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.

she closed the door

gripped the document

a moment,

at the company, she instructed the secretary to deliver the lunch to

“Take it away.

eating,” Ellar

your lunch, or you won’t hold up.” “]

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

the secretary repeated, still somewhat puzzled by

sudden change of

Ellar sternly said, “Just

placing the meal box on the desk, the secretary left the

set aside the documents he was holding and looked

all.” The gloom that had enveloped

his lunch, Ellar

if there’s anything you need

watched him go, slightly amused and shaking her