"Such a catch for a son-in-law, I bet there are plenty of girls eyeing him up! Our daughter must be on edge all the time!" "Like no one's got their eye on Everett? Haven't seen him with another girl his whole life!"

Karen always had a way of putting Jeffrey in his place with just a few words, leaving him with nothing but a wry smile. After all, his youthful indiscretions had given her plenty of ammunition...

Not too far away, Kevin was pushing Langston's wheelchair, with Abigail in her floral dress trailing beside them.

"Mom! Dad!"

Abigail knew how to play it cute. The moment she saw Everett, she dashed over.

"Mr. Lopez." Kevin's gaze first met Mr. Lopez's, then shifted to Dorothy, his eyes sparkling with mirth, "How's it going, Mrs. President?"

"...You can just call me Ms. Sanchez, you know. 'Mrs. President' sounds so stiff!"

"On a day like today, we gotta switch it up! You'll get used to it."

to come over." Kevin chuckled awkwardly, "I told her Mrs. President here is Mr. Lopez's treasure, not to

you come by yourself? Where's your

make me out to be some bogeyman! Am I really that scary?" Dorothy looked past him and caught sight of a girl with a sweet face, looking incredibly uneasy at the entrance of the banquet, "Go on, bring her over! Mr. Lopez and I would love to meet her." For Dorothy, Kevin had always felt like a friend,

only him who seemed to insist

Everett chimed in, "Since she's here for the wedding, it's hardly gentlemanly to

I'll

his mom, "Kevin and his girlfriend are so into each other! thought being around you and

flicked his son's forehead, "That's called being in love, not

you're the adult, what you say

after, Kevin came back with his girlfriend, who still looked quite embarrassed and hardly dared to make eye contact with

I first started at Lopez Corporation, Kevin showed me the ropes, so he's kind of my mentor! If you don't mind, consider me a friend. Everett

girl nodded, visibly

understood how she

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