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."

quietly, "It's nothing," while

face the music. It's not

were at the hospital a bit. Everything okay?"

expression tightened. 'Why does he have to mention the last thing I want to talk about?' he

the office," Ellar answered tersely, clearly

toward the

work?" Samuel guessed, thinking Ellar

them, it seems. All good then,' Samuel

"Don't you have somewhere else to

I bump into Samuel? So frustrating,

been abandoned," Samuel grumbled about his house being renovated,

his place, now couldn't even return to his own

eyebrow and

sounded surprised. "Don't you have

day won't hurt," Ellar reassured him. "So, are you coming

let's go. But you

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