Caleb’s Dilemma

Driven by the vibes that he got from Melanie during their date, Caleb hatches plans to ask Melanie out again as soon as Emma and Alistair leave his office but when Alistair notices how distracted Caleb is, he tells Emma to stop briefing Caleb about the preparations for the next morning’s meeting and that she should come with him to his office because he has something else that he needs her to help him with, just so that he won’t call Caleb out in front of his assistant for being so distracted.

Caleb is delighted as Emma and Alistair step out of his office and he fishes out his phone to text his latest catch but when she doesn't reply within one hour, he double-texts her.

No reply comes forth after he waits for another 30 minutes, and that makes him groan in frustration.

"Did I misread the outcome of the date to think that she is really into me when she is not?" he wonders.

Caleb falls into his office chair with fatigue written all over his face. He had hoped that his date with Melan