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, and ran towards the hotel’s presidential

she was stopped right out of the elevator by the

to see Mr. Lopez”

looked her up and down and asked sternly,

“No.”

was straightforward.

you 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

Dorothy was feeling defeated, a deep voice came from

“Let her in.”

order, the secretary finally

standing by the window with a cup of black coffee, sipping it from time

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

towards her. “Which day

causing Dorothy to

knew Everett was doing this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid

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

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

Comments ()

0/255