My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2911

Ellar was caught off guard, quickly composing himself as he rolled down his car window. Spotting Samuel, he couldn't resist an eye roll and asked, "Why does it have to be you?"

Samuel, with a curious tone, responded, "Funny, I was about to ask you the same thing. What brings you here? Why parked your car here?"

"Just gearing up for work," Ellar responded, attempting to sound casual.

"I might as well join you then," Samuel declared, opening the car door and hopping in.

Ellar shot him a look. "You're surprisingly free today, aren't you?"

Samuel shrugged. "Sort of. Had an event, but it was a no-go. Now I'm here, ran into you by chance."

With no real alternative, Ellar started the car, muttering," Lucky me."

'Can't a guy even wallow in self-pity in peace?' he thought, a twinge of irritation surfacing. 'Is it too much to ask for a moment alone with my thoughts about a love that never started?'

Samuel, picking up on the mood, tilted his head. "Something up? You seem a bit out of sorts."

"It's nothing," while secretly

'Might as well face the music. It's not like

at the hospital a bit. Everything

to mention the

Ellar answered tersely, clearly not

glanced back toward the hospital's

Samuel guessed, thinking Ellar might be

issues between them, it seems. All good

somewhere else to

into Samuel? So frustrating, 1 Ellar brooded

abandoned," Samuel grumbled about his house being renovated, his room taken over,

and Samuel, usually alone at his place, now couldn't even return

Ellar raised an eyebrow and suggested,

"Don't you have to

hurt," Ellar reassured him.

shrugged, "Sure, let's go. But you know I don't

drink, what's the point of you coming?"