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

need to see Mr.

looked her up and down and asked sternly, “Do you have an appointment?”

“No.”

was straightforward. “Then please

urgently needs to see him; he’ll definitely

as Dorothy was feeling defeated, a deep voice came

“Let her in.”

hearing Everett’s order, the secretary

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

tugged at her lips. “Mr.

and walked towards her. “Which day are

was intense, causing Dorothy to instinctively

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

the wrong person that night. I don’t remember anything after that.

her, so Dorothy didn’t catch on at first.

“What?”

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

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