"Sweetheart." Everett gently stroked her hair, and then suddenly accelerated, both their hearts seeming to clench at once.

Dorothy clung to his arm for dear life, unable to tell if the pain or something else was more intense, with only his nechoing in her mind.

"Everett, Everett!" "I'm here, I'm right here." Quincy woke up from a nightmare once again.

In her dream, the men sent by Simeon laughed wildly and menacingly, each reaching out for her...

She abruptly opened her eyes to find it was still daytime.

Quincy got up from the hotel bed, rushed to draw all the curtains wide open and turned on every light, then stood in the middle of the empty room, finally catching her breath.

It took her a while to pull herself out of the nightmare, and it dawned on her that the freedom she yearned for wasn't so easily attained.

protect her, there was no real freedom to

her cellphone, then she slipped on her shoes and walked out of the

to keep an eye on her, reporting every

aware of his true

see Everett." She cout and made her request

the bush with this stoic guard; she hadn't seen him crack a smile once in all the the'd been assigned to her. Content belongs to Św"Did you hear me?

unmoved, his

to see Everett, I have things to discuss with him." "Mr. Lopez will contact you if he wishes to see you," the bodyguard finally

pacing back. and forth a few times before returning, Fine, if I can't see Everett, then I can go find Dorothy! You saw it, I ran into Dorothy just this morning, you must have reported that to your boss, right? Next tI see her, I'll just spill the beans about Everett planning to marry me!" A flicker of emotion crossed the

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