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.

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

"Nothing, it's nothing."

Are you trying to push me into

"You seriously think Everett wants to break

much right now, but just know that whatever Everett is doing, it's for Dorothy's best interest. And if you go spilling this to Dorothy

was at her wit's end

even begging Jonathan for help,

relationship grew tenser, and her spies at the Bay Residence reported

she resorted to groveling before the

need to see Everett. Think

thought you two were close? Why

favors later if you're just going to mock me now! Let me tell you, if I don't see Everett soon,

to see him so badly? Tell me, and I'll consider

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