My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

After getting into the car, Patricia leaned back in her seat and stared out the window, her expression lonely and lost in thought.

Lulu nudged Nicole and nodded toward Patricia, asking softly, “Is she okay?”

“She’ll sort herself out,” Nicole replied. Whether something was wrong or not wasn’t always obvious, but ultimately, it was up to Patricia to confront it.

As the cars started and headed toward the restaurant, Nicole frowned and glanced in the rearview mirror, noticing Ellar’s car following them. ‘He’s really devoted,’ she thought, a bit of resignation in her tone.

At the restaurant, the group entered to have dinner. Ellar, showing some restraint, didn’t make an appearance.

Waiting outside the restaurant, Ellar looked in, his heart aching for Patricia.

conspicuous bandage on

composed, but Ellar could still tell she was deliberately keeping her head down, likely self- conscious about the

Patricia’s condition and the treatment options,’

the atmosphere among the diners quickly

and Patricia’s injury. Lulu shared

touched by their efforts to care for her feelings. Despite her mixed emotions, she knew she had to stay optimistic,

didn’t follow them anymore; instead, it trailed

Patricia off at her apartment, she reminded her, “He knows now. You don’t

paused, then nodded slightly before

hadn’t been blocking Ellar, he wouldn’t have lost contact with