Chapter 425


    Chapter 425


    Everett furrowed his brows, tuming around to lock eyes with her, their gazes ensnaring each other in a


    silent battle.


    “I haven’t lied to you”


    His gaze was fiery,den with a sincerity that seemed to threaten to pull Dorothy into its depths entirely!


    Now she regretted bringing up such matters with Everett. It was she who found herself unable to end


    the conversation. Clearing her throat with feignedposure, Dorothy averted her eyes. “Mr. Lopez,


    let’s stick to business, shall we?”


    “Sure, business,” Everett responded. “You’re workingte today.”


    “Everett…”


    Annoyance clenched at Dorothy’s teeth, “What exactly are you ying at? When we divorced, you said


    that you hated me. What now? Has the mighty Mr. Lopez decided to go back on his word? After being


    dumped by me once, are you really going to shamelessly chase after me again?”


    Perhaps her words were too harsh, as Everett’s handsome face paled slightly, a flicker of rationality


    returning to his eyes.


    He had been thrown off bnce by a call from Keh.


    Hearing Dorothy speak so affectionately about Kehing to pick her up after work had sent a


    surge of jealousy through his entire being, overwhelming all his thoughts!


    Taking a deep breath, Everett turned back to his seat, his posture rigid.


    In an instant, he seemed to revert to the Everett Dorothy knew – aloof, reticent, and untouchable.


    He didn’t respond to Dorothy’s questions, instead silently driving towards the meeting ce they had


    arranged with their business partners.


    Throughout the meeting, he acted very professionally. From negotiation to finalizing the deal, and even


    when dropping Dorothy off at her office, he spared her not a single extra nce.


    It was as though they had reverted to square one.


    He was the CEO, and she was just a lowly assistant.


    After spilling her heart out, Dorothy was naturally in turmoil.


    She knew Everett wasn’t a womanizer, that… perhaps it was just a physical craving. But even though


    Everett hadn’t remarried, nor loved another, did that mean the barriers between them had dissipated?


    No.


    Everett hadn’t moved on because he didn’t know that for all these years, her energy had been focused


    on getting his mother in jail!


    No, maybe not just his mother, but his father and everyone who had aided Heather!


    She wouldn’t let any of them off the hook.


    Everett had promised Langston a visit to the hospital to see Jeffrey.


    So once he wrapped up hispany affairs, he headed back to Bay Residence to pick him up.


    Once in the car, Langston was engrossed in his phone, a jumble of code refreshing on the screen


    every few seconds.


    Everett knew this was undoubtedly a new virus concocted by his tech–savvy so


    son.


    As they neared the hospital, Langston finally set aside his phone, leaning forward in the passenger


    seat.


    “Something’s off! You’re off!”


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    Everett spared him a nce, “Hmm?”


    “Why’d you suddenly bring thatdy over today? You never bring anyone home.”


    Langston had sensed something amiss too.


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    If it was a test of some sort, why was Everett acting so nonchnt?


    There was no follow–up whatsoever!


    “Langston, it’s not the first time you’ve met her, is it? Confronted so directly, Everett no longer yed


    coy, “You think your acting’s good, don’t you?”


    “I don’t know what you’re talking about!”


    “Let’s make it in then. I suspect Dorothy is your mother.”


    Langston felt his heart stop! He instinctively denied it.


    “That’s not true!”


    “Langston, she left me. I had no idea you existed.”