When it was time for him to head off to bed, the old man looked sad to see her go.
In the end, it took Chloe Sinclair promising she would visit often for the old man to head upstairs, chuckling happily.
Chloe: "..."
'He was probably faking it,' she thought.
Still, she had made a promise, and Chloe Sinclair always kept her word.
"Chloe, how about I take you back to your apartment now?"
Chloe needed to stay in Emberfall for a few days for a project handover, and he also happened to have some unfinished work to deal with.
After dropping Chloe off at her apartment, Jasper hurried back to his company.
Back at her apartment, Chloe organized the data she had on hand, then headed to Joel Quincy's research institute.
The institute was noticeably emptier than usual.
With the Lunar New Year approaching, Joel Quincy had given all the interns a vacation. Only he and Nathan Trenton were left in the lab.
"Professor."
