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 elevator by the

I need to see

looked her up and down and asked sternly, “Do you have

“No.”

secretary was straightforward. “Then

a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely want to

defeated, a deep voice

“Let her in.”

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

dark silk robe, standing by the window with a cup of

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

an eyebrow and walked towards her.

intense, causing Dorothy to

doing this on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so

night. I don’t remember anything

He suddenly interrupted her, so Dorothy didn’t

“What?”

as his eyes locked onto her stunned face. “Think about it.”

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