"Wha-?" Kevin blinked, not catching the flurry of taps Mr. Lopez had executed on his smartphone. As a result, he was clueless and a tad startled. "Mr. Lopez, your schedule's packed with appointments. You're canceling all of them on such short notice?" he asked.

"I need to head back home for a while, then I'll return after some time," Everett replied, tapping his fingers restlessly on the desk.

"Just say I've come down with something nasty and can't meet anyone.” "Got it, Mr. Lopez," Kevin said as he made his exit and glanced at his own phone screen.

Why did Mr. Lopez lose his cool over that number? Driven by curiosity, he dialed the mysterious number from his personal phone.

After a few rings, a man's voice came through.

"Hello, this is Kenneth speaking. May I ask who's calling?" Kevin hung up immediately, a smirk spreading across his face.

isn't that revealing? Time to book a flight! After Jeffrey and Karen entered the house, they mulled over how to break

string of solemn promises and self-imposed penalties had had an effect. At least

it was because today's main event

in mind, Karen tugged on Jeffrey's sleeve, "You need to tell them about us registering our marriage.”

tell them about that too?" Karen shook her head frantically, "No, no, no! My dad can't handle that just yet. Let's wait on that!" While they

sound— It was her cousin Kenneth! Jeffrey's heart sank a bit as well. Why on earth had Derek called Kenneth over? "Uncle," Kenneth greeted as he

crinkled with a smile as he pulled Kenneth aside. "I called you over for a bit of advice!" Kenneth glanced at Karen and Jeffrey sitting in the living room and caught on right away, "They made up." "You knew?" Derek

worried sick, so we thought we'd get your take on things. Jeffrey gave me this

ploy by Jeffrey to ask for forgiveness. But after reading the fine print, it was clear Jeffrey wasn’t leaving

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