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!

up the phone, threw on a random piece of clothing, and

when she got to that floor, she was stopped

need to see Mr.

secretary looked her up and down and asked

“No.”

was straightforward.

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

was feeling defeated, a deep voice came from the

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary

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

tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you

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

causing Dorothy to instinctively step back.

this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it all

to the wrong person that night. I don’t

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