My Wife is a Hacker novel (Nicole)

Patricia felt this was probably for the best, to avoid any unnecessary misunderstandings.

Ellar watched Patricia leave without hesitation, feeling a deep, muted pain in his heart.

A knock on the door interrupted his thoughts.

“Mr. Riddle, these are urgent,” his secretary announced, entering the room.

“Just leave them,” Ellar instructed, returning to his desk.

After the secretary placed the documents down and left, Ellar picked them up without hesitation and began to work, engrossed in his tasks for the entire morning.

Noticing Ellar hadn’t left his office, Patricia approached with a puzzled look.

She knocked on his office door.

“Come in,” Ellar’s voice sounded from inside.

Opening the door, Patricia asked, “Aren’t you going to have lunch? It’s lunchtime.” “I’m not eating,” Ellar responded tersely, then returned his focus to the documents.

Patricia was taken aback.

a moment’s hesitation, she closed

Ellar gripped the document tighter, a sense of desolation

for a moment, then decided to have a

instructed the secretary to deliver the lunch to

“Take it away.

eating,” Ellar

you won’t hold up.” “] don’t care about who said so,

paused his retort

say?” “Patricia,” the secretary repeated, still

sudden change of

Ellar

now.” “Yes, Mr. Riddle.” After placing the

documents he was holding and looked

gloom that had

after his lunch, Ellar went to Patricia’s

you need me to

and shaking her head at his quick