Chapter 38


    “Stop being se nice to me! I might get the wrong ides and start to want more! Dorothy really wanted to


    say this. She was like a person who received a sp of water after being on the verge of dying from thirst.


    She wanted more, and she wanted it consistently.


    But she couldn’t She didn’t have the courage to say this, let alone show any interest in Everell


    After following him back to Bay Residence, Dorothy was so timed that she copsed on the bed after


    taking a bath. She didn’t know how much time had passed when she vaguely heard some naise from


    outside.


    She opened her eyes and subconsciously checked her phone. It was three in the morning and the man


    beside her was still not back in


    the room.


    She put on her robe


    d


    robe and went out, only to see Everett sitting in the living room chair, frowning slightly while having a


    video conference with the head of the overseaspany


    He must have been dyed because of het so the meeting had to be postponed until thiste hour


    Feeling guilty, Dorothy saw him wearing only a white shirt, which seemed too thir, so she took a nket


    from her suitcase.


    Upon hearing he footsteps, Everett locked up at her and then muted the video conference. “Did I wake


    you up?”


    Dorothy shook her head. “No, just woke up to get som water. Here, wrap this around you. Don’t catch a


    cold.”


    She saw Everett hesitate. She instantly thought that he must have found the nket dirty due to his


    severe obsession with cleanliness. Just as she was about to exin that it was new Everett reached


    out his hand ‘Okay, Thanks


    After seeing him take it and wrap it around himself, Dorothy headed to the dining room to get some


    water


    Behind her, she heard Everett say sorry to the person on the other end of the cell, and then, in a low


    voice, he added, “My wife woke up.”


    Wife? His wile?


    Was he referring to her?


    He actually introduced her like that to the other person?


    Alter drinking water and returning to the bedroom, Dorothy no longer felt sleepy, so she decided to


    continue working on her documents.


    I was almost dawn when Everett finally entered the master bedroom. His handsomece showed clear


    signs of exhaustion.


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    Dorothy quickly put down herptop and stood a “You should get some rest. If you are worried about


    not waking upter, I will wake you up.”


    “Okay” He nodded and headed to the bathroom with his robe.


    There she stood by the door, waiting like a dutiful with


    When Everett came out of the bath, Dorothy cuickly plugged in the hair dryer, offering to help “Shall I


    dry your hair for you”


    “Sure”


    He sat on the edge of the bed, asionally gazing at her bustling around as a smirk yed on his lips.


    Dorothy was a bit nervous. She was worried that he might catch a cold if his hair was not died properly


    and that she might dy his sleep by being too slow


    Everett suddenly held her slender waist and looked up slightly. “I need to be at thepany in two


    hours.”


    wake you up.”


    “What I mean is, I don’t want to sleep.”


    Before Dorothy Could react, he had already taken the initiative, pinning her beneath him.


    “Lverell…”


    “Just once, okay?”


    Alter being asked so bluntly, Dorothy naturally wouldn’t answer, but she quietly wrapped her arms


    around his waist


    Everell was always gentle on this matter. He was very considerate of her feelings in the passionate


    encounter Dorothy almostpletely forget about everything, but thankfully, the tattoo on his


    corbone minded her


    This man was just using her as a substitute.


    His care and his protection might be withcawn suddenly one day.


    Dorothy frowned slightly and raised the nket to cover the string of numbers on his corbone.


    At least now, at this moment, her dream couldst a little longer,