“Stop being se nice to me! I might get the wrong ides and start to want more! Dorothy really wanted tosay this. She was like a person who received a sp of water after being on the verge of dying from thirst.She wanted more, and she wanted it consistently.

But she couldn’t She didn’t have the courage to say this, let alone show any interest in Everell

After following him back to Bay Residence, Dorothy was so timed that she collapsed on the bed aftertaking a bath. She didn’t know how much time had passed when she vaguely heard some naise fromoutside.

She opened her eyes and subconsciously checked her phone. It was three in the morning and the manbeside her was still not back in

the room.

She put on her robe

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robe and went out, only to see Everett sitting in the living room chair, frowning slightly while having avideo conference with the head of the overseas company

He must have been delayed because of het so the meeting had to be postponed until this late hour

Feeling guilty, Dorothy saw him wearing only a white shirt, which seemed too thir, so she took a blanketfrom her suitcase.

Upon hearing he footsteps, Everett locked up at her and then muted the video conference. “Did I wakeyou up?”

Dorothy shook her head. “No, just woke up to get som water. Here, wrap this around you. Don’t catch acold.”

She saw Everett hesitate. She instantly thought that he must have found the blanket dirty due to hissevere obsession with cleanliness. Just as she was about to explain that it was new Everett reachedout his hand ‘Okay, Thanks

After seeing him take it and wrap it around himself, Dorothy headed to the dining room to get somewater

Behind her, she heard Everett say sorry to the person on the other end of the cell, and then, in a lowvoice, he added, “My wife woke up.”

Wife? His wile?

Was he referring to her?

He actually introduced her like that to the other person?

Alter drinking water and returning to the bedroom, Dorothy no longer felt sleepy, so she decided tocontinue working on her documents.

I was almost dawn when Everett finally entered the master bedroom. His handsome lace showed clearsigns of exhaustion.

Dorothy quickly put down her laptop and stood a “You should get some rest. If you are worried aboutnot waking up later, I will wake you up.”

“Okay” He nodded and headed to the bathroom with his robe.

There she stood by the door, waiting like a dutiful with

When Everett came out of the bath, Dorothy cuickly plugged in the hair dryer, offering to help “Shall Idry your hair for you”

“Sure”

He sat on the edge of the bed, occasionally gazing at her bustling around as a smirk played on his lips.

Dorothy was a bit nervous. She was worried that he might catch a cold if his hair was not died properlyand that she might delay his sleep by being too slow

Everett suddenly held her slender waist and looked up slightly. “I need to be at the company in twohours.”

wake you up.”

“What I mean is, I don’t want to sleep.”

Before Dorothy Could react, he had already taken the initiative, pinning her beneath him.

“Lverell…”

“Just once, okay?”

Alter being asked so bluntly, Dorothy naturally wouldn’t answer, but she quietly wrapped her armsaround his waist

Everell was always gentle on this matter. He was very considerate of her feelings in the passionateencounter Dorothy almost completely forget about everything, but thankfully, the tattoo on hiscollarbone minded her

This man was just using her as a substitute.

His care and his protection might be withcawn suddenly one day.

Dorothy frowned slightly and raised the blanket to cover the string of numbers on his collarbone.

At least now, at this moment, her dream could last a little longer,

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