"I disagree, there's no need to test me."

Staring at the disconnected call, Quincy was somewhat baffled.

Yet, at the same time, she felt her suspicions were increasingly justified! The more Everett sulked and scowled, the more Quincy was convinced that something real was going wrong between him and Dorothy, not just a show put on for her benefit.

For now, all she had to do was sit back and watch.

If Dorothy became a lost cause, she'd need to make plans accordingly.

After Jonathan hung up the call with Ronin, he turned to look at his son, feeling more puzzled by the day.

"You... don't plan to marry Dorothy, you want to marry Quincy now?"

That call was made at Everett's behest, intended for his father to relay messages he couldn't say directly, playing the part perfectly.

"No, Dorothy is the only one I'll marry."

"Then why did you-" Jonathan frowned, "I said I don't care about your dealings with Dorothy. If you want to marry her, go ahead. But then you make me call, insisting on bringing Quincy into our family!" "I have my reasons."

point had been

"Everett, what exactly is going on? At least give me a clue! Your mother's passed, and it's been hard on me. With all this guessing, I feel like I'm about to join her." "It's nothing. I just need to get

and you

understood his son and the Caldwell family's way of

"Yeah."

Everett nodded in acknowledgment.

won't say anymore, Jonathan patted his son's shoulder. "If you need me, just say the

that his wife was gone and couldn't make amends, it was up

right to hold a grudge. The one

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as soon as he got into his

another plan? I feel like... your plan might

started the car engine, furrowing his

you get the

because of some misunderstanding, she marries someone else.

"I'm betting Dorothy won't."

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