. They looked at Sebastian, stupefied, as Sebastian greeted them with a smile.

Seeing their nonreaction, Mr. Riddle Sr. glared at them and chided them. “What are you doing? “Don’t be so rude! Damien and Dexter came to their senses at once, looked at Sebastian, and greeted him back. Just that they still felt surreal. Chloe also saw Sebastian. She held her skirt and quickly came over, as she could not wait to talk to Sebastian.

Sebastian looked at Nicole, who was by Mr. Riddle Sr.’s side, with a smile, and then came up to her. “How was your monthly exam?” he asked. Nicole looked at him and replied casually, “Not bad.”

Everyone watched with their mouths agape as Nicole chatted with Sebastian. ‘I can’t believe that Nicole can talk so naturally to Mr. Wyance, and Mr. Wyance cares so much about her grades. It’s incredible.’

Sean and Steve had noticed what was going on, and that seemed to confirm their suspicion. They did not expect that the person in the Riddle family who knew Sebastian would turn out to be their sister.

Daniel might have known that Sebastian knew his daughter, but he did not expect them to be so close.

Chloe watched what happened with surprise and jealousy; she also did not expect Nicole and Sebastian knew each other. The thought of Lloyd and Jared’s attitude toward Nicole yesterday came to mind. ‘She is obviously just a yokel; how the hell did she get to know these people?’ Her face contorted with envy at the thought of this.

Snow, who stood beside Chloe, said in a whisper, “Is that guy who is talking to Nicole someone important? It seems that people’s attitude toward him is unusual.”

 

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Chloe could not care less about this cousin of hers, who did not even know who Sebastian was. She looked coldly in Nicole’s direction and stood in place.

Since Nicole was getting all the attention now, she would not go over and make herself miserable. But when she casually looked around, she spotted someone she never expected to see here.

Mr. Riddle Sr. was clinking glasses with the guests. Since he had just recovered from his illness, he could only drink tea in place of wine, but this did not affect his enjoyment.

Now, he was no longer worried her granddaughter would be bullied as she could now stand on her own feet.

While he was talking to someone from one of the major families in San Joto, he heard an insidious voice that he recognized coming from behind him.

“Hello, Benjamin. Congratulations on your good fortune.”

Damien and Dexter also heard the voice and recognized it at once. They frowned when they saw Christo walk on crutches toward them.

Christo seemed to have aged ten years overnight, looking like a dying man. His eyes were grim and unnerving to look at.

Mr. Riddle Sr. looked surprised at Christo, but he quickly regained his composure. “What are you doing here? We didn’t invite you; please leave.”

Christo looked at Mr. Riddle Sr. and snickered with resentment. “Can’t I come to see my old friend?”

Meanwhile, there was a trace of displeasure in her eyes as Nicole looked at Shawn standing behind Christo silently.

Everyone saw what happened in front of their eyes and silence suddenly fell on the noisy party.

Even though the Rogers family had fallen out of being the first-class family, they were still influential to some extent.

Nicole looked cool, calm, and collected. Everyone looked at her as they all knew how the Rogers family collapsed so quickly. It was said that the Rogers family had done something unfavorable to Nicole, and that infuriated Jared, who immediately imposed a brutal sanction against them.

No one knew better than Christo what was going on in between. When he saw that Mr. Riddle Sr. remained silent, he turned to look at Nicole with a sneer. “I didn’t even know that Nicole possessed such marvelous abilities. So I would like to ask-since you didn’t want to help me, why did you give me the life- saving drug in the first place?”

Nicole looked at him with no change in her expression.

“The drug I gave you was good enough to make you feel better, and you only needed ordinary dialysis treatment to extend your life,” Nicole said calmly, her eyes frosty, and she did not

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seem to take offense at his hostile attitude. “It was you who were suspicious of me, refusing to take the prescribed dosage. Not only that, you wanted to catch me and even threatened me with my family.” At this point, a frosty look appeared in Nicole’s eyes. “Now tell me, should I save someone like you?” Christo’s face instantly turned pale upon hearing what Nicole had said. But he quickly calmed down and

sneered. “How do I know if you are lying to me? I’m here today for a final showdown with you; if you refuse to give me the drug, I will make you regret it.” Nicole glanced at the hand gesture of the men from the Johnston family in the shadows and then looked at Christo with mockery in her eyes. She said not a word, as if waiting to see how Christo could not make her regret it.

Thinking that Nicole had been intimidated, Christo looked at her triumphantly. ‘I knew Nicole had lied; she couldn’t have been so kind to give me the drug.’

 

Chapter 563

Chapter 563 After years of burgeoning, Christo thought he could still put the Riddle family in its place even if he was not as powerful as before.

Sebastian watched in silence and understood what was really going on. He looked at Christo, who still did not see him but talked to himself, as if he had been immersed in his own world.

Sebastian frowned. Just as he was about to say something to Christo, the door of the Riddle Mansion suddenly opened and a cold and forceful voice came.

“Christo, you’ve never changed, have you?”

Christo shivered subconsciously upon hearing the voice. He immediately turned around and almost fainted when he saw Maximillian walk toward him.

Everyone else looked at the old man with surprise. They did not expect to see someone from the Johnston family at the Riddle family’s party. Many of them were not worried because they had made no mistake. ‘We’ve made the right decision to come here, especially with the presence of the patriarch of the Johnston family in the Riddle family’s party.’ Maximillian looked at Christo with a grim face.

But Christo’s face looked even grimmer, and he was under pressure when he saw Maximillian. “W-What are you doing here?” Mr. Johnston Sr. sneered, handed the invitation card to a server, and then looked at Christo coldly. “What am I doing here? I’m invited here, unlike someone who has come unsolicited.” He did not spare another glance at Christo and went up to talk to Mr. Riddle Sr., as if they were close to each other.

Many people looked at what happened and suddenly remembered what they had heard many years ago; it was rumored that the Riddle and the Johnston families had a close relationship. Now it seemed to be true.

People’s attitude toward the Riddle family changed all of a sudden. Everyone was thankful that they had made the right choice to come. Many families did not come to the party because they did not want to be seen lowering themselves to mingle with the Riddle family. Many of them who came wondered how those who had chosen not to come would feel when they learned that Sebastian and Mr. Johnston Sr. were also here.

While Mr. Johnston Sr. was talking to Mr. Riddle Sr., his eyes lit up with surprise when he saw Nicole was there. “Are you Nicole?” he asked.

Nicole looked at the old man and could feel his friendliness. So she nodded and said hello.

Maximillian finally met Nicole in person. He looked at her with interest.

Just then, a familiar voice came from the side. “Mr. Johnston Sr., it’s been a long time since we last met.”

Maximillian turned his head and was surprised to see Sebastian in casual wear standing next to Nicole. He was too focused on Nicole and had not noticed Sebastian.

Sebastian is also here?’ Mr. Johnston Sr. was startled for a second. He then looked at Sebastian and let out a meaningful smile. “It seems that my grandson’s worries are unfounded.”

With Sebastian here, and even if he did not come, the Rogers family could still not bully the Riddle family easily.

Sebastian let out a smile. Mr. Riddle Sr. thought for a second and immediately knew what was on the Johnston family’s mind.

 

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‘Mr. Johnston Sr. had stayed a low profile all this while. I’m afraid he has come to the party to help the Riddle family and we have such an honor, all because of Nicole.’

Mr. Riddle Sr. looked proud at the thought of this. They sat together and enjoyed talking with each other. Mr. Johnston Sr. was curious about Nicole and asked many questions, and Nicole answered all of them.

She maintained a straight face, sitting with her back straight, looking extremely graceful in the face of such a powerful person.

On the other hand, Damien found no opportunity to interject. Everyone else looked at Nicole, who was surrounded in the middle, with a complicated look in their eyes.

At first, he looked down upon Nicole, but now her achievement was even higher than his. He figured he probably would not be able to do this if he were Nicole.

Daniel and Gloria stood to the side, watching their daughter become the center of attention in front of those bigwigs and felt proud of her.

Nicole looked at Sean and Steve and then said to Mr. Riddle Sr., “Grandpa, it’s my brothers’ party today, so I won’t stay much longer. I will go upstairs first.” Maximillian looked at Nicole with even more appreciation in her eyes upon hearing what she said. She knew her place, even though she was now in the spotlight. Sebastian seemed to have expected that Nicole would say this. He looked at her and nodded.

Mr. Riddle Sr. looked at Nicole with surprise, but he quickly realized something and smiled.” Go ahead.”

Chloe and Snow watched with jealousy as all three of them loved Nicole. ‘Nicole really knows how to use the one-step-backward-and-two-steps-forward technique!’

The two of them came over, hoping to be noticed by Sebastian and Mr. Johnston Sr. But when Maximillian turned his head, he was actually nodding at Sean and Steve, and then squinted at Christo.

“Aren’t you leaving yet?”

Glancing at Christo, who looked at Nicole with an indignant look in the eyes, he walked over, grabbed Christo’s collar, and dragged him out of the door. He did not forget the things that his grandson had entrusted him with.

Christo was frail and dragged along by the strong Maximillian, as if a mother cat carried her baby. As he tried to resist desperately, Shawn looked on anxiously, but was doing nothing.

Not that he did not want to. It was just that no one dared to defy Maximillian. No one had the desire to intervene. Everyone just looked on, dumbfounded, as Maximillian hauled Christo out of the party venue.

‘It seems that the Rogers family is really collapsing.’

Chloe and Snow were stunned at seeing what happened before their eyes. Especially Chloe, who was still thinking of marrying into the Rogers family, never expected them to be so inept in front of Maximillian. She was extremely jealous at the thought of how nicely Maximillian treated Nicole just now. ‘What is so good about Nicole that Jared likes her so much and even asks his grandfather to protect her? Why can’t she if Nicole can?’ She gathered herself and put up a smile at Maximillian, who was walking past her. “Hello, Mr. Johnston Sr., I’m-” Maximillian shot an impatient glance at the woman who was blocking his way.

 

Chapter 565

“Get out of the way. Didn’t you see that I’m in a hurry?”

‘This little girl really doesn’t know any better.’

Chloe was embarrassed and quickly stepped aside after being reprimanded harshly. Behind her, Snow watched her being reprimanded and breathed a soft sigh of relief. ‘Fortunately, Chloe is ahead of me. Otherwise, I would have been the one facing this embarrassing situation. She patted herself on the chest, glad that she was not the one being reprimanded. But the thought of Mr. Johnston Sr.’s attitude toward Nicole and Mr. Ellison’s disregard for her frustrated her. ‘There will always be a chance to fix Nicole,’ she said in her mind.

Thinking of this, she just remembered that, although Mr. Johnston Sr. was gone, Sebastian was still here. She hurried over to say hello to Sebastian. Her grandfather had ordered her father not to come out and enjoined her to build rapport with Sebastian. Snow walked toward Sebastian when she heard Sebastian say to Mr. Riddle Sr., “This time the Riddle family has done really well.” Sebastian looked at the two young men in front of him and turned to look approvingly at Mr. Riddle Sr. “With the help of such young men, the Riddle family will only get stronger and stronger.” Mr. Riddle Sr. nodded gratefully. “Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Wyance.”

Sebastian said a few more words of encouragement to Sean and Steve, nodded to Damien and Dexter, and then slowly walked out. Snow had waited for a long time without even having a chance to talk to Sebastian even until he left. People followed Sebastian and greeted him as he went. He was different from Maximillian; he had always been gentler and approachable, and people were seeing him out, while when Maximillian left, no one except Chloe dared to stand in his way. Snow looked at Sebastian, who was surrounded by people, and stomped her feet, feeling frustrated as she did not even get a chance to get close to Sebastian. No one spared a glance at Snow, who was left upset by herself, as people swarmed around Sebastian to see him out. Taylor was witnessing the entire episode. Not wanting to be

left behind, he gritted his teeth and followed. Sebastian walked out slowly, appearing steady when looking from behind him. It was not hard to imagine that he lived a life like this every day. Snow and Chloe almost fainted in anger as they missed yet another opportunity.

After today’s party, everyone would know Nicole from the Riddle family for her relationship with not only Sebastian but also Maximillian. ‘And I get nothing!’ Snow and Chloe thought to themselves each. After Sebastian left, Damien looked a little stupefied to see people start to come up to him and compliment him. They were the very same people who did not bother to look at him previously. But thanks to Nicole, they all were now smiling fawningly at him.

Mr. Riddle Sr. looked at Sean and Steve and was pleased with them. Gaining Sebastian’s approval meant more and more people would recognize their abilities. ‘Maybe it’s really time to delegate more responsibilities to the young people.’ Thinking of this, Mr. Riddle Sr. quietly made a decision.