"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.

entered the house, they mulled over

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

was because today's main event hadn't unfolded

need to tell them about us registering our

not angry." "And the baby? Should we 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 whispered to each other, Derek

was her cousin Kenneth! Jeffrey's heart sank a bit as well. Why on earth had

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."

your take on things. Jeffrey gave me this unconditional property transfer agreement. Now, even if we don't

just a ploy by Jeffrey to ask for forgiveness. But after

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