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

Dorothy around, Everett always made it a point

"Sure."

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

dashed back to her room, returning with a sticker to flaunt in

got one,

"Little girl stuff,

the teacher didn't give you one! She only gave it

just smirked and went back to

daughter into his arms, "Abigail is

You are the best

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

Everett deserved to have more

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

through her phone, her gaze alternating between the busy figure in the kitchen and

times last night, and you were careful every time???" Karen's message

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