"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.

powerful backer, without someone strong to protect her, there was no real freedom

then she slipped on her shoes and walked out of the hotel room with her phone in hand. Outside, a well-trained bodyguard stood

and more to keep

was well aware of his

see Everett." She cout and made her

a smile once in all the the'd been assigned to her. Content belongs to Św"Did you hear me? I want to see Everett." Seeing

remained unmoved, his

threaten to get my way? Tell your boss I want to see Everett, I have things to discuss with him." "Mr.

my own?" Quincy bit her lip, 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

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