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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.

his voice deep and gravelly, as if he hadn't quite shaken off a recent

conversation starter that fell

to the fourth project team?" Surprisingly, Everett picked up

To land a job at Lopez Corporation, they've got to have skills.” It

why Dorothy was even more

make sure you get the credit." "No, don't. The 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 if my name were still attached then!" While being credited on big

would deter capable directors from taking on a project they couldn't claim as

well from her

finish it before you leave Lopez Corporation.” "That's unlikely, with the lawsuit and all..." She regretted her

scars shared between her and Everett were torn open, causing pain

project, and nobody would object to you completing it." "Thanks for the

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her apartment's entrance. With lilies among them, they couldn't be in the bedroom, so she set them in the foyer where she'd see them