Sitting beside Everett, Kevin couldn't help but feel his eyes well up with tears for him.
He had always known that Everett was head over heels for Dorothy, but he never imagined the depth of his love.
It was as if he had saved all his tenderness and patience for her alone.
Over a decade—that was a terrifying amount of time.
The long, solitary, unpredictable wait before Dorothy reciprocated his feelings must have been agonizing.
"If I could do it all over, I wouldn't want to be born into the Lopez family. So, don't touch her. Don't push me." Otherwise, he didn't know what he might do.
Karen couldn't get a wink of sleep.
bedroom to keep an eye on
sleep, I can take you for a stroll around the yard." Their villa was on
stayed there, only a few servants maintained it, and it didn't have any exotic flowers, just the common ones you'd see
course, jumped at the chance
the very least, she wanted to see where she
up and followed Jeffrey out the door, only to realize she had
that she couldn't even make out where
then go with me." Jeffrey noticed she was shivering in her thin clothing, so he
midday sun to see
was the same face, the same easygoing expression,
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