He stood there, tongue-tied and silent for an awkwardly long time.

Karen burst into laughter. "Got cold feet, huh? Leave me alone from now on, okay?" She shrugged off Jeffrey's grasp and strutted out.

Only a few steps out, she bumped into Dorothy and Everett walking straight towards her.

The moment Dorothy laid eyes on Karen, she pieced together most of the story. She turned slightly to Everett and said, "I need to have a word with Karen. Take the kids inside, will you?" Everett nodded in understanding. "Alright." As Karen approached, Dorothy reached out and grabbed her arm.

"Leaving already?" "Yeah, I just can't bear to sit with Jeffrey any longer." Karen's eyes felt dry, but there were no tears—nor the inclination to shed them.

Jeffrey wasn't worth it.

patted Dorothy's shoulder with a smile. " I'm fine. I just genuinely can't stand Jeffrey. Don't worry about it." "Is there something between you two?" "Nothing but a couple of flings—hardly sweet memories. Consider it like sampling some fancy fruit!" Karen laughed, her carefree demeanor almost making Dorothy

again, give me a call.” Karen shrugged nonchalantly. "I doubt he will." Judging by Jeffrey's surprised and confused

pick herself up after being kicked to the curb by him! If Jeffrey had agreed earlier, she would have married him on the spot. After all, should he cheat later, she could always divorce and get her share of the assets. That

seemed confused, not quite catching

one in a million.

talk tomorrow!" "Sure." Dorothy watched Karen take

was chatting with

"Yeah." Dorothy

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