Chapter 824


    "I''ve been begging for too long."


    Some words, once you let them out,ced with half-truths and jokes, just tumble out easily.


    "I really had no clue in middle school."


    Back then, her mind was consumed with making money and finding more time for a part-time job


    while juggling studies. Puppy love? Never even crossed her mind.


    Comparing her to Everett wasughable. Dorothy, in her second-hand uniform bought on the cheap


    from a graduating student, was the picture of drabness next to everyone else in the ss. If they


    weren''t mocking her behind her back, that was a good day. The idea that Everett, this prince on a


    pedestal, could have a crush on her? Absurd.


    She truly believed that the teacher paired them up just so Everett could help her with her studies,


    especially with the important exams on the horizon.


    "What if you knew? Would you have said yes to dating?"


    "No. Didn''t you ask me that already?"


    "Yeah, and now I want to date."


    Dorothy was at a loss for words.


    "That favor you owe me, I want you to pay it back this way," Everett added.


    He was shrewd, no doubt about it. Out of all the things he had secretly done for her, he picked the


    one where he helped her find awyer, which gave Dorothy no room to refuse.


    Though the surveince footage of Heather he got for her was also regarding her mother''s case,


    mentioning it would only bring immediate awkwardness. However, thewyer thing was different.


    Finding a capablewyer to ept this case depended on Dorothy. It was not exactly Everett''s duty,


    unlike the footage he felt obliged to provide.


    "You wouldn''t have asked if you knew I''d say yes."


    "Are you angry?" Everett raised an eyebrow.


    "No."


    Dorothy wasn''t, not really. She just found Everett amusing.


    He could have simply said that it was for the kids'' sake, and she would have agreed. There was no


    need for him to agonize over it and waste time racking his brain.


    Everett reached out, took her hand, and reclined back, eyes closing.


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    "I didn''t sleepst night. I''ll take a nap. Wake me when wend."


    "Sure."


    She knew it!


    With the time difference between Liberty City and back home, his early return meant burning the


    midnight oil.


    The flight to Eldorria City from Everglow City wasn''t long, but Dorothy stayed still, letting him hold


    her hand to sleep a bit longer.


    When the ne began to descend, the subtle shift in gravity woke Everett.


    "We there?"


    "Yeah." Dorothy handed him a bottle of water from the tray table. "Time to get off the ne."


    He took a sip, his gaze sweeping from Dorothy to the four people in the front row.


    "They seem to be getting along."


    "Abigail and Langston are used to being tossed around by me. They can y with anyone for a


    while."


    That was a sore spot for Dorothy.


    "You''ve raised them well," Everett said, aware of the morning sickness agony, like what Jeffrey had


    described about Karen''s.


    Dorothy shook her head. "I''m far from perfectpared to other parents."


    "It hasn''t stopped them from loving you, right?"


    "That''s true." Dorothy finally smiled. "I didn''t expect them to ept you so quickly."


    "I have my ways," he replied with a grin.


    "Sure, sure," she nodded, ying along. "You''re right, my boyfriend."