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!

hung up the phone, threw on a random piece of

was stopped right out of the elevator by

need to

looked her up and down and

“No.”

straightforward. “Then

pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll

as Dorothy was feeling defeated, a deep

“Let her in.”

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

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

fell on her, Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you find a contract the other day?”

an eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are

radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively

Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so

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

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255