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.

“Just swung by a fruit stand. I couldn’t understand a word they were saying so I just grabbed what I

knew all about proper

Dorothy laughed, “I could get used to the

to Everett’s hospital

“Yeah,” Everett nodded.

Dorothy, I can head back home without worrying. Otherwise, my brother-”

the brakes on that thought.

know he’s good to Dorothy,” Everett

Mr. Lopez. It’s all one–sided. Dorothy never said yes.

something even more untoward, she quickly cut in, “Everett was

about to agree when she

It’s not

with a wry smile.

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

could respond,

turned as the caller

was outside, for the

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