"Hey... when did you get here?"

"I saw you hustling out in a hurry." Everett strode over, his long legs closing the distance quickly, and wrapped her in an embrace.

That distinct scent of his enveloped her, offering Dorothy an endless sense of security.

"Why didn't you give me a heads up?"

Dorothy pouted.

"Since when do you announce a surprise check in advance?" Everett raised an eyebrow, his warm smile spreading.

"You're doing surprise checks on me now?"

"Of course! With all these rivals around, who knows if Kenneth Nelson hears about your new venture and comes running to help, trying to sweep you off your feet!" That got Dorothy laughing.

"So, what you're saying is, unless Kenneth is married, you're going to be on guard against him no matter what?"

"Even marriage wouldn't cut it."

It's not like Kenneth never had a girlfriend. Still ended up the same, right?

lifted a finger to poke his side, "Jealous

"Absolutely!"

"Childish!"

"Guilty as charged."

to realize that

why bother with pride

here. How about we pick up Abigail

him picking them up anyway. We might

puzzled, "Why's

your daughter, of course. Kevin's always got candy in his

both infuriating and hilarious! Going forward, Abigail's et dating

What a silly girl.

Dorothy's hand, led her outside, magically producing two movie

honor me with her company

bought these in the morning? Been a slow day

kill

owed his current leisure to

console him, so he took the chance to get ahead on some projects. Now, he could afford

you for a movie! But once Ms. Sanchez takes

Corp. I can represent Lopez Corp and talk business with your company directly! Ideally, we wrap up just in time to

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