Chapter 422

Dorothy knew that Everett’s insistence on having her return to the Lopez Corporation was a setup–a chess move in his grand strategy. And sure enough, barely a day back and he was already itching to introduce her to Langston, and then he would find out what was going on!

As Dorothy pieced this together, she reminded herself to tread carefully around this man. Traps could lurk in the most innocuous of places.

She hoped that when she did see Langston, nothing would give them away.

Deep down, though, she yearned to see her son, to know how he was doing.

“You don’t seem surprised about my having a son, Everett suddenly said, breaking into her thoughts

Dorothy snapped back to the present, shrugged nonchalantly, and said, “Should I be? We’ve been divorced for over four years. You’re a grown man, so remarrying and having kids is hardly unusual.”

“announced my marriage this year.”

“Oh, well then, congratulations!”

She had zero interest in prolonging this conversation.

dive into a chat about Everett’s new bride, which

thought you’d be curious about my marriage.”

still have a mountain of paperwork to get through. Let’s meet the project manager sooner, so I can get back to the office and

her. With a slight nod, he continued driving

they arrived outside his

having just

came around to open the

you’ve arranged for your

needs, I prefer to cook myself. You

I’m married–it’s

both married that there’s nothing to be

Dorothy was speechless.

of making the odd sound reasonable, leaving

was debating whether to get out of the car or not, her phone

Kenneth

enough

walked to the side to answer

I’m at work… No, I ljaven’t forgotten, you’ll pick me up after

looked up to find Everett’s eyes fixed on

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