"Haven't eaten?!"

"Nope!" Dorothy replied with a crisp tone, her mind suddenly ticking over.

What if Quincy was willing to offer her another one!

Wouldn't that solve everything?

Then Everett wouldn't need any plan at all and could directly kick Quincy to the curb.

But things weren't as easy as she thought...

Quincy squinted his eyes, staring at Dorothy for nearly a minute before probing, "What about the medicine I gave you?"

"Tossed it! I was afraid that your stuff could spread and silently kill me! You're a doctor, specializing in these things, how could I compete with you."

"Tossed it?"

Quincy's brow furrowed slightly.

Kevin, who had just returned, sensed something was off and quickly intervened, "Quincy, Ms. Sanchez! Let's not fight now, Mr. Lopez is still resting inside. Can we talk about this downstairs?"

to discuss! It's about the money! I'm giving you three more days to

plan,

Dorothy's retreating figure with a

at Everett's room, the confusion faded

sweat on Everett's forehead and his weak appearance didn't seem faked... His voice was even a bit hoarse, impossible

...

the hospital room for a while longer, waiting for the noise outside to cease before standing up. Kevin entered first, holding

"Got it."

nodded, carefully pocketing

knock sounded at the

back to

Luckily, it was Dorothy.

roamed around the hospital, saw Quincy

her, Everett's face lit up with a

you making a

Dorothy raised an eyebrow, diving straight into

quickly excused himself,

knew when to make a quick

his arms around her, lifting a thumb to her forehead, pretending to be angry, "What did you call me earlier, a cheating scumbag?

eyes smiling, "I was acting! Those

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255