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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.

voice deep and gravelly, as if he hadn't

starter that fell

project team?" Surprisingly,

It was a different mindset and atmosphere compared to her previous stints at

Dorothy was even

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 projects is

taking on a project they couldn't claim as their own. Even with

this all too well from her years of handling

unlikely, with the lawsuit and all..." She regretted her words as soon

scars shared between her and Everett were torn open,

nobody would object to you completing it." "Thanks for the offer.” That

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