Chapter 801


    Dorothy had no clue when the call endedst night. By the time she woke up, her phone was as


    dead as a doornail,pletely powered down.


    She plugged it in to charge before stumbling out of bed to freshen up.


    In the middle of brushing her teeth, it hit her like a ton of bricks—the conversation she''d had with


    Everett the night before!


    What on earth had she blurted out to him?!


    She had actually told him to stop sending flowers to the directors, and she also made a point that


    the bouquet she received was from a female colleague.


    Oh Lord, why would she say something like that? What if Everett just wanted to show some


    appreciation to the directors? Then her words fromst night must have sounded like she was full of


    herself. The man hadn''t hinted even once that he was sending flowers to impress her. No jealousy


    on his part whatsoever. Why did she feel the need to exin herself?


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    And.. did she just throw Kevin under the bus?


    Dorothy pped her forehead and let out a groan.


    Was her brain fried from too much worktely? She had no filterst night and spilled everything!


    After getting ready, she hesitated with her now powered-on phone in hand. Should she try to make


    amends with Everett?


    But…


    What should she even say?


    How to even begin fixing this was the problem.


    Her main worry was that Everett might me Kevin, who after all was just passing on a message


    on her behalf.


    If her loose lips caused trouble for him, she''d never forgive herself.


    After wrestling with her thoughts for a few minutes, Dorothy decided to bite the bullet and call


    Everett, hoping to gauge between his lines before proceeding.


    He should be with his kids at this hour; hopefully, she wouldn''t disturb his rest.


    Each ring made Dorothy''s heart climb higher in her chest, waiting for it to drop the moment Everett


    answered.


    But he didn''t pick up.


    He must be busy, she thought.


    Dorothy felt like all her energy had been sapped. She was tempted to just flop back into bed.


    The next second, Everett returned her call.


    "Looking for me?"


    His conversations always seemed to start that way.


    "Last night I…I called you, didn''t I? I can''t remember what I said."


    "I called you. You told me not to bother sending you flowers, and said yours were from a female


    coworker. And you said Kevin told you about this."


    Spot on! A perfect rey of the key points.


    "Uh, actually, it wasn''t really Kevin who said that! It was just my guess! He just casually asked what


    flowers I liked, and I, in a moment of arrogance, assumed that you were trying to send me flowers


    as an excuse..."


    Dorothy could only sacrifice herself now to shield Kevin from me. But she couldn''t continue as


    well. She only felt her cheeks burning up.


    There was silence on Everett''s end until Dorothy almost thought he had hung up. Then he finally


    spoke.


    "You weren''t being arrogant. Don''t overthink it."


    "Yeah! Don''t worry, I won''t overthink things anymore!"


    There was silence on the other end.


    "I gotta head to work now, bye." Dorothy paused, then added, "Mr. Lopez."


    After hanging up, she took a deep breath and hurried out of her apartment with herptop and bag.


    On her way, she picked up some pastries and, upon arriving at the project office, ced them


    directly on Ophelia''s desk.


    Dorothy was the kind of person who hated owing anyone anything and didn''t want anyone owing


    her either.


    Just as she settled into her office, she looked up to see the security guard frowning and carrying a


    huge bouquet of roses toward her, "Dorothy Sanchez, right? This is from a delivery package


    downstairs!"


    It was a massive bouquet, sorge that the security guard had to hold it with both hands, a sea of


    roses.