The silence in the car was thick enough to cut with a knife, and Dorothy felt a wave of awkwardness that made her skin crawl.

Usually, whenever Everett sensed her discomfort, he'd find a way to lighten the mood, but today, he didn't seem to have any intention of doing so.

It wasn't until they were almost at Bay Residence that he broke the silence again.

"Dorothy, should we maybe have a proper talk?" he asked.

He felt that they had never truly sat down to discuss their future or the whirlwind of events that had transpired between them.

It was always her with her thoughts, and him with his.

Everett had thought he had lost the right to ask Dorothy for a heart-to-heart, but that night, the vulnerability and love in her eyes were unmistakable, and he wasn't blind.

days, he could recall her trembling voice calling out his name with his eyes shut, and it was such

illness left him too drained to think of much else besides getting the kids to bed

country, their fiery encounter had kindled

at him but picking

we got nothing to talk about at this

fact that we slept together!" "I know." "Dorothy, we can't go on like this." "Everett," she sighed deeply, then spoke softly, "I want to wait until things have settled down before we

was just a matter of waiting.

I will." Everett seemed to have anticipated this response, his lips curling into a dry

one and couldn't be detected by anyone! Everett was too

up the kids and heading to the airport, Dorothy witnessed Karen wrapped around Jeffrey's neck, kissing him as if they couldn't

away, blushing as she covered the children’s

to

furrowed hisro as Telook freon of the

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