Chapter 513

Everett couldn’t care less about curiosity and gossip. His concerns were far more immediate.

“Hey, you’re not mad at me over this whole mess, are you?” he asked tentatively.

She didn’t reply.

“Jeffrey is always so impulsive and he’s a man who speaks before he thinks like he’s never grown up. Don’t be mad, okay? He picked on your friend, but I’ll make it right.”

Dorothy couldn’t help but smile at the hasty earnestness in his eyes.

“I never said I’d drag you into this! I know my bestie. She can handle herself.”

With a mouth like Karen’s, she could run circles around Jeffrey in a verbal showdown.

The moment Everett mentioned he was treating her to dinner, Karen was all in.

Who could say no to a feast of delicacies?

And Everett was nothing if not sincere, even arranging a limo to pick her up from the hotel.

gave a dry smile, “Just swung by a fruit stand. I couldn’t understand a word they were saying so I just grabbed what I could recognize. Can’t

knew all about proper

a sigh, Dorothy laughed, “I could get used to the

to Everett’s hospital bed,

“Yeah,” Everett nodded.

With you looking after Dorothy, I can head back home without worrying. Otherwise,

mid–sentence, slamming the

he’s good to Dorothy,” Everett

It’s all one–sided. Dorothy never

untoward, she quickly cut in, “Everett was thinking of showing you

about to agree when she

not Jeffrey,

with a

goodness! A little sightseeing before I head back sounds perfect. Thanks, Mr. Lopez. I’ll go with it as long as the guide

could respond, his

the caller ID

for the whoosh of wind was audible over the

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