“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.“

Theo chuckled again and helped her clean up the food containers. “Let’s go. The landlord is waiting for us.“

of the office. 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

turned around and glanced in Joshua’s direction, seemingly

descended. A split second later, Joshua’s phone rang. It was Alice again,

When he came out of the building, he caught

with Theo?

clenched

in his pocket started ringing again.

lady said that we’re

froze. “Alice isn’t letting you eat

said that we’re bad children, so 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.

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

was just an employee of his. It did not matter who she chose to go home with. It was none

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