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!

quickly hung up the phone, threw on a random piece of clothing,

to that floor, she was stopped

to

and down and asked sternly,

“No.”

was straightforward. “Then please leave.”

pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely want to see me.” But the secretary completely

feeling defeated, a deep voice came

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary finally let her

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

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

day?” Everett raised an eyebrow and walked towards

radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to

subject wouldn’t help, so she

I sent a text to the wrong person that night. I don’t remember anything after that. I’m really just

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