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."

I mean is, that was

about it." He

"

I can allow you to have another half! You can have, but

tears fell suddenly,

cry! I'll get

was about to leave when Dorothy quickly grabbed Everett's arm, shaking her head,

feel so

as if, in this complex and cumbersome world, Everett had carved out a sanctuary for her, where she could remain a child. A carefree, eternal

even someone's wife. She was just a little

As for the tears...

but whenever she got emotional, she just couldn't

Dorothy meant to

pulling her into his embrace, gently rubbing her back, "The only thing that can scare me is

...

with her belly prominently showing, paced back and forth in

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