In the heat of the moment, fueled by the encouragement of Karen's wild tales and the liberating effects of alcohol, she wanted to sample that forbidden fruit. She hadn't planned for any repercussions.

Her idea was to hit it and quit it. But, oh, Everett had no intention of letting her off that easily.

Dorothy thought he'd be surprised, at the very least show a hint of being caught off-guard! But no.

Everett simply nodded, "I had my suspicions. I hoped, though, that you were open to us." It wasn't just a one-night stand for him. He thought Dorothy's silence was consent to a relationship, to being boyfriend and girlfriend, or maybe even more. To his surprise, she took off the next morning! "Who in their right mind would think that?" Dorothy scoffed. "I was scared you'd fireover this, and you think I was hoping for more?" After they changed hotel rooms, Dorothy was paralyzed with regret and fear. She couldn't bear the thought of losing her job, not with her mom's medical bills piling up, not to mention her own survival.

we go way back, to middle school even. Why would I fire you?" "Middle school! I thought you'd forgotten about me." High school memories, maybe, but middle school

any of her middle school classmates. Back then,

was just another face in

As she turned around,

finish up here and then head to bed." "Is there a problem with the project?" "No." "Then cto bed with me." Everett caught

drawn, the lights off, all that remained was the sensation of

going to rest." His hands grew bolder by the second! "That was the plan." "You've been up all night at the hospital; you must be exhausted. Let's just sleep, okay?" Dorothy tried to contam his wandering hands, but to no avail. In the next moment she found herself lifted and tossed onto the bed. Content belongs english"Are

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