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Chapter 279

“Heh“Jeffrey chuckled softly. “You really are as tough as nails. No wonder Everett was so taken with you.”

Dorothy frowned. “What are you getting at?”

Jeffrey shrugged. “I didn’t expect to see you again after all these years, so I just thought we could catch up. There’s no hidden agenda. You don’t need to be so defensive; I’m not like the athers”

“I don’t have anything to chit–chat about with you Dornily was ready to make her ext.

Jeffrey stepped in front of her to block her path. “I thought you might want to ask me about Everett, like who he’s marrying

He didn’t beleve for a second that Dorothy was curious

“Dal need to know?” Dorothy asked

Who else would Everett many other than Heather? The Lopez family wouldn’t have it any other way.

indifferent expression, Jeffrey felt extremely annoyed. He pulled out his phone

so quickly, probably because he always assumed Jeffrey was up to no

was as if a sharp them had pierced her heart.

What is it?”

put the call

say? Why don’t you ask him

Dorothy fell silent.

of me right now?” Jeffrey teasingly raised an eyebrow at

at the phone screen, feeling ke she could see him

stand still. She could even hear her own breathing. It had been so many years.

him. So close that she felt like hiding the wanted to leave Everglow City right then

Everett’s calm and steady voice with a

surprised response was cut short

Dorothy knew that Everett must have guessed everything. He was so smart, he probably knew the moment Jeffrey opened his

mouth

seemed he had nothing to say to her and didn’t want to

He hated her; he had said so himself.

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