My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

Patricia agreed, stepping back. ’You should get some rest too.”

Charlie hesitated before asking with concern, “Your injury seem serious.”

“It’s nothing,” Patricia downplayed, avoiding Charlie’s gaze as she turned to leave.

“Will the captain be alright?” Seth asked Charlie, worried.

“Let’s give her some room,” Charlie said, getting up slowly, his eyes showing his worry. He could tell the cut on Patricia’s face was worse than she was letting on. Even with years of training under her belt, he understood that a scar on her face could still be a big deal to her.

‘Will she get through this?’ he wondered, deeply concerned for Patricia. ‘I should have asked her to leave this dangerous life a long time ago.’ Charlie sighed, thinking it might be time to discuss this with Max, and hoped Jared and Nicole would agree.

Meanwhile, Patricia returned to her apartment.

The moment she closed her door, all her pretenses collapsed. She didn’t bother turning on the lights, just sat on the couch in the dark, feeling completely drained.

sat there silently until

Knock, knock, knock.

was at her door. After a moment, Patricia slowly turned her

got up to open the door

to see Nicole. “Ms.

Who did you think was coming?” Nicole

could tell from just one look that

heard about what happened, so I came

followed, saying, “Don’t stress. We’ll find a

shook her head. “I doubt there’s a fix for this. It’s okay, though. Just another

asked, her brow furrowing. “Isn’t

for you guys,” Patricia