Chapter 21
Chapter 21
With butterflies in her stomach, Dorothy hailed a cab right after work and headed straight to Bay
Residence.
She was halfway through punching in the door code when she suddenly thought better of it. What if she
walked in on something awkward? So, she quickly rang the doorbell instead.
In no time, the door was opened.
Everett had already changed out of his daytime suit. His usually immacte hair was slightly
disheveled. Dressed in white lounge wear, his tall figure no longer carried the aura of a business elite.
Instead, he gave off azy, boyish vibe.
He looked like he had just finished ying basketball at the gym, like a student who was a little tired
and ready to head back to his
dorm for a rest.
Fearing he might be in thepany of his “true love,” Dorothy didn’t go in. She stood where she was,
all business. “Mr. Lopez, about the SinoSess Enterprises project you mentioned…”
“Dorothy.”
He cut her off, calling her by her first name with his brows furrowed in a frown. “I’m off work now
Dorothy was taken aback, not understanding what he meant. Wasn’t it him who texted her toe
over?
“So, should I leave?”
Before she could finish her sentence, Everett had already pulled her into the house. His towering figure
pressed Dorothy against the wall and started kissing her.
“Mr. Lopez!”
What the heck was going on?
She could even feel a certain part of Everett stirring.
Wasn’t she here to discuss the termination of their contract?
In a blink of an eye, she had been relocated from the foyer to the bed.
“Everett, you, uh……..”
Dorothy was cut off again. In her ear, his voice sounded strained. “Dorothy. I’ll try to be gentle.”
She didn’t know when she fell asleep. She only remembered his countless kisses and his reassurances
of trying to be gentle, but he ended up being much rougher than the previous times.
When she woke up, it was already morning.
Dorothy instinctively reached out to the side. As expected, Everett didn’t have a habit of sleeping in.
Feeling somewhat regretful, she took a shower, got dressed, and walked out. A ready-made breakfast
was on the dining table, along with his bold handwriting.
“The list ofpanies taking on third-party loans has been sent to your email. Add me back on
WhatsApp when you wake up. It’s
inconvenient”
The signature was his usual one-word signature.
Dorothy really didn’t get what Everett meant. It seemed like he didn’t n on terminating the contract.
Wasn’t he afraid of his “true love” finding out about her existence?
This question troubled her until the morning meeting ended at thepany.
Karen came to Dorothy’s office to get some documents photocopied.
“Karen, can I ask you a question?”
“Shoot”
“I have a friend who… got into a contract marriage with a guy for money. But the guy has someone he
deeply loves, who went back to her home country recently. But the guy doesn’t seem to want to divorce
my friend. Why do you think that is?”
Karen thought for a moment, trying hard to analyze. “I guess maybe his true love already has a
boyfriend. Or something else, anyway, they can’t be together for some reason. But guys, you know,
they have needs. If he divorces your friend and his true love is out of reach, then he’d be left high and
dry.”
Dorothy was taken aback. This reasoning, although crude, seemed to make sense.
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After thinking of Everett’s relentless demands in bedst night, she realized that it might be as Karen
described.
“So do you think ‘my friend’ should take the initiative to bring up divorce?”
“That depends on whether your friend has feelings for him. If there’s no emotional attachment, then
both are getting what they need. They’re physicallypatible, and there’s money to be made. So why
divorce?” Suddenly, Karen raised her eyebrows suspiciously.
“Wait a minute, this ‘friend’ you’re talking about isn’t you, is it?”