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Chapter 16: Are You the Cleaning Staff Here?

Author: Achille
last update publish date: 2026-09-03 22:51:18

It was Peter.

Caleb watched Eleanor's expression sharpen with every second of the call and had a pretty good guess this lunch was about to fall apart.

Sure enough, she hung up and gave him an apologetic look. "Sorry, something came up. Can we do this another time?"

"Of course. Go handle it."

Caleb watched her into a cab, and only lowered his hand once it pulled away, muttering to himself, "How do I get this woman to notice I'm actually interested?"

Following the address Peter sent, Eleanor took
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