My Wife is a Hacker (Nicole Riddle and Jared) novel Chapter 1942

"Um...can you calculate how much you've lost? I'll compensate you generously. It's just that you're a wealthy guy and it's not easy for an orphan and a widow like me to make up for all the offense I've caused. I hope you have it in you to forgive me for all the stuff I've done," Niki suggested to avoid sullying her image in front of him any further.

Jared initially thought that she was referring to the affairs that happened today, but as it turned out, she had morphed into an entirely new person. She was more passive and coquettish in nature.

"That depends on how well you perform now," Jared deliberately teased.

Niki mentally sighed. 'As expected, this guy is not easy to fool.'

Wanting to cut to the chase, Jared said, "For the past five years, you've been living on the Crescent Island near Ramania, haven't you?"

Niki was momentarily taken aback before she got her guard up again. 'This guy has been investigating me. Is this why I have been running and hiding from this guy? Leo has been helping me with my escape, so I can't rat him out now, can I?'

After pondering for a moment, she dodged the question and replied lightly, "Yeah, my plane crashed into that place. I was saved by a fisherman."

Jared stared into Nicole's eyes to confirm that she was not lying to him, and that her timeline and alibi added up.

"You know, if a person has amnesia, they can easily retrieve their identity as long as they go to the police. I went to one and got your information checked. For the past five years, your record has been squeaky clean. It's obvious that there were strings pulled to give you this new identity," he said.

It would otherwise be impossible for Jared to trace Nicole down if she had not changed her identity. On the other hand, Niki had not foreseen the fact that Jared would be so meticulous when it came to his analyses and deductions.

However, Niki had no intention of exposing Leo, and thus she said, "I hacked into the local registration system because I had to register my son's birth into the system..."

Niki feigned pity and avoided eye contact as she spoke, afraid that she would be caught lying.

Jared looked at Nicole with an inexplicable surge of pain in his heart. novelebook.comHe could not fathom the thought of her giving birth to a child alone at the hospital without him by her side.

Not wanting to press on any further, he said, "I see..."