My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 75
Mr. Riddle Sr., who was sitting in the head seat, frowned when he saw Karen’s behavior. He said coldly, “Karen, sit down.” Dillion
knew Mr. Riddle Sr. hated people arguing during mealtime the most, so he quickly pulled the unwilling Karen to sit down. Nicole
sat down next to Norah, and both Samuel and Spencer looked past Norah to greet Nicole.
When Norah saw her brothers being so affectionate to Nicole, she intentionally said in a low voice to Nicole, “Honestly, you are a
little late. Didn’t we finish class hours ago?”
Though her voice was not loud, it was not soft either. So everyone at the table could hear her condemning Nicole. Nicole arched
her eyebrows as she was already used to Norah setting her up.
She then smiled menacingly, “I bumped into Jared after school, and he treated me to a meal.”
Though she had paid for her food, Jared did not accept a cent from her as if he was waiting for her to show a guilty depression.
But she did not see anything wrong with how she had rejected eating with him, so she just accepted his treat and left. She
thought back about Jared’s expression and found him rather interesting. Nicole smiled playfully, unaware that everyone was
already stunned after listening to what she had said.
“What? Jared...treated you to a meal?” Karen was extremely surprised.
Though they were all aware that Mr. Riddle Sr. told Nicole about the engagement with Jared, they did not expect Jared to be
interested in a country bumpkin like her! Snow, who was sitting across from her, said bitterly, “Nicole, no one is blaming you for
being late. You don’t have to say such a far-fetched excuse.”
Snow seemed soft and gentle, but she was actually insulting Nicole, saying that she was lying. Nicole smiled and took a sip of
her juice. “You can ask Jared if you don’t believe me.” At that moment, everyone’s face went pale. Where could they get the
courage to ask Jared? It was said that Mr. Johnston Sr.’s dear grandson was making high demands as soon as he returned from
overseas. Everyone in the Johnston Group followed his orders, and his position in San Joto was untouchable. Although Mr.
Johnston Sr. and Mr. Riddle Sr. were friends, the Riddle family was not close to Jared. How could they have the right to ask him
about his personal matters? Mr. Riddle Sr. was ecstatic at that moment. He already knew that Nicole was a truthful person, so he
smiled warmly at her. “It seems like Jared is really into you. You’ve got to get along well with him, okay?”
Mr. Riddle Sr. still had no idea about Nicole wanting to break off the engagement, but Nicole did not want to mention it either.
When Nicole saw the complicated expressions on their faces, as well as the proud expression on her parents’ and her brothers’
faces, she smiled playfully and kept quiet. “Alright, let’s start eating. Though you’ve already eaten, Nicole, please stay back and
eat some food with us,” Mr. Riddle Sr. welcomed Nicole happily.
“Sure.” Nicole nodded.
Norah’s eyes were filled with loath when she saw that Nicole was getting the spotlight once again.

She had gotten even more jealous when she thought of Jared treating Nicole to a meal... Ever since the day she knew that the
café belonged to Jared, she had been an avid customer in hopes of bumping into Jared. However, she had not even seen him
once! Today was the day Norah did not visit the shop, and Jared treated Nicole to a meal on this same day! Nicole was
heartbroken whenever she thought of the possible changes to the cancellation of their engagement.
The engagement with Jared should have belonged to her! She would not let Nicole take it away from her!
Everyone started to eat happily, and her third uncle and his wife were sitting across from Nicole. They would have small talk with
Nicole from time to time, so Nicole had quite a good impression of them. When Karen saw them and Nicole’s parents treating
Nicole so well, she was filled with resentment.
Back then, everyone would praise her son and daughters whenever the whole family gathered together. Now, everyone’s
attention was on Nicole.
When they were almost done with their meal, Karen purposely turned to ask, “I heard Nicole went to stay on campus to pay
attention to her studies. How is she performing in school?”
When Nicole’s academic performance was brought up, Mr. Riddle Sr. was slightly curious as well, so he did not interrupt her.
Snow saw the chance and grabbed it as she smiled and glanced at Nicole. “Norah is in Class B, junior year. She should know
Nicole’s performance better than anyone else.” Norah was taken aback as she did not expect Snow to throw the question back
to her.
She could feel her parents and her brothers were all looking at her. Norah bit her lips as she knew she could not talk ill about
Nicole in front of them, so she could only sneak a few glances at Raine. Then, she put up a wronged expression and said,
“Nicole... I don’t know what to say.” Raine sneered when she looked at Norah, who did not dare to speak. “If you’re afraid to say
it, I’ll say it. Nicole got famous as soon as she got into school and was always a hot topic on the school forum. They were saying
that she was in a relationship with multiple guys and had even
beaten a boy to the point where he got admitted into the hospital!” Her voice was sonorous, as if she was desperate to expose
Nicole in front of everybody! When Mr. Riddle Sr. heard her, his eyes immediately turned cold as he looked at Nicole.” Nicole, is
Raine telling the truth?”
But Nicole’s face remained still as she fearlessly stared right back at him. “Grandpa, all of these came from nowhere. The people
in school have nothing to do, so they’ll just fabricate stories to spread rumors.”
Raine saw Nicole looking at herself, and Nicole’s eyes showed that she had already seen through Raine. But how could Raine
admit that Nicole had startled her with her eyes? She then yelled, “Are you still defending yourself? Everyone in the school forum
is saying that you’re bullying my sister after you’re crowned the beauty queen. Not only this, you’re even bullying people because
you have Austin’s help. Celia’s boyfriend is in the hospital because he was beaten up by you! You even hit the seniors who were
inspecting your dorm! Grandpa, Nicole’s name is tarnished in school. She has completely humiliated the Riddle family!” Raine
was getting excited as she spoke, desperate to list out every bad thing that Nicole did!

Norah was elated when she heard Raine shouting! Who asked Nicole to be so cocky? Great, now every single thing she did was
exposed! Let’s see how Nicole could still stand in the Riddle family!