“How did you know I was working late tonight?“ asked Luna as she munched on the food Theo had brought for her.

Theo chuckled. “What if I told you I ‘d been waiting for you outside since 5 pm?“

Luna almost choked on her food. “Really?“

“Of course not, silly.“ Theo leaned against the chair and stretched. “When I was at your friend’s place this morning, I asked for her number, too. I called her just now, and she told me you weren’t home yet, so I guessed that you were probably still working.“

Luna felt relieved upon hearing Theo’s explanation.

Otherwise, she did not know how to react if Theo had indeed waited for her for more than three hours.

She stuffed the rest of the food into her mouth as quickly as she could. “Let’s go.“

again and helped her clean up the food containers. “Let’s go. The landlord is

Joshua had been watching everything from his position in a dark corner of the office with none of them knowing. He watched with a somewhat displeased look on his face as the two walked to the

turned around and

second later, Joshua’s phone rang. It was Alice again, asking him to come

When he came out of the building, he caught sight of Theo’s car that seemed to head in the opposite

home with Theo? That woman

he clenched

ringing again. This time, however, it was

what time are you coming home? That crazy lady said that we’re not allowed to

isn’t

as she said it. “That crazy lady isn’t letting us have any snacks either. She says it’s bad for us! The last thing I ate was the apple that my teacher gave me at kindergarten, but it’s been more than six hours

coming home now.“ Joshua hung up the phone and glanced in the direction that Theo’s car had left. Then, after a moment, he turned around and got into his

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