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Charles Reyes will accept almost any honest job to survive his final year at university.
Bakery assistant? Done.
Event cleaner? Certainly.
Professional dog walker? Absolutely-especially when the dog has the same name as him.
Charles the human is a hardworking orphan from the Bronx, juggling multiple jobs, scholarship pressure and dreams much bigger than his bank account. Charles the dog is a charming Cavalier King Charles Spaniel who lives more comfortably than he does.
And then there is Daisy Whitmore.
Sophisticated, punctual and devoted to her banking career, Daisy leaves her established life in London after her American boyfriend returns to New York. Following him gives her two reasons to cross the Atlantic: a promising Manhattan promotion and a private opportunity to revisit the childhood she left behind.
Charles enjoys walking her dog through Central Park, although one question continues to bother him:
Whenever Daisy smiles at the door, which Charles is she smiling at?
When university demands his full attention, Charles reluctantly gives up dog walking. Months later, he begins the internship required for graduation-and discovers that Daisy is one of the bank managers overseeing the programme.
She greets him as though they have never met.
Now Charles must survive a strict boss, jealous competitors, suspicious financial figures and one determined dog who keeps pushing them together.
But long before Central Park and the bank, two children made a promise to find each other.
One kept his name.
The other became someone new.
Neither realises that a four-legged matchmaker may have already brought them home.
The intern. The boss. And the dog who knew first.
A funny, heartwarming slow-burn romance about ambition, resilience, found family, second chances-and discovering that some promises never truly forget the way home.
A Daddy Kalb Original