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

It's not like my heartache's going to vanish

were at the hospital a bit. Everything

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

office," Ellar answered tersely, clearly

toward the hospital's

visiting someone there after work?" Samuel guessed,

All good then,' Samuel

somewhere else to be, even with

of everyone, why did I bump into Samuel? So frustrating, 1 Ellar brooded

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

at his place, now couldn't even return

pretty rough," Ellar raised an eyebrow and

surprised. "Don't you

won't hurt," Ellar reassured him. "So,

let's go. But you know I

you don't drink, what's the point of