"You know as well as I do how that lawsuit turned out. How could she possibly be in good spirits? Everett flew back just to handle it," Jeffrey sighed, wrapping an arm around Karen's shoulders. "Letput it to you this way, anyone in the world could hurt Dorothy, but not Everett. He'd rather take a bullet than cause her the slightest harm. You can truston that." Karen seemed to want to argue, but... Jeffrey's point was hard to dispute.

Karen was well aware of just how much Everett cared for Dorothy.

"Suddenly, I'm dying to know if we're having a boy or a girl! Why don't we head to the hospital right now and find out?" Feeling overwhelmed, he quickly changed the subject.

Karen nodded. "Sure!" Even with Everett by her side, Dorothy's sleep was fitful - a cycle of waking and dozing.

Thankfully, Everett hadn't drawn the curtains, keeping the room shrouded in darkness, which helped Dorothy avoid waking up completely once daylight broke.

eyes, it was the aroma of chicken soup that stirred

soup Everett made had a unique flavor, distinctly different from anyone else's. She couldn't pinpoint what he

something to eat." Dorothy blinked a few times, fully

table, her gaze lingering on Everett's bandaged hand, faint

I don't enjoy it,"

just a little bit for today?" Everett replied, unbothered, pushing the bowl and spoon a bit closer to her with his left hand. "From now on, we'll get room service." "Okay." Dorothy sat down, slowly spooning

food had grown so severe that she appeared visibly thinner and

of heading straight to the hospital, Everett had arranged to meet the doctor in a suburban

issues for years, Everett had sinsight into the matter. He knew that places like hospitals often made people feel more confined and struggled to emerge from their own emotions. "I don't want to go out." "Dorothy, don't you want to get

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