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.

she was stopped right out of the elevator

to

up and down and asked sternly,

“No.”

straightforward. “Then

Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely

was feeling defeated, a

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary finally let her in.

suite door and saw Everett still in his dark silk robe, standing by the window with a cup of black coffee, sipping it

tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you find a

towards

intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step

knew Everett was doing this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it

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

wife.” He suddenly interrupted her, so

“What?”

marry me.” Everett moved closer as his eyes

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