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"You seem to really like that." She must be. Dorothy was the stoic type, the kind who wouldn't bother with anything that didn't catch her interest.

"Yeah, I do. Which girl doesn't adore flowers? Plus, if I get them into a vase sooner, they'll last longer. They've been wilting on my desk all afternoon.” Dorothy felt that these flowers were cultivated just so that their brief blooming period could be cherished and meaningful.

Naturally, if you could delay the inevitable wilting, you'd want to draw out their vibrant days as long as possible.

In that way she wouldn't waste those flowers, and the flower wouldn't let her down as well. Since they ended up in her care, she intended to extend their lifespan as much as she could.

As she arranged them, she realized something was off.

Everett wasn't speaking, nor was he hanging up. He just watched her handle the flowers, taking them apart one by one and placing them into the vase.

"You're not busy with work today?" Dorothy asked tentatively.

deep and gravelly, as if he hadn't quite

conversation starter that fell

to the fourth project team?" Surprisingly, Everett

Corporation, they've got to have skills.” It was a different mindset and atmosphere compared to her previous stints at Prosperity Consortium or East

Dorothy was even more

project's too big. I can't see it through to the end,” Dorothy quickly declined. "When my six-month term is up, it'll transfer to a new director, and it wouldn't be fair

capable directors from taking on a project they couldn't claim as their own. Even with shared credit, it would feel like raising someone

well from her years of

finish it before you leave Lopez Corporation.” "That's unlikely, with the lawsuit

shared between her and Everett were torn open, causing pain

affect your job. You've been leading the project, and nobody would object to you completing it." "Thanks for the offer.”

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the flowers near her apartment's entrance. With lilies among them, they couldn't be in the bedroom, so