My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Chapter 2973

"Okay," Lulu said, turning to leave the office. She nearly bumped into Ellar just outside.

Noticing Ellar's haggard look, Lulu frowned with concern." Why do you look so tired?"

"You're here," Ellar replied, a tired note in his voice as he walked into the office.

His eyes widened slightly when he saw Nicole inside." Nicole, what are you doing here?"

"I heard from Lulu you weren't feeling well. Came to check on you," Nicole said, her gaze lingering on Ellar.

Ellar felt an uncomfortable twinge of guilt. Trying to mask any strangeness, he said, a bit stiffly, "No, just busy, that's all. Just tired."

Nicole's eyes narrowed a fraction. "You look more than just tired," she said, skepticism lacing her words. She wasn't buying the mere fatigue story.

gave a forced chuckle. "What else would it be? Honestly, just tired." He gestured to the mountain of paperwork on his desk. "See? So much work lately. Some I can't even finish in one

spending time with Patricia," Lulu said, teasing him

Ellar admitted, a hint of

shouldn't pry into your personal life, but don't let it affect your

what?" Ellar asked, a hint of

thinks I'm just preoccupied with Patricia, she won't suspect the

wondered what Lulu

You should really

Patricia had been clear about her feelings. Ellar needed to

someone to stand by her now. After she recovers, I’ll step back, just wishing her happiness," Ellar said, a rare seriousness

doing all this for Patricia without expecting anything in return. He just wanted to be there for her, hoping for her happiness in the

her head, at a loss

if you're just keeping her company, you shouldn’t be this drained. Let me

come closer