Jeff scooped her up effortlessly and carried her back to their bedroom. With his tall frame, he pinned her down on the bed, refusing to let her move.

"Jeff, what are you trying to do? Let go of me!"

"I'd miss you too much if you left," Jeff murmured, nuzzling against his wife's cheek with a mischievous grin. "I promise, I won't pull an Everett on you and talk about splitting up, okay? Even if it kills me, I won't let you go."

"Ha! Everyone saw how hard Everett chased after Dorothy. And what happened in the end? The moment he laid eyes on another woman, he was ready to call it quits with Dorothy!"

To Karen, a breakup was one thing, but the reason behind it was entirely unacceptable.

Especially since it all boiled down to Everett's mother?

That was something Karen just couldn't stomach.

It was his mother who had stirred the pot first, and now Dorothy was taking the fall for it.

"You don't know the whole story," Jeff blurted out suddenly, his emotions getting the better of him.

confusion as she stared at him. "What do you mean? Is

"Nothing, it's nothing."

trying to push me into divorcing

think Everett wants to break up with

for Dorothy's

at her wit's end trying to

begging Jonathan

the Bay Residence reported Everett wasn't coming

resorted to groveling

see Everett. Think of

but laugh at her request. "I thought you two were close? Why

tell you, if I don't see Everett soon, you can kiss the Caldwell

you need to see him so badly? Tell me,

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