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!

a random piece of clothing,

she got to that floor, she was stopped

need to see Mr.

her up and down and

“No.”

straightforward. “Then please leave.”

Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely want to see me.” But

as Dorothy was feeling defeated, a

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary finally let her in.

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

gaze fell on her, Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you find a contract the

raised an eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day

pressure he radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step back.

the subject wouldn’t help, so she just

that night. I don’t

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