Chapter 2

In the wee hours, Dorothy woke up. The man beside her was still deep in sleep, his strong arm wrapped around her completely. His steady breathing tickled her neck.

Her last bit of drunkenness had completely faded away due to the aching and numbness between her legs, and so had her reason.

What the hell had she done?

She had actually slept with her boss?!

Dorothy’s breath hitched. She carefully extricated herself from his arms and hurriedly got out of bed, dressed up, packed her stuff, and bolted from room 1501, heading for the hotel reception to book another room.

It was when she was paying with her phone that she realized that it wasn’t Karen’s contact she had asked for last night.

That was clearly Everett’s contact.

Years ago, at a junior high school reunion, the class monitor created a WhatsApp group, and everyone added each other as friends.

Everett who had added her first, but he never

this had happened.

the junior high school group, changed her online name from Dorothy to Lily, and replaced her profile picture with a photo of a girl she found

way, he wouldn’t know who she

room 1501 was booked by the company, and nothing could

maneuvering, she finally pulled up

morning. Today, Dorothy had to accompany her manager, Percy, to Harmony Ventures to

asset value of this convertible bond project had dropped below the stop-loss line. The other party demanded to increase the investment; otherwise, they

in the light of the president

with her documents. Not long after, Karen came down, mumbling unhappily. “Mr. Percy insisted that we, the Prosperity Consortium, were not the ones to add more investments. But when I went to the trust company to adjust the agreement, his name was clearly written on the

pulled Karen to one side. Before she could

It was Everett.

from last night and was now in a black suit that fit him perfectly. His thick eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and his thin lips were tightly pursed. He seemed to be listening to a report from

direction.

face was always sharply defined, and nobly arrogant. His oppressive aura could make the surrounding

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