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.

didn’t want to dive into a chat about Everett’s new bride, which would only remind her of the bite marks she had seen on

curious about

time to discuss your wife, I still have a mountain of paperwork to get through. Let’s meet the project manager sooner, so I can get back to the

her. With a slight nod, he continued driving towards

arrived outside

was all too familiar with the place, having

came around to

Dorothy said, “Do I really need to come in? If you’ve arranged for your son to be taken care of,

his nutritional needs, I prefer to cook myself.

she waved him off, “No, that’s fine! You’re married, I’m

both married that there’s nothing to

Dorothy was speechless.

odd sound reasonable, leaving her at a loss for a comeback.

to get out of the car or not, her phone inside her

was Kenneth calling!

enough for Everett to see.

of the car and walked to

pick me up after and we’ll go

she looked up to find Everett’s eyes fixed on

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