Dorothy flinched, ducking away from his imposing figure, "You know, Mr. Lopez, you've been throwing around ‘can't’ and ‘don't’ a lot lately!" Everything seemed to be off-limits now! He was setting rules at every turn and she didn't remember him being this domineering before.

"It's because you've been flirting left and right," he accused.

"I have not!" she retorted without missing a beat.

Everett raised an eyebrow. "Then what about Kenneth?" he asked.

Silence.

"And what about Lane?" More silence.

"While we're on the subject, I still need to settle the score with him." Simply tearing down The Prosperity Consortium wasn't nearly enough.

Dorothy glanced at him, neither pleading for Lane nor intending to.

father, let it slide? "Have you decided when you're going back to pick up the kids?" Dorothy didn't have a shred of sympathy for Lane, but Kenneth was a different

the subject of taking the kids away with Kenneth, mainly because she had no idea

was just too

he picked up the kids, the

having his kids cared

fine." If he didn't get his children back soon, that would be the

why you still asked? I bet you've already had Kevin book

slept so soundly that her parents, along with Kenneth, had reported her missing at

opened her eyes, the unfamiliar ceiling and room left her bewildered for a moment before she abruptly turned to

doing here?!" Karen's voice startled Jeffrey from his deep

were loosely draped around

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