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.

laptop, concerned about work possibly needing her attention. Once she got to work, it took precedence over everything else. That

project going?" Everett asked, glancing over her shoulder as he

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

the other, unable to

always been responsible when it comes to work," Everett mused, then added, "Just not so much with me. That night you sentthe wrong text, would you have pretended it never happened if I hadn't suggested we get married?" Dorothy blinked, her smile awkward. “What else could I have done?” He was the CEO of the Lopez Corporation!

anything with you." Looking back, it seemed almost unbelievable. She was just an assistant, and Everett's position in the

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