As Everett mentioned it, Dorothy found herself blushing even more fiercely. It was as if she had been expecting something to happen.

Head bowed, she barely spoke throughout the meal, leaving the diner with her cheeks still flushed with embarrassment. Back at Bay Residence, they found themselves in a rare moment of solitude.

Usually, Abigail and Langston would be playing in their room, not exactly intruding but still, it wasn't the sas being alone together.

Once she got to work, it took precedence over everything else. That was just how

asked, glancing over her shoulder as

patting her shoulder. "I wanted you to cback here to take your mind off things, not to sacrifice your health for work." "I want to do it right," Dorothy replied earnestly, looking straight at Everett. "Handing over this project madefeel guilty. It was the first tI asked to change directors, and it felt like I was abandoning my responsibilities." Dorothy was stubborn, that much was true. But more than that, she was at odds with

and on the other, unable to

you have pretended it never happened if I hadn't suggested we get married?" Dorothy blinked, her smile awkward. “What else could I

with you." Looking back, it seemed almost unbelievable. She was just an assistant, and

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