"Ha, looks like you won't have a moment to spare for me at the party today, huh?"

"Keep busy then. It won't be long before we see each other again!"

With that, Karen hung up the phone without giving Dorothy a chance to interject.

Something felt off today. Everyone seemed to be acting strangely.

She put her phone away and looked at herself in the mirror.

To anyone just meeting her, Dorothy appeared youthful, but only she knew how much she had changed along her journey.

From the timid and sensitive assistant who panicked at the slightest issue, to the founder of Trust-E Investments, standing tall in her achievements. The road had been long and anything but easy. Without Everett, she might never have learned the true meaning of trust.

She touched her cheek and a smile formed on her lips.

The past was behind her, and dwelling on it served no purpose. It was time to look forward, to move on with Everett by her side.

"Ms. Sanchez, your dress is ready for you!"

Her secretary knocked and peeked in.

her chair, "Please, bring it

flamboyance in dresses. If he had chosen

when the secretary, along with two others, brought the dress out of the box, she was utterly

This...

this not

over and lifted the gown

skipped when she saw the embroidery at

very one

designed and overseen its

wearing this dress, she and Everett had

mind fl

deep voice softly

day we

have me in your heart,

let's not

guests or family, ended with his

to fall from Dorothy's

Sanchez, you can't cry

eyes with a tissue, "Sorry... I

"This dress is stunning!"

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