His kiss caught her completely off guard, sealing her lips in a sudden embrace.

Dorothy could only clutch at his shirt, tilting her head back to savor the warmth of his lips.

This kiss was different from the others; Everett was gentle, as if afraid he would break her, starting with a tender peck and gradually deepening...

When the kiss ended, he didn't let go of Dorothy, merely pulling back slightly.

"Dolled up for someone special, huh?" he teased.

Flushed and unable to meet his gaze, she mumbled, "I just thought... you know, for a trip, one ought to... spruce up a bit..." "Not for me?" "Definitely not." Everett smirked. "Then you're confined to this room today." Dorothy blinked. "Why?" "If it's not for me, then no one else gets a look." "That bossy? Mr. Lopez, been binge-reading those CEO romance s lately?" He raised an eyebrow. "You into that?" Shaking her head, she replied, "Not really.” But her friend Karen sure was! Especially the steamy ones, and she would pull Dorothy aside at The Prosperity Consortium the next day to rave about them.

had skimmed

to force her eyes to his. "Then why accept the roses from Kenneth?" "You know about that too?" "So you knew they were from

thought they were from you." "You told me

compared to him? He could fill the entire project team's office with roses! "I didn't know he would send them! He

course, Everett trusted that she wouldn't have asked Kenneth

at The Lopez Corporation forum snapped a photo of me, and Karen, without thinking much, shared it with me and showed Kenneth too." Who would have guessed Kenneth would

mention Kenneth in every other sentence?" Rorositid

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him as a friend, just Karen's cousin. Do you want me to see

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