He was determined to let Dorothy know that as long as he was there, as long as he had, she could have everything.

Just like at the beginning, when Everett said—

He would indulge her whims.

Soon, half of an ice cream cone was gone. Dorothy waved it in front of Everett, batting her eyelashes, "I feel like it'd be such a waste to throw away the rest of this. It's such a shame to waste food! Maybe I could..." The next second, Everett took it from her hand and naturally popped it into his mouth.

Mmm, a strong taste of strawberry.

Sweet and delightful.

"You, you ate my leftover ice cream!" For Dorothy, his action was more shocking than her craving for the other half of the cone.

You see, Everett was a bit of a germaphobe!

Even though Dorothy had bitten the cone, it inevitably had her saliva on it.

"We agreed, you could only have half."

mean is, that

about it." He

"

out to pat her head like soothing a child, "If you want, tomorrow I can allow you to have another half! You can have, but not too much. For our baby, you need to hold back, okay?" Looking at him, Dorothy suddenly felt a lump in

fell suddenly, catching Everett off

I'll get you another

grabbed Everett's arm, shaking her head, "It's

I feel so incredibly lucky to

Everett had carved out a sanctuary for her, where she could remain

not Abigail and Langston's mommy, not even someone's wife.

As for the tears...

she got emotional, she

Dorothy meant

into his embrace, gently rubbing her back, "The only thing that

...

with her belly prominently showing, paced back and forth in the living

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