Everett now just wanted their lives to continue this way forever, calm and tranquil. And if there must be any challenges, he wished they'd come his way alone, leaving Dorothy unscathed, not even a hair out of place. That was his biggest wish at the moment.

"Dorothy, stay by my side forever."

...

That night, she truly slept deeply.

It wasn't until the next morning, when the aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled the air, that her rumbling stomach woke her up.

Rubbing her sleepy eyes, Dorothy sat up in bed.

The man beside her had already gotten up.

After freshening up and still in her pajamas, she walked out to the living room, where Everett was peeling an orange for Abigail, with Langston beside him, seriously discussing some tech bug on his laptop. This scene... it was just so harmonious.

Dorothy really wanted to capture this moment on her phone, to keep it forever.

and handed the peeled orange to Abigail and Langston, then

Everett always made it a

"Sure."

legs, "Mommy! The teacher praised me today! She even gave me a sticker, I'll

to her room, returning with a sticker to flaunt in front of her mom,

one, but brother

but react, "Little girl stuff, I wouldn't

but the teacher didn't give you one!

smirked and went back

down, scooping his daughter into his arms, "Abigail is

the best

felt a lump in her throat, barely holding back tears her If Everett's words last night made Consider giving up on the idea of r child,

Everett deserved

tidy up, a man with a preference for cleanliness and a dislike for others entering his space, taking matters into his own

couch, Dorothy idly scrolled through her phone, her gaze alternating between the busy figure in the

night, and you were careful every time???" Karen's message came through with

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