Chapter 28

She laughed awkwardly. “Mr. Lopez, you don’t know my mom. She’s old-fashioned and can’t accept the contract between us. I was afraid she’d get mad if she found out, so I didn’t tell her the truth.”

“So, you plan to make up with your boyfriend once the one-year contract is over?”

His question was too sharp, and his gaze was too penetrating, leaving Dorothy at a loss for words.

She wished she hadn’t made up this out-of-the-blue boyfriend. Now she was shooting herself in the foot.

“Um… I haven’t thought about that.”

She couldn’t say that she definitely wouldn’t get back together with him, fearing that he would suspect that she was clinging to him.. “You’ve thought about it.” Everett said coldly, “Otherwise, why wouldn’t you tell your mother that you guys have already broken up?” Dorothy, who wasn’t good at making up stories, was now at a loss for words. “Um……”

“Think about the contract again.” Everett stood at the end of the hospital corridor. His tall figure was half-immersed in the darkness, and his tone was cold and distant.

cleanliness obsession. It’s serious.”

Huh?

talking about his cleanliness obsession. By the time

out. Not only did she have to handle his insatiable stamina in bed, but she also had to learn to read this man’s

the ward, the doctor was monitoring Bella’s heart.

in with a pained expression, she quickly asked,

sit down and began peeling an

a little more. Bella thought back and pouted. “He’s tall and handsome, but why is he so petty? I didn’t even

stop guessing? It has nothing to do with him. I’m just upset about work.”

don’t push yourself. Go home early today, get a good night’s sleep, and everything might

at the time. “I really have

ignore her duties at the Prosperity Consortium. Everything needed to be

mother for a while, Dorothy left the hospital when it

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