Chapter 763


    Dorothy heaved a sigh of relief and set her phone down on the kitchen counter next to a half-eaten


    apple pie.


    Jeffrey and Karen getting back together was a smallfort, a tiny slice of good news in what had


    been a roller coaster of a month.


    She booted up herptop and logged into the backend of Lopez Corporation''swork. Her role as


    a supervisor was still listed there.


    When her old gig at East Star Enterprises got absorbed into the parentpany, her contract


    mandated she couldn''t leave for at least six months. But with one thing and another, her nned


    resignation had been put on the back burner.


    Chewing on her lip, Dorothy opened a new document and typed out the words "Resignation Letter".


    The six-month mark was just around the corner. She figured she could still lend a hand to Everett


    when needed. Thewsuit certainly wasn''t going to wrap up quickly; having a verdict after just the


    first hearing within six months would be nothing short of miraculous. By the time the dust settled,


    she''d be ready to cut ties with Lopez Corporation for good.


    It took Dorothy an hour to write her resignation letter, which she promptly emailed to HR.


    Not long after, a notification popped up on her screen. It was a message from Kevin.


    [Ms. Sanchez, are you there?]


    [Right here! What''s up, Kevin?]


    [Um... I just got wind from HR. Did you hand in your resignation?]


    Dorothy had expected word of her departure to reach Everett eventually, but she hadn''t anticipated


    it being quite so swift. No matter.


    The decision to quit was genuine.


    [Yep, I''m aware of the six-month use. I won''t jump ship immediately. You can assign me tasks as


    usual until then.]


    [You''re really set on leaving, huh? Mr. Lopez is in a meeting right now, clueless about this. If you


    retract now, I won''t breathe a word to him.]


    Dorothy cracked a wry smile, appreciating Kevin''s concern. But once the court''s decision came


    down, if she was still at Lopez Corporation, the media frenzy would be unpredictable, to say the


    least. She had to make a clean break.


    [No turning back, Kevin. As of tomorrow, the countdown begins.]


    Kevin didn''t reply, and his status soon turned to offline.


    Dorothy''s mind wandered back to Kevin''s mention of Everett being in a meeting. If it was an internal


    Lopez Corporation meeting, she might have ess to listen in. Sure enough, when she navigated


    to the meeting channel, she saw the "Presidential New Project Brainstorm Session" scheduled in


    Conference Room One.


    Curiosity piqued, she attempted to join, only to be halted by a prompt for a password or an invite.


    On a hunch, she typed in "0825", not really expecting entry—after all, the meeting might have been


    initiated by Kevin, and the password set by him too. But to her surprise, the channel opened up, and


    a message appeared:


    [Project Team Four Supervisor—Dorothy Sanchez, has joined Conference Room One.]


    Dorothy instinctively clicked to leave, but another message blocked her attempt.


    [Exit unavable under five minutes of joining.]


    Fantastic. Who had programmed this feature?


    On the video feed, she noticed Everett squinting at his screen—no doubt spotting her unexpected


    presence.


    She clicked the exit button repeatedly, only to be reminded she hadn''t been in the meeting long


    enough.


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    Resigned to her fate, Dorothy took a deep breath. It was just a video conference; she might as well


    treat it as an educational experience.


    As Everett returned his focus to the documents in his hands, Dorothy kept a close eye on the time.


    Just short of the five-minute mark, Everett''s voice unexpectedly filled the room.


    "Ms. Sanchez, did you need something?"