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"Yeah."

"Is it my mother's death that's made you start hating me?" Dorothy could only think of that as an explanation.

He hated himself.

Otherwise, why would he be so heartless?

"...Don't bring that up.

Dorothy pursed her lips. At this point, she didn't want to argue with Everett. It was too exhausting, and because there had been love.

The only real relationship she had, she didn't want it to end in embarrassment for both of them.

"Everett, I'm begging you, okay?"

Dorothy turned away, refusing to look at him.

Because she didn't want to cry in front of Everett.

want anyone to see

you, let me take the kids and leave. I promise I won't contact you again, I

"Dorothy..."

baggage, too deeply entangled, involving the deaths of both our mothers! Indeed, being together we only hurt each other. So, let's not be together. It's a way to

wasn't one to take things lightly. She had been thinking about this for

she and Everett

the beginning, the difference in status was something that could never fully be erased! If she had been someone of note, someone whose background matched that of the Lopez family, then... there wouldn't have been any

it was because she wasn't good enough

had understood this early on, it felt like a cruel joke by

a

the dream, not clinging to it was the only way to preserve

you

maintain its

he still trembled

was afraid, terrified

that once Dorothy left, he'd never

and even if she later learned the whole truth, she wouldn't come back to him,

she wasn't one to easily trust. It had taken him over a decade of effort to

kids with Quincy! She can give you that." Dorothy lowered her head, secretly wiping away her tears, "Just let me

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