Chapter 6

“Karen, it’s urgent. Super urgent! Can you somehow get Mr. Lopez’s phone number?”

Dorothy had deleted Everett’s contact. She even left the online group they shared, so the only person she could turn to now was Karen.

The voice on the other side was clearly still groggy from sleep. “Who?!”

“Everett.”

“If you’re sleepwalking, go back to sleep.”

“I don’t have time to explain. It’s really urgent!”

The project partner’s supervisor had signed the contract and left the country. She couldn’t possibly ask him to return just to sign another contract with her.

Karen sensed her seriousness, sat up in bed, and said, “I can’t get his number, but you can go find him in his room, right?”

Right!

Dorothy quickly hung up the phone, threw on a random piece of clothing, and ran towards the hotel’s presidential suite.

that floor, she was stopped right out of the

need to

and down and asked sternly, “Do you have

“No.”

was straightforward.

you bend the rules a bit? Just pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely want to see me.”

Dorothy was feeling defeated, a deep

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary finally let

the suite door and saw Everett still in his dark silk robe, standing

on her, Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez,

raised an eyebrow and walked towards

radiated was intense, causing

subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it all

a text to the wrong person that night. I don’t remember anything after that. I’m really just here to get

He suddenly interrupted her, so Dorothy didn’t catch on at

“What?”

marry me.” Everett moved closer as his eyes locked onto her stunned face.

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