“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.“

up the food containers. “Let’s go. The landlord is waiting

him out of the office. Joshua had been watching everything from his position in a dark corner of the office with

elevator, he abruptly turned around and glanced in Joshua’s direction, seemingly looking straight

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

and got into the elevator. When he came out of the building, he caught sight of

with

clenched his

ringing again.

home? That crazy lady said that we’re not allowed to eat without you. Neil and I are starving!

isn’t

she’s trying to teach us some manners.“ Nellie pouted 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 now. I’m going to starve

phone and glanced in the direction that Theo’s car had left. Then, after a moment, he turned around

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