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

she was stopped right out of the elevator by the CEO’s secretary.

I need to

her up and down and asked sternly, “Do

“No.”

straightforward. “Then please

the rules a bit? Just pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see

feeling defeated, a deep voice came from

“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 time to

at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did

Everett raised an eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are you referring

radiated was intense, causing

Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it all out.

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

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