Chapter 190


    Chapter 190


    wrapping up the meeting Everett tiptoed to the bedroom, careful not to wake Doroty


    But she wasn’t sleep She was burning the midnight in front of theputer


    Brows fumowed he quietly approached and nced at the data charts on the screen, Are they


    unloading you with work?


    –


    Dorothy nyumped out of her skin. When did you get here? I did’t even notice


    “Just now. You were too engrossed Everett sat at the foot of the bed. “I was thinking about asking Keen


    to cut you some ck”


    “No needed him to assign me these tasks Dorothy continued her work as she spoke, Tve been taking a


    break for a while. He’s probably been too busy to even sleep Now that I’ve taken some of the workload,


    he candrally breathe”


    ut if you take on all these tasks you’ll have to work overtime every day”


    “Not for long 1:1) be just a week at most


    Dorothy marked each document, saved them one by one, and finally took a deep breath and shut down


    herputer. “Don’t worry about me. I’m not a kid. I know my own


    Despite her reassurances, Everett brown were still owed


    He that Dorothy was doing all that because she didnt want to let him down. But that wasnt his intention


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    As Everett was pondering how tomunicate that to Dotty she suddenly spoke un “By the way I can’t


    work this Sunday is my mom and have a check up


    rmed Everent immediately asked. “What’s wrong?


    “Nothing nous. It’s just a routine check up I’m going to the hospital anyway, so I might as well get it


    done, Dorothy didn’t dare admit that she was going i pehad hadn’te!


    Firstly it was embarrassing and a sensitive topic. Secondly, they’ve always been careful. There was


    now she could have been pregnant


    If she had told him her period waste, he would have probably jumped to conclusions! If it turned out


    she wasn’t pregnant, wasn’t he going to be disappointed?


    Tll go with youthen. I’m hee on Saturday”


    “Not yet” Dorothy was still trying to work things out with her mother and womed that if she rashly


    brought Everett along these might have been some unpleasant incidents.


    Keh, whom her momiked so much, had already been guen a hardtime Everett for sure, would have


    not fared any beller


    Seeing that Everem remained silent, she walked ovet book the initiative to washer arm around ho, and


    acted unusually coquelich


    “Everett are you mad


    know you want to be there for me, and that’s enough! Besides, I’m really just going for a check up. If


    you really want toe, how about it my mom this Saturday, and we go to another hospital for the


    check–up on Sunday?


    Everett heaved a sigh. You dont need to be so cautious around me. I was just thinking about how to get


    your mother to ept ma


    Til handle that You already have a lot on your te with work. Dont get distracted with this”


    Dorothy knew that persuading her mother was futile for the time being eptance would have taken


    time!


    Once her mom saim that sher and I verett had stayed together for many years without breaking up, she


    would naturally ept him


    “All night, let’s get some slee


    Everett gently stroked her hat, waiting until her breathing became steady before he picked up his


    phone and walked out to the balcony in the living room


    The phone’s screen showed a message from his father which was sent 30 minutes ago.


    Have you decided then?