Artem looks through a list of movies now showing, again following the book's advice, and rehearses inviting the
main character out.
Leaving his office, he overhears Kiki Bennett telling MC about her idol starring in a legal drama and gushing about how sweet an office romance would be. MC responds that she is married to her work, disheartening him. The conversation moves to Artem and how anyone he dates would have to be as outstanding as him.
Further discouraged, he returns to his office. He re-reads a passage in the book, remembers an earlier conversation with
Celestine Taylor, who told him that he was making good progress with the MC during their last outing, and decides to tread carefully.