Chapter 425

Everett furrowed his brows, tuming around to lock eyes with her, their gazes ensnaring each other in a silent battle.

“I haven’t lied to you”

His gaze was fiery, laden with a sincerity that seemed to threaten to pull Dorothy into its depths entirely!

Now she regretted bringing up such matters with Everett. It was she who found herself unable to end the conversation. Clearing her throat with feigned composure, Dorothy averted her eyes. “Mr. Lopez, let’s stick to business, shall we?”

“Sure, business,” Everett responded. “You’re working late today.”

“Everett…”

Annoyance clenched at Dorothy’s teeth, “What exactly are you playing at? When we divorced, you said that you hated me. What now? Has the mighty Mr. Lopez decided to go back on his word? After being dumped by me once, are you really going to shamelessly chase after me again?”

Perhaps her words were too harsh, as Everett’s handsome face paled slightly, a flicker of rationality returning to his eyes.

He had been thrown off balance by a call from Kenneth.

to pick her up after work had sent a surge

turned back

seemed to revert to the Everett

silently driving towards the meeting place they had arranged with their

the meeting, he acted very professionally. From negotiation to finalizing the deal, and even when dropping Dorothy off at her office, he spared her not a single

as though they had

CEO, and she was

Dorothy was naturally in

a physical craving. But even though Everett hadn’t remarried, nor loved another, did that mean

No.

on because he didn’t know that for all these years, her energy had been focused on getting his mother in jail!

not just his mother, but his father

wouldn’t let any of

a visit to the

wrapped up his company affairs, he headed back to Bay Residence to

was engrossed in his phone, a jumble of code refreshing on the

knew this was undoubtedly a new virus concocted by

son.

neared the hospital, Langston finally set aside his phone, leaning

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