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.

to that floor, she was stopped right out

to

and asked

“No.”

was straightforward. “Then please leave.”

message for me. Tell him Dorothy urgently needs to see

feeling defeated, a deep voice came from the

“Let her in.”

order, the secretary finally let her

saw Everett still in his dark silk robe, standing by the window with a cup of

awkwardly tugged at her lips. “Mr. Lopez,

eyebrow and walked towards her. “Which day are you

he radiated was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively step back.

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

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

wife.” He suddenly interrupted her, so Dorothy

“What?”

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

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