The silence in the car was thick enough to cut with a knife, and Dorothy felt a wave of awkwardness that made her skin crawl.

Usually, whenever Everett sensed her discomfort, he'd find a way to lighten the mood, but today, he didn't seem to have any intention of doing so.

It wasn't until they were almost at Bay Residence that he broke the silence again.

"Dorothy, should we maybe have a proper talk?" he asked.

He felt that they had never truly sat down to discuss their future or the whirlwind of events that had transpired between them.

It was always her with her thoughts, and him with his.

Everett had thought he had lost the right to ask Dorothy for a heart-to-heart, but that night, the vulnerability and love in her eyes were unmistakable, and he wasn't blind.

These past few days, he could recall her trembling voice calling out his name with his eyes shut, and it was such torture.

too drained to think

the country, their fiery encounter

about?" Dorothy asked, not looking at him but picking at

got nothing to talk about

we slept together!" "I know." "Dorothy, we can't go on like this." "Everett," she sighed deeply, then spoke softly, "I want to wait until things have settled

just

I will." Everett seemed to have anticipated this response, his lips curling into a dry semblance of

at him, because the plan she held in her heart was known to no one and couldn't be detected

picking up the kids and heading to the airport, Dorothy witnessed Karen wrapped around Jeffrey's neck, kissing him as if they couldn't bear to

and quickly turned away, blushing as she

to

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