Dorothy glanced at Everett, who had already shifted his gaze and was walking ahead, cradling their daughter in his arms.

She let her eyelashes flutter downwards for a brief moment before taking hold of her son's hand and hurrying to catch up. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Despite Everett having spent the majority of the day looking after the kids, Dorothy still found herself exhausted, dozing off on the car ride back home.

She had no recollection of how they got back to their room, but she was certain of one thing—Everett must have carried her.

When she woke up again, it was two in the morning.

As she slowly opened her eyes, she could hear the sound of Everett's steady breathing behind her.

He was sleeping deeply, lying there properly without a hand draped over her waist like before when he seemed to fear she would run away.

Sneaking her phone off the nightstand, Dorothy tiptoed to the couch before noticing an unread text message.

It was a flight confirmation from the airline: first-class seats from Swevia Country to Eldorria City, scheduled for the following afternoon.

was the deadline she and Jonathan had

eyes returned to Everett, lying on the bed. She knew he was the one who booked the

I'll let you go." Everett never lied to her, and this time was no

her lower lip hard, trying to

handing over the USB stick with the video intact was more than enough; it would be unfair to expect

with his birth mother, and

wouldn't be able to hold back her tears, Dorothy decided to leave the

the doorknob, she felt a warm

up into Everett's

expected him to wake up; he

on the kids." "Dorothy, you're not very good at lying." Even

Dorothy intended to lie; she just couldn't tell him she was planning to go out and

she stuttered

Everett's arms tightened, pulling her firmly into

utter a word, his lips had already begun their

Everett was entirely different from

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