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.

hide her injury, the conspicuous

still tell she was deliberately keeping her head down, likely self-

condition and the treatment options,’ Ellar thought, determined

the restaurant, the atmosphere among the diners

Lulu shared

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

the group left the restaurant and went their separate ways. Nicole noticed Ellar’s car didn’t follow them anymore; instead, it

off at her apartment, she reminded her, “He knows

paused, then nodded slightly before

if Patricia hadn’t been blocking Ellar, he wouldn’t have lost contact with her and wouldn’t