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!

random piece of clothing, and

floor, she was stopped

need to see Mr.

up and down and

“No.”

was straightforward. “Then please leave.”

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

as Dorothy was feeling defeated, a deep

“Let her in.”

the secretary

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?” Everett raised an eyebrow and walked towards her.

was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step

subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it all

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

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