My Wife is a Hacker (Nicole Riddle and Jared) novel Chapter 1854

While the students of Royal Creek were bummed out, the students of Northon Institute were celebrating. Everyone gathered around Zeke when he returned to his seat.

"Zeke, why didn't you tell us you were Specter!?"

"That was one crazy competition!"

"I heard you've partnered with the number one hacker!"

"Have you met her in person?"

Many in Zeke's entourage bombarded him with question after question. The barrage left him with a headache, and he silently looked at Nicole's direction.

'These people are already excited to know that I'm ranked second. If they knew that Nicole is here, wouldn't they all sh*t their pants? I guess Mr. Hardy will be in for it later, Nicole seems to be seething...,' Zeke thought to himself.

The competition progressed on, followed up by contestants completing their turns, with more than half being eliminated. On the main seat, Sebastian was spectating the entire competition where he often peered over to look at Nicole from time to time.

'This girl seems to be holding herself back in the first two rounds. Nobody in the competition knows for sure what her actual strengths are. But it can be considered a good thing, a hidden ace in the deck,' Sebastian thought to himself.

Nicole did not seem to be looking at Sebastian's direction, and she did not seem to be requesting for him either. After all, Sebastian was just a spectator watching as the competition progressed.

It was not long until the semi-finals of the competition was announced, with the trio of Nicole, Gary, and Ryder having made it, while Zeke had skipped it and entered the finals as he had defeated Rowdon. The next match was a three vs. three.

For Royal Creek, only Nicole, Ryder, Gary, and Preston were left standing, prompting Director Monroe to quickly choose. "Gary, Ryder, you two are to be in a team together. The tacit cooperation between the two of you can increase our chances of winning. Nicole and Preston, which one of you is sure to secure a win to bring glory to our school?"

Preston smiled and looked at Nicole. "Without a doubt, it would be Nicole."