My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

“You’re not going either, Patricia?” Lulu asked with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

She knew that if Patricia did not come along, Ellar would most likely not either.

That would leave just four of them, making it somewhat less exciting for all of them.

Patricia caught onto Lulu’s hint, and after a moment of hesitation, she nodded.

“Okay, I’ll come.”

“Really? Count me in too!” Ellar’s face lit up, as he was previously certain that Patricia would just say no to Lulu’s idea.

But before he could get too excited, Patricia shot him a frosty glare. “No, you can’t join us.”

“Why not?” he asked, his momentary sense of joy dissipating. ‘Where’s the fun in that?’ Lulu, whose brows were furrowed in confusion, turned to Patricia. “Come on, Patricia. Let him come. It’ll always be more fun with more people, don’t you think?”

“Yeah, exactly!” Ellar pleaded with Patricia, hoping she would change her mind.

stood firm, going as far as giving him an ultimatum. “If you go,

happening between them, but Ellar quickly interrupted her train

should go. I’ll just leave,”

suspicion. ‘He gave in too quickly. Something doesn’t feel

else,” Patricia said, already

else. What does that mean? She said she didn’t have a boyfriend, so who could she be thinking of inviting?’ Then, he cast a glance over at Samuel, June, Lulu, and Spencer while his thoughts continued to race. ‘It’s unlikely that Patricia will just bring just one of her girl friends along, right? But if it’s not a girl

voice finally got to Ellar, snapping him

moment, there was a

on your mind?” Lulu

the focus. “Why

us?” Lulu

the group outing would give Ellar and Patricia a chance to connect with one another, especially if there

think of something,” Ellar said, noticing that Patricia

then encouraged the others