Dorothy flinched, ducking away from his imposing figure, “You know, Mr. Lopez, you’ve been throwing around ‘can’t’ and ‘don’t’ a lot lately!”

Everything seemed to be off-limits now!

He was setting rules at every turn and she didn’t remember him being this domineering before.

“It’s because you’ve been flirting left and right,” he accused.

“I have not!” she retorted without missing a beat.

Everett raised an eyebrow. “Then what about Kenneth?” he asked.

Silence.

“And what about Lane?”

More silence.

“While we’re on the subject, I still need to settle the score with him.”

Simply tearing down The Prosperity Consortium wasn’t nearly enough.

Dorothy glanced at him, neither pleading for Lane nor intending to.

did the crime, you’d do

in danger, so how could Everett, her

pick up the kids?” Dorothy didn’t have a shred of

kids away with Kenneth, mainly because she had no idea

was just

her a chance to back out. The sooner he picked up the kids,

could stand having his kids cared for

“Your health…”

fine.” If he didn’t get his children back soon, that would be the least of

resignation, “Then why you

Kevin being

She knew it!

Karen was exhausted.

parents, along with Kenneth, had reported her missing at the police

ceiling and room left her bewildered for a moment before she abruptly turned to see the familiar

doing here?!” Karen’s voice startled Jeffrey from his

and rubbing his sleepy eyes. The silk sheets were loosely draped around his waist, exposing his toned torso down

hair, and sat up looking confused like a teenager who

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