At their daughter's one-month celebration, Everett threw only a modest party.

He reasoned that a large crowd might increase the chance of germs, potentially putting their precious little girl at risk of falling ill.

"I'm feeling much better now, just a bit cooped up. I'd love some fresh air."

"Give me a sec," he replied, about to hand the baby over to the nanny. "I'll join you in a jiffy."

But before he could do so, Karen chimed in, "Auntie Karen's right here with Dorothy, Mr. Lopez. You go on and sort things out with Jeffrey. We'll have a good old catch-up."

He hesitated, stealing a glance at Dorothy. Only after seeing her nod did Everett softly add, "If anything feels off, come get me straight away."

"Don't you worry!"

laugh. "Who would've thought? The once aloof and lofty Mr. Lopez is now completely transformed! Is this what they call... character development?" Everyone knew

used to be

"Not just you. The entire Lopez Corporation walked on eggshells around him. Cross the boss, and you'd be in a world of

curiosity piqued, "Tonight, with both you and the baby celebrating a month... Mr. Lopez must be planning to strut his

shift in topic. "He... well, he's managed to... cope on his own in the shower, so I doubt

that she'd spied; it was just that Everett's self-service had become somewhat frequent and hard to

missing the point," Karen winked. "There's

and the real deal. No matter

matters into his own Kands, he's still gonna crave

nature, "Karen, some things never change with

as ever, Karen's mind wandered

are natural," Karen shrugged,

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