Chapter 9

Luke couldn’t step out of his office all day, not only because he was avoiding having to bump into Eleanor, but mainly because of the many paperwork he had to deal with. He had a lot of reports to read and respond to.

Luke had let out a deep sigh from sitting at his desk all day, when his door busted open, and Leana walked in. He was about to scold her and tell her of how his office wasn’t a playground, when he saw Eleanor walk in behind her, he froze up. His mind became scrambled, and he didn’t know what to do or say next. He simply stood there, staring. He watched Leana skip out, but couldn’t even scold her for what she had done.

Still trying to figure out what next to do, he suddenly heard Eleanor say, “I am sorry, I would be out of your hair now.”

He was going to let her go away, but his mouth moved faster than his brain as he quickly said, “No, please have your seat.” It was only when he saw the expression on her face when she slowly turned to look at him, and then began to appr