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.

when she got to that floor, she was stopped right out of

need to see

up and down and asked sternly, “Do

“No.”

secretary was straightforward. “Then

rules a bit? Just pass a message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see him;

feeling defeated, a deep voice came from the

“Let her in.”

secretary finally let her in.

dark silk robe, standing by the window with a

her, Dorothy awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez, did you find a contract the other

day?” Everett raised an eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are you referring to?”

radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively

on purpose. Changing the subject wouldn’t help, so she just laid it

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

“What?”

his eyes locked onto her stunned

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