Ch. 961..965: My Wife Is A Hacker Chapter 961-965

Chapter 961

Gloria glanced at Daniel and gestured for him to make the call.

Daniel got the hint and got up to call Nicole while Norah was in the living room trying to calm Karen and Raine down.

“Nicole, are you up yet?” Daniel asked with a slightly urgent tone.

“Yup, Dad. What’s up? It’s still early in the morning.” Nicole could hear the urgency in Daniel’s tone.

“Raine and her mother came looking for you.”

Nicole immediately understood what Daniel meant. “I will be right back.” After she hung up the phone, she stepped on the gas pedal and drove to her father’s house.

“Nicole will be back soon. When she comes back, we will be clear once we ask.” Daniel’s face was no longer warm but cold.

“Tell her to hurry up. I don’t have that much time.”

Twenty minutes later, Nicole’s car was parked outside the house. As soon as she stepped out of the car, she heard Karen’s voice in the house. She went inside and saw five people sitting in the living room.

Karen’s anger flared up when she saw Nicole. “Look what you’ve done.”

Nicole swept an icy glance over at Karen and Raine, who was still crying. “What are you two doing here?”

“You beat Raine up. How could you do that? Hurry up and apologize to Raine,” Karen scolded Nicole in a stern voice.

“Apologize?” Nicole looked at Karen with amusement and a sneer. “Are you mistaken? She should thank me.”

“What did you say?” Karen stood up, wanting to hit her.

Nicole grasped Karen’s wrist and reminded her in a frosty voice. “You better be respectful as an elder, or it won’t look good on you if you lose your decency.”

“Let go,” Karen shouted angrily. “Nicole, be respectful.” Gloria scolded.

Nicole glanced at Gloria, then let go of Karen’s wrist.

“See? Now she even dares to hit me. What else can’t she do? That’s your good daughter.” Karen looked at Daniel and Gloria reproachfully.

Gloria was upset with the way Nicole had just behaved. Although Karen was nasty, she was, after all, Nicole’s elder, and Nicole should not have disrespected her elders.

“Nicole, apologize to your aunt.” Gloria scolded.

Nicole frowned and looked expressionlessly at Gloria.”.

She was the one who wanted to hit me. I was just defending myself. I’m not at fault.”

“You—”Gloria could not find a word to respond. “That’s enough. Let’s all stop arguing. I believe what Nicole said. There must be some kind of misunderstanding.”

“What misunderstanding? Raine is sitting right here. You can all see it. It’s a fact that she was beaten.” Karen still looked at Nicole with viciousness.

“Do you all still want to solve the problem? Everyone calm down,” said Daniel as he could not stand Karen anymore.

It was the first time Karen saw Daniel lose his temper. She was startled and instantly shut up.

Daniel calmed down a bit and looked at Nicole. “Were you there when Raine was beaten?”

“I was there.”

“Look, she was there.” Karen reprimanded whenever she saw a chance.

“Will you let me finish?” There was no warmth in Daniel’s voice.

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“Did you hit Raine?”

“I didn’t.”

“Liar. It is obvious that you hit Raine. You are lying through your teeth.”

Daniel ignored Karen and looked at Raine. “Did Nicole hit you?”

Raine continued to sob as she dared not look up to meet Nicole’s eyes.

“What are you asking again? Here’s the injury on her arms.” Karen pulled up Raine’s sleeves and showed it to them.

Raine’s arms were covered with scratches, which was apparently the doing of girls.

“Nicole, how do you explain the scratches on Raine’s arms?” Daniel looked at Nicole intently.

“These scratches happened when she was fighting with someone else. They don’t have anything to do with me.”

“Fighting with someone else? You mean Raine fought with other students at school?” Daniel caught the key point keenly. He understood it now. It seemed to him that the bruises on Raine’s arms were caused by someone else.

“Raine, keep your head up. Why didn’t you just say you got into a fight with someone else?” Daniel wanted to get an answer from Raine’s eyes.

Raine slowly looked up but avoided eye contact with Daniel. “I -I just forgot.”

Daniel could see at once that Raine was lying, and he felt relieved instantly. As long as Nicole did not hit anyone, everything else would be easy.

“You forgot? It was Nicole who hit you.” Karen heard that something was wrong and hurriedly interrupted Raine.

“You hurt Raine like this. If you sincerely apologize, I will let this slide. Otherwise, I will make you pay back twice as much.” Karen threatened Nicole in front of Daniel and Gloria.

Without waiting for Daniel and Gloria to speak, Nicole said morosely, “I will not admit what I didn’t do. If you want to threaten me, you’ll pay the price.”

Nicole’s words stabbed into Karen’s heart like an icy blade.

“Karen, there must be something that you have not understood clearly.” Daniel glanced at Karen.

“Fine. Since you will not apologize , don’t blame me for what is coming. Daniel, that’s the good daughter you have here.”

“Raine, let’s go!” Karen did not expect that her attempt to denounce Nicole did not work. So she angrily brought Raine to leave.

Daniel did not bother to stand up. “Maria, from now on, don’t let anyone from that family in.”

“Yes, sir.” Maria was too frightened to breathe.

“Nicole–”

“I have to go to class, so I’m leaving.” Nicole did not even give them a chance to explain and turned around to leave. Daniel looked at Nicole and sighed as she went.

“Wait for me, Nicole.” Norah chased out.

Nicole got in the car, not bothering to look at Norah as she drove off. Norah stomped her foot in anger. ‘You escaped again. Nicole, you are really difficult to deal with.’

Chloe was relieved to see her new shoot come to an end. It was a waste of her time to be in this studio all day and not see Jared at all.

“Kelly, make an appointment with Henry for me. Tell him I’m waiting for him at the Blue Whale Restaurant.” Chloe told Kelly.

 

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“Okay, I will make the call right away.” In the Blue Whale Restaurant, Chloe found a seat by the window while Kelly waited for her in the car.

Not long after, Kelly saw Henry get out of the car and head inside the Blue Whale Restaurant.

“I envy Chloe. She has good food and drink every day and gets to know those bigshots. I wish I could be like her.” Kelly sat in the car with an envious face.

Kelly was bored. She was fiddling with her phone. Suddenly the phone dropped, so she bent down to pick it up. While she was looking for wet wipes to wipe the phone, a bag in the corner caught her attention. Just before Chloe entered the restaurant, she deliberately changed her handbag and then put the bag she often carried in the corner of the car.

Looking at the bag in the corner, Kelly started to

speculate in her mind, wondering if the Dresden Green Diamond was in this handbag. She wanted to open it, but it seemed rude to open someone else’s handbag without permission. So Kelly was in a predicament. ‘It’s better to open it and take a look. In case it’s in there, I will pass the test.’ After getting it right, she would not have to be an assistant again, and she might even be promoted to a higher position . Just thinking about it made her happy.

She gently opened the handbag and rummaged around for a while. Suddenly , her fingers felt a box. She took it out; it was unassuming. ‘This box doesn’t look like it contains a diamond, does it?’ Kelly studied the box suspiciously. Driven by curiosity, she decided to open it and take a look. As she gently opened the box, a bright diamond came into view. ‘Th- This is Dresden Green Diamond?’

Kelly could not believe her eyes. She rubbed them and looked at the box again. And there it was, the Dresden Green Diamond.

‘My goodness! Chloe put such a valuable thing in a lousy box like this. She is gutsy. She doesn’t have to go to such a great length just to test me, does she?’ Kelly’s heart was pounding as she could not contain the surprise of having the Dresden Green Diamond right in front of her eyes. She immediately took out her phone, snapped a picture,and sent it to Nicole, then closed the box and put it back , in place.

Nicole’s phone buzzed as she received a message from Kelly. She took a look by clicking on Kelly’s avatar, and there was a picture of Dresden Green Diamond. She slammed on the brakes to stop the car, then zoomed in on the picture and examined the photo carefully.

“Kelly? Is the diamond still with you?” Nicole asked in a whisper.

“Yeah, I’m the only one in the car right now,” Kelly told Nicole.

“You’re in the car by yourself? Where are you?”

“I’m in the parking lot of the Blue Whale Restaurant.”

“Hold it right there and guard the diamond.” Nicole hung up the phone, floored the gas pedal, and drove toward the Blue Whale Restaurant.

Chloe and Henry were sitting across from each other in the restaurant.

“Mr. Johnston, what have you been up to lately? I haven’t even seen you for a long time.” Chloe poured a glass of red wine for Henry.

“Alas, Jared is in charge of all of Johnston Group’s projects while I can only manage the branch. What else can I be busy with?” Henry was not too happy with his nephew.

“Then you should talk to him. Ask him to transfer you to the head office.”

“Hmph, that’s easy to say. I would be thankful if he didn’t kick me out of the company. How could he transfer me to the head office?” Henry picked up his glass and took a sip.

“You are so capable. It must be Jared who doesn’t know you yet. If you can pull some strings to place me in a

position where I can see Jared, I won’t forget your help when I’m finally with him.” Chloe picked up her wine glass and clinked glasses with him.

“Isn’t that commercial shoot you’re on pretty good?” “It’s not good at all. I can’t see Jared at all except for filming.” Chloe complained.

“Doesn’t he even go to the shooting studio now to see the progress?” Henry asked in puzzlement.

 

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“I could only go once a month and just talk to the director and leave. There was no chance to approach him.” Chloe recalled with a sigh of frustration.

“Okay, I will think of a way.”

“By the way, did your grandfather like the diamond I asked you to bring to him last time?” After Henry gave the diamond , he had not received a call from Mr. Riddle Sr., so he was grumbling a bit secretly.

“Grandpa loved that diamond. He asked me to thank you on his behalf.” Chloe lied to Henry without batting an eyelid.

“As long as he likes it, I will send him another gift when I get another collection.”

“Your father has a project in his hands that is looking for a partner recently, right?” Henry had found out a few days ago about a ten billion dollar project in Damien’s hands that was in progress.

“You have really gotten your information quickly and know everything that I don’t know yet. I will ask about this for you later and let you know when I have any news. “Chloe smiled and looked at Henry.

“Thank you. I will do my best to get you a position that

can give you access to Jared.” Henry’s eyes shone with shrewdness.

“Then, thank you, Mr. Johnston.” Nicole parked the car and found Chloe’s car based on Kelly’s location.

“Hey, Kelly.”

“Miss Riddle.”

“Can I take a look at the diamond?” Nicole looked over at her.

“Sure.” Kelly took out the box and handed it to Nicole.

Nicole looked at the unassuming box and gently opened it. Inside was indeed the Dresden Green Diamond. She took a high-quality imitation Dresden Green Diamond out of her pocket and switched it with the real one. “Put this back. Your appraisal is very successful. In a few days, you will receive a notice from the personnel department, and the rest has nothing to do with you. It’s a test for Chloe this time. Whatever she asks you, just say you don’t know.”

“Does Chloe have to take the test too?” Kelly asked in bafflement.

“Yes, her test is a little more difficult. If you tell her about it during the test, both of you will be disqualified or even terminated.” Nicole deliberately scared her so that she would not tell Chloe what had happened.

“Don’t worry. I won’t help her cheat. She needs to depend on her ability to pass the test. But there is one thing I don’t understand ; both diamonds are the same, so why do you have to swap them?” Nicole was not afraid of her knowing. “That one is a high quality imitation. It is too risky to use the real one all the time. No one can afford to lose it, so the company decided that using a high-quality imitation would be more appropriate.”

“So, they should have used a high-quality imitation long ago. This time, I don’t have to worry about it anymore.” Kelly sighed with relief.

“I’m leaving now. Stay in touch and let nothing slip,” Nicole said.

“Okay.”

Henry and Chloe finished their meal. They walked out of the Blue Whale Restaurant and said goodbye after giving each other a hug.

Chloe got into her car and said, slightly inebriated,” Kelly, drive home.”

“Okay.” Kelly started the car and drove toward Chloe’s place.

Chloe crashed out after arriving home, completely forgetting about checking the diamond.

The following morning was a sunny day. Nicole had her breakfast and went to school as usual.

There were three days left before the exams, and everyone was doing their best to make the final push. “Everyone, there are still three last days. I hope you will cherish these three days and focus all your attention on your studies. Once the exams are over, no one will care how much you want to play.” Ms. Emerson stood at the podium to give her classmates a pep talk.

“What are you looking at, Nicole?” Ms. Emerson looked over at Nicole.

“Nothing.” Ms. Emerson nodded. “I hope the top of the grade will still come from our class this year.”

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“Go for it, everyone.” Nicole had done all’ her homework and left the classroom with her books. Gary saw her go out and followed her.

“Are your homework all done?” Nicole asked him.

“Almost. Where are you going?” Gary looked at her.

“Almost is not good enough. Ms. Emerson will fix you good and proper if you drag the class back.” “So, where are you going?”

Nicole stopped and looked at him. “Does where I go have anything to do with you?”

“Please don’t mind. I was just asking.” Gary hurriedly explained. Nicole shot him a look and then walked toward the library. Gary stopped talking and followed Nicole.

The library was quiet, and Nicole found a seat at the side to read a book while Gary sat down not far from her, keeping an eye on Nicole from time to time.

Chloe got up with a dry mouth and went to the dining room for water. Recalling what Henry had said last night,she dialed Miley’s number. “Hello, Mom?”

“Chloe, aren’t you busy today?” “After the commercial shoot , I can take some time off. What have you been up to lately?” Chloe asked casually.

“I’m not busy with anything. If you’re off, why don’t you come home for a few days?” Miley had not seen her for a long time, so she missed her.

“Yeah, why not? I will pack up and then go home for a few days,” Chloe said happily. “Okay, what do you like to eat? I’ll prepare it for you.” Miley was filled with joy when she heard Chloe was coming home.

“Of course, the dishes you make.”

“Okay. I guarantee you will get to eat as soon as you get back. Go pack up. I will prepare the ingredients,” Miley said.

“Okay, bye.” Chloe put the phone down and came to sit down on the couch. When she saw the handbag on the coffee table, it reminded her of the diamond. So she quickly checked it. “It scared the hell out of me.” Looking at the diamond in her hand, Chloe thought of Nicole.” Aren’t you going to investigate? Now that the diamond is in my hand, I will see how you can investigate it.” She put the diamond away and went wash up.

Nicole was concentrating on her book in the library when someone walked up to her and sat down. She looked up and found that it was Harvey. “How did you know I was here?” Nicole knew Harvey did not come to the library to read books.

“I asked someone else.”

“Nicole, in a few days, Aegis Corporation is going to hold a project seminar, and all the companies working on their projects are going to send people over. Sean and I have discussed it and agreed that it would be best for you to go. “Harvey only talked about work, so Nicole was not so antipathetic. “Me?” Nicole did not want to go at all. ‘Why do they think I’m the best fit?’

“Yes, after all, the boss of Aegis Corporation knows you. So you are the most suitable person.” Harvey looked at him with firm eyes. “What if I don’t want to go?” Nicole looked at him indifferently. “It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to go. At worst, Riddle Corporation will not get another project from Aegis

Corporation.” “Don’t you know that Riddle Corporation has always spoken on merit?” Nicole was not too happy with Harvey’s statement.

“On the Aegis Corporation project, we all know why Riddle Corporation was successful in the bid. It certainly wasn’t just because of the Ellison family,” Harvey said, and the meaning could not have been clearer.