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.

kept him busy, and a bout of illness left him too drained to think

was back in the country, their

Dorothy asked, not looking at him

right now," Dorothy rejected quickly. "At least I think we got nothing to talk about at this moment." Everett

this." "Everett," she sighed deeply, then spoke softly, "I want to

you tell me when." It was just a

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

never did look at him, because the plan she held in her heart was known to no one and couldn't be detected by anyone! Everett

witnessed Karen wrapped around Jeffrey's neck, kissing him as if they couldn't bear to

them and quickly turned away, blushing as she covered the children’s

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