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!

phone, threw on a random piece of

when she got to that floor, she was stopped right out of

I need to see Mr.

looked her up and down and

“No.”

straightforward. “Then please

him Dorothy urgently needs to

was feeling defeated, a deep voice

“Let her in.”

the secretary finally let her in.

cautiously opened the suite door and saw Everett still in his dark silk robe, standing by the window with

on her, Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr.

eyebrow and walked towards her.

radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step back.

doing this on purpose. Changing the subject

wrong person that night. I don’t remember anything after

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