Jeff looked at the words and burst into crazy laughter. He'd always pegged Everett as a closet king, always bottling things up and thinking he was so slick. But when it came to anything involving Dorothy, the guy would lose his cool faster than a house of cards in a windstorm! If Everett didn't make it back to Eldorria City in three days, Jeffrey would eat his hat! From a distance, Karen spotted Jeffrey, waving as she stepped out of Dorothy's office.

He nodded and strode into the fourth project team's bullpen, where Austin immediately spotted him.

"Mr. Turner! What brings you here?" Austin exclaimed.

In Lopez Corporation, everyone knew about Jeffrey's bromance with Everett, so they naturally treated him with a great deal of respect.

Lately, Jeffrey had been attending the big cheese meetings on behalf of Everett, basically acting like a deputy CEO.

"Just visiting my better half." "Uh?" Austin was baffled. "Your... your wife works in the fourth project team too?" Jeffrey furrowed his brow, clearly annoyed, "You running a census here or what?" "Of course not, sir!" Ignoring Austin, he walked straight into Dorothy's office.

Jeffrey's retreating figure, mulling over the words he'd just

finished with the meeting?" Karen stood up and walked over to him, snuggling into his embrace as soon as

The picture of affection.

"I can't, I've got work to do. The project can't run without its members. Go ahead without me." "Come on, it's just lunch! It won't take long!" Karen

no choice but to agree. "Yeah... I can help out." "No, that's fine." Dorothy relented, "You are so kind so I'll come along, but don't worry about the work. This project is a bit complex, and Jeffrey won't be able to jump in just like that." Karen flashed an "OK' sign, beaming like a kid excited about

her, really. Karen seemed to have it all and was still the apple

out a chair for Karen, wiped down the utensils, and poured her

of him that seemed totally at odds with

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