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.

moment’s hesitation, she closed the door

shut, Ellar gripped the document tighter, a sense of desolation washing over

lunch, Patricia hesitated for a moment, then decided to

company, she instructed the secretary to deliver the lunch to Ellar’s

“Take it away.

not eating,” Ellar

must eat your lunch, or you won’t hold up.” “] don’t care

need to listen…”” Ellar paused his retort as he suddenly realize

“Patricia,” the secretary repeated, still somewhat puzzled

sudden change of

confusion, Ellar sternly said, “Just

placing the meal box on the

the documents he

after all.” The gloom that had enveloped Ellar all morning

after his lunch, Ellar went to Patricia’s

you need me to do,” he said, then quickly

amused and shaking