My Wife is a Hacker by Summer

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.

hesitation, she

shut, Ellar gripped the document tighter, a sense

Patricia hesitated for a moment, then decided to have

she instructed the secretary to deliver the lunch

“Take it away.

not eating," Ellar said,

said you must eat your lunch, or you won't hold up." "]

to listen..."" Ellar paused

say?" "Patricia," the

sudden change of

secretary's confusion, Ellar sternly

can go now." "Yes, Mr. Riddle." After placing the meal box on

alone, Ellar set aside the documents he was holding and looked at the meal

care after all." The gloom that had

after his lunch, Ellar went to Patricia's

know if there's anything you need me