Chapter 6

“Karen, it’s urgent. Super urgent! Can you somehow get Mr. Lopez’s phone number?”

Dorothy had deleted Everett’s contact. She even left the online group they shared, so the only person she could turn to now was Karen.

The voice on the other side was clearly still groggy from sleep. “Who?!”

“Everett.”

“If you’re sleepwalking, go back to sleep.”

“I don’t have time to explain. It’s really urgent!”

The project partner’s supervisor had signed the contract and left the country. She couldn’t possibly ask him to return just to sign another contract with her.

Karen sensed her seriousness, sat up in bed, and said, “I can’t get his number, but you can go find him in his room, right?”

Right!

quickly hung up the phone, threw on a random piece of clothing,

got to that floor, she was stopped right out of

need to

and

“No.”

secretary was straightforward. “Then please

for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs

was feeling defeated, a deep

“Let her in.”

secretary

standing by the window with a cup

at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you find a contract

eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are you

was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step back.

was doing this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t

the wrong person that night. I don’t remember anything after that. I’m really just

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