Dorothy was utterly befuddled.

Did that mean...

"The flowers weren't from Everett?" "Of course not! You told Mr. Lopez not to send any!" Dorothy furrowed her perfectly arched brows, her gaze falling upon the large bouquet of roses, "Wait, I don't get it. Why would Everett cancel his hospital appointment for the shots?" Was there a connection between the two? It couldn't possibly be that Everett was trying to gain her sympathy by playing the sick card, could it? No, that didn't make sense. If that were his intention, he wouldn't have kept his illness a secret from her from day one.

"Because he's cramming all his work into his schedule, even using the time for his shots for meetings!" Dorothy was more befuddled. Was he trying to occupy his mind with work? Seeing her confusion, Kevin spelled it out, "You still don't get it? Mr. Lopez is trying to cut short his business trip in Liberty City.

He's eager to get back home!" Only when Dorothy heard this did she find the situation somewhat ludicrous.

you reading too much into this?" Whether Everett returned home sooner or later, it had nothing to do

know?" Kevin sighed on the other end, "Forget it, this is too hard to explain! Just persuade Mr. Lopez to get his

skipping your shots again.] When he didn't reply, she

suddenly lost their charm. As she wondered who could have sent them, her

it was Everett, she answered without looking at the caller

of yourself?" "Dorothy, it's me." "Uh. Kenneth?" Only then did Dorothy glance at the screen; indeed, it was

you?" She paused, "You sent them?" "Yes! I saw the photo Karen shared on the Lopez Corporation forum yesterday, you looked so lovely holding that bouquet. I wanted to give you one too. I hope you like them." "Yes, do." "That's great! Anytime you want something, just let me know. Just...

thought she was accepting another man's advances. Now Kenneth thought

but the words were swallowed back at the last second. It would be

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