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.

floor, she was stopped right out of the elevator by the CEO’s

need to see

and asked sternly, “Do you have an

“No.”

was straightforward. “Then please leave.”

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.”

feeling defeated, a deep voice came

“Let her in.”

Everett’s order, the secretary

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

at her lips. “Mr. Lopez,

towards her. “Which day are

intense, causing

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

I don’t remember anything after that. I’m really just here to get the contract today.”

I need a wife.” He suddenly interrupted her, so Dorothy didn’t

“What?”

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

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