Sandwiched in the middle of a dilemma, Kevin was definitely feeling the pinch.

"Everett's not picking up his phone." "Then keep calling until he does. Mr. Lopez is holding onto his phone." Dorothy's brows knitted in frustration. "Alright, I got it." She ended the call and switched to texting on Everett's WhatsApp.

[Call me back, or you can forget about seeing me again!] True to form, less than a minute after she hit send, her phone rang with Everett's name flashing on the screen.

Taking the call, Dorothy made her way to the CEO's office door and punched in the code - 0825.

The lock beeped affirmatively.

Sure enough, the office code hadn't changed.

phone, Everett's deep, raspy voice came through. "You're in my office?" He could tell just from the sound! "Yeah," Dorothy didn't bother hiding it, "Aren't you supposed to be at the company? And making Kevin keep secrets from me,

thought Everett would never lie

you." Everett still didn't

are.” "You don't want to know." "I do want to know! Everett, you better think carefully

worry, I didn't disturb your

had thought Everett and Kevin were together, only to realize that Kevin had followed Everett due to sensing something was off. Not daring

of her car and jogged

the cemetery's main gate, indeed not having

feet, too many to count, and as she approached, the unmistakable

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