Chapter 424

Dorothy couldn’t lag behind when she saw Langston muster up his confidence like that, so she quickly said, “Mr. Lopez, I just wait outside for you, then! We wouldn’t want to disappoint the little guy.”

She had expected Everett to show some sort of reaction, but he simply nodded. “Sure.”

Dorothy stepped out of the Bay Residence, her mind racing with doubts about Everett’s strange demeanor, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what was off!

Wasn’t the whole point of bringing her here to meet Langston to test her? Yet, he didn’t seem to do anything suspicious. In fact, he went straight to the kitchen to cook as soon as they got home!

What hidden trap had she failed to detect?

With a heart full of unease, Dorothy waited in the car for a while until she saw Everett come out from the house with a paper bag in hand.

Once in the car, he handed the bag to her.

“Got you some takeout.”

“It’s okay I can skip a meal. I’ll eat after work!”

Everett glanced at her, his lips barely moving. “You need to work overtime tonight. Triple pay.”

had her protesting in an instant, “I can’t tonight;

finally secured her a meeting with Byte 7, and she

wasn’t asking, he was informing

it’s a new project you’ve just taken on,

it wait until tomorrow? Any time, late, whatever,

sharp, leaving

that he was deliberately making things

Enterprises, it seemed like he was set on getting

you should at least consider your employee’s opinion. And with such short notice, I have the

of other ways to

this threat with a gentlemanly poise

meant

you dare

in

do you

words, but she eventually realized she had to tear down the wall of

our lives/ What’s

silent, just staring at her through the

Everett let out a barely

never married anyone else. All these

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