Chapter 84


    Chapter 84


    Keh was about to push it back, but Komen beat him to it. She snatched up the money and stuffed it


    into his arms.


    “Wright, he is going to take it then!”


    “Huh?


    Dorothy chuckled, got up with her phone in hand, Tm going to the restroom, you guys carry on.”


    As she left, Keh looked at the wad of cash, helpless and frowning, “What does it mean if I take this


    money?”


    “You don’t understand Dorothy! She’s always super cautious and likes to keep track of every penny. If


    you still want a future with her, you can’t be so hasty” Talking about her best friend, Karen seemed


    helpless 100.


    After all those years, her most vivid impression of Dorothy was that she was incredibly insecure


    And yet she loved to put on a brave face.


    “She’s in need of money right now, and her mom’s surgery is costly. Does she really need to be this


    calctive? Keh realized Dorothy wasn’t the girl he imagined she was.


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    It seemed like she was always cutting ties, any kind of ties. As if she was afraid of getting too close and


    100 intimate with anyone.


    “Just take the money anyway Is it enoughs*


    “More than mough. I didn’t spend much” Keh pulled out a few bills, “Give the rest back to her


    “Okay”


    Inside the restroom, Dorothy sshed cold water on her face to wake herself up


    Maybe because she didn’t sleep the previous night, she felt lightheaded, as if she could faint anytime


    Looking at her swollen and bruisedce in the minat Dorothy clenched her fists, suddenly pulled out


    her phone, and dialed Everett’s


    number!


    She told herself she just wanted to talk about canceling the contact with Everett and nothing else


    But as soon as she dialed the number, Dorothy held her breath


    Until a voice came from the other end


    “Hello, the number you dialed is powered off..


    Riding on that momentum, Dorothy dialed Kevin’s number.


    “Hey, Kevin, Im looking for Mr. Lopez”


    “Mr. Loper? He’s already boarded the ne. I dropped him off at the airport. Now I’m on my way back.


    You can send him a message on WhatsApp. Hell see it when hends.”


    Dorothy pursed her lips, “Can I know where he’s gone for his business trip?”


    “Verdant City, for a technology development cooperation exchange meeting”


    Everett was out of the country


    Kevin finally sensed something was off in her tone, “Is it urgent?”


    “No, not really Just heard he had a car ident. As an old ssmate, I should show some concem”


    Sheughed with a hint of self mockery


    “Oh, no need to worry. I just saw him, and he’s finel By the way, can youe to work normally


    tomorrow?”


    “Yes, see you tomorrow.”


    “Okay”


    Alter hanging up, Dorothy felt as if all the remaining strength in her body had been sucked out.


    This was herst bit of courage.


    Even Dorothy herself didn’t know if she had gotten through to Everell just now and heard his voice,


    what would she have said?


    Would she have exined why she and Keh were at the hospital together or directly discuss


    canceling the contract, or just asked about his well–being?


    Even then, standing in front of the mirror in the restroom, she felt relieved it didn’t get through!.


    That way, she could have pretended that she never called and waited for Everett to take the initiative to


    find her either to discuss the


    contract or perhaps something else.