Everett finally replied to Jonathan, [I'll send an escort.] [Change the children’s surname first!] Jonathan was all about business, not acting unless he was sure about the deal’s success.

Everett snorted dismissively and did not bother replying.

It was a battle of endurance now—a waiting game to see who would lose their cool first.

He knew his parents were all about keeping up appearances. If the press got wind that their grandchildren bore the surname Sanchez instead of Lopez, they would consider it a massive humiliation.

Not that Everett cared much for such vanities.

When Dorothy returned with a bowl of corn chowder, Everett was already buried in work.

His stitches had just been removed, and he really should not have been moving around so much. He needed rest, but Dorothy knew all too well he was not a man who could rest easy.

video call with Everett was briefing him on a project, Everett's biggest venture for the

not Dorothy's area of expertise. She was so out of her depth that she would not even qualify as a due diligence assistant

pondered momentarily before booting up her laptop

was a haven for experts, and despite the casual 'haha's' peppering the posts, the more nonchalant someone seemed, the more likely

these experts, Dorothy's mind went straight to

name. He was ghostly pale and spoke English fluently, so he most

later, Everett finally

to fix, is it done?" "Not yet." "What's so important on it that you had to go

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