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!

on a random piece of clothing,

floor, she was stopped right out of

to see Mr.

up and down and

“No.”

was straightforward.

bend the rules a bit? Just pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely want to see me.” But the secretary completely ignored her

defeated, a deep voice

“Let her in.”

secretary finally let her in.

in his dark silk robe, standing by the window with a cup of black coffee, sipping it from

Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips.

eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are you

intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step

this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so

don’t remember anything after that. I’m really just here

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