My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2940

After getting into the car, Patricia leaned back in her seat and stared out the window, her expression lonely and lost in thought.

Lulu nudged Nicole and nodded toward Patricia, asking softly, "Is she okay?"

"She'll sort herself out," Nicole replied. Whether something was wrong or not wasn't always obvious, but ultimately, it was up to Patricia to confront it.

As the cars started and headed toward the restaurant, Nicole frowned and glanced in the rearview mirror, noticing Ellar's car following them. 'He's really devoted,' she thought, a bit of resignation in her tone.

At the restaurant, the group entered to have dinner. Ellar, showing some restraint, didn't make an appearance.

looked in, his heart aching for Patricia. Although she didn't deliberately hide her injury, the conspicuous bandage

composed, but Ellar could still tell she was deliberately keeping her head down, likely self- conscious about

and

the atmosphere among the diners quickly warmed up. They deliberately avoided mentioning Ellar and Patricia's injury. Lulu shared some amusing stories, helping shift everyone's

by their efforts to care for her feelings. Despite her mixed emotions, she knew she had to stay optimistic, surrounded by

car didn't follow them anymore; instead, it trailed

at her apartment, she reminded her, "He knows

then nodded slightly before heading into the

understood that if Patricia hadn't been blocking Ellar, he wouldn't have lost contact with her and wouldn't have been pushed to