"Sorry, I might as well be scraping the bottom of the barrel with that line."

Others might not get it, but Kenneth knew all too well.

If he ever had the chance, he'd say the same to Dorothy without batting an eye.

Sadly, he didn't even have the right to say those words out loud.

"Eleanor, please don't let me hold you back anymore."

"Is that your way of rejecting me?" Eleanor insisted on digging deeper.

All she got in return was Kenneth's silence.

She took a deep breath, then chuckled, "I find myself quite amusing. You've been pushing me away, yet here I am, asking to hear your rejection."

"Eleanor, you're a great girl."

"Save the nice guy act." She paused for a few seconds, "I've transferred $30,000 into your account. Consider it a small compensation for the accident you got into because of me. I know your family isn't hurting for money, but this is purely to ease my own guilt! From now on, I won't bother you anymore."

want your

short as

messages and sure enough, there was a $30,000

but customer service

again, only to

His messages went unanswered.

guilty...

drop her reservations and reach out, he

couldn't forget Dorothy, and he felt

...

was

yet at a dead end, he was far from giving up and wallowing in

deep thought, he messaged

onto him! Let Lane believe his plan is working, and that I'm just waiting to drop

as dead! It'd be so much easier to deal with Dorothy once Everett was gone, to

removing a rival from the

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