Karen, the rookie mom, was still all thumbs despite having had a trial run with Abigail and Langston. Luckily, having Dorothy around made her postpartum anxiety a bit more bearable.

When Everett and Jeffrey got back, Dorothy was cradling the baby, and Karen had just dozed off from sheer exhaustion.

"How cyou didn't get a nanny? You should be taking it easy." Everett said, his concern for his lady evident as he approached. Dorothy chuckled, "The little one likes me, and besides, Karen wouldn't feel at ease handing her off to a stranger." "I'll hold him!" Jeffrey, not wanting to disturb Karen's sleep, stepped forward and reached out to Dorothy.

Jeffrey,

were one thing, but holding such a tender newborn was a whole different ball game! "Everything sorted on your end?" Dorothy asked, more out of politeness than anything. But she caught a fleeting look of evasion in

softly, "Yeah, let's head back." As Dorothy stood up, she couldn't help but shoot a curious glance at Jeffrey, ultimately

then." The ride back was oddly silent. Dorothy didn't speak, and Everett didn't make the

finally broke the silence, "Dorothy, I regret not being there for Abigail and Langston when they

warm up to you

there before him. It wasn't that he couldn't guess, but rather... he dared not believe! That revelation was just too unexpected and too joyful! "Yeah... I never saw it coming either." At that time, Dorothy truly hadn't wanted the children. She thought of cutting ties with the Lopez family completely, so when the evidence finally surfaced, there would be no further entanglements. Everett, driving, suddenly reached out and took her hand, "Dorothy?" "Hmm?" She looked over at him. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the FindNʘᴠᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters

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