Karen furrowed her perfectly arched brow and gave Jeffrey a playful slap.

"Can't you choose your words a bit more wisely?" What's with this "eating up someone's daughter’ talk!? "I'm just being accurate!" Jeffrey said.

Rolling her eyes at him, Karen suddenly noticed something different about Jeffrey today; he was dressed to the nines in a crisp shirt and suit.

"Got work today?" "Yeah, Everett tasked me with a meeting. He's tied up in Liberty City, so the home turf's mine for now." Jeffrey squeezed her hand reassuringly. "Don't worry, I'll be back in a flash. As soon as it's over, I'm racing back home. Not a minute wasted.” Karen let out a snort and teased him deliberately, "That's the same line you fed me last time, and you still managed to detour for a rendezvous with your ex, didn't you?" Jeffrey raised his eyebrows.

buy them." Jeffrey felt a vein throb at his temple. He had this sinking feeling that Paige would be a recurring punchline for the rest of his days, a ghost that would haunt him

not an employee of the Lopez Corporation.” "To keep an eye on your husband! If you're there, who's gonna complain? If I don't have that much clout in the office, I might as well hand in my resignation! I didn't want you to come before because you were dealing with

a bit of fun at Jeffrey's

with me. Besides, Dorothy's at the office too. She's been assigned to a project team recently.” At the mention of Dorothy, Karen immediately agreed, "Alright!

been overprotective lately, banning her from work and a multitude of other activities,

Corporation had its

before he headed to the

he sat

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