Chapter 910

Dorothy bit her lip, remaining silent as they leaned into each other, listening to the rhythm of their

heartbeats.

She was surprisingly starting to feel drowsy.

Before drifting off, Dorothy mumbled, “When it comes to being stubborn, nobody beats you.”

Everett just chuckled, his hand softly stroking her hair, her back.

To others, he might come off as tough and temperamental.

But with Dorothy, all that was left was tenderness.

As time ticked by, Everett maintained his posture, enduring the pain from his wounds and the ache

in his back, all without moving, until he heard Dorothy's steady breathing.

He slowly stood up from the bed, stretching his stiff back, and walked out of the room.

"Seal off the hotel rooftop completely. No one gets in or out."

...

Karen found out about Everett's return through Jeffrey's phone.

"Why did you keep it from me?"

"I didn’t! You never asked, so I didn’t mention it." Jeffrey, hesitant to bring up the fact that Dorothy

was considering a dramatic end with Amanda, naturally couldn't mention Everett's injury either, so

he didn’t even bring up Everett’s return.

Keeping the baby was a big deal for Karen. Despite her casual dismissals, saying this and that were

fine, she cared deeply! Now, she was treading carefully, avoiding going out unless absolutely

necessary.

"Forget it, I don’t really want to know about his business anyway," Karen waved it off. "I’m planning

to find out the baby’s gender at today’s check-up. We could have found out last time!"

Jeffrey frowned slightly. "Why? It’d be more exciting to find out at birth."

"It’s better to know early so we can prepare! Look at you, buying double of everything for both a boy

and a girl. What a waste."

"It’s not about the money." Jeffrey was skillfully peeling an apple for Karen, a task he'd mastered

since the doctor recommended she eat more apples.

Karen rolled her eyes at him. "Fine, if you don't want to know, I'll just ask Dorothy to come with me!

We’ll keep it a secret from you, and you can wait until the birth to find out."

As she reached for her phone, Jeffrey quickly intervened, "Maybe you shouldn’t reach out to

Dorothy right now."

"Why not?"

"She's probably not in the best of moods, so let her have some space." Jeffrey, not the best liar,

especially in spur-of-the-moment situations, almost immediately gave himself away.

"If Dorothy’s feeling down, I should be there for her even more!" Karen’s gaze fixed on him as she

demanded, "Tell me, has something happened that I don’t know about? Something to do with

Dorothy?"

"No, nothing!"

"Did Everett come back because of Dorothy?" Karen frowned. "Is he trying to win her back?"

Jeffrey hesitated, unsure of where to start.

"Their relationship has always been on and off, who knows."

"Everett even sold Bay Residence! Wasn't that to cut ties with Dorothy completely? What's he doing

back now after the verdict?"

"Ah, let's not meddle in their affairs. Here, have an apple."

Jeffrey handed over the apple, but Karen turned her face away. "I don’t want it. I’m going to find

Dorothy."

"Don’t! She probably doesn’t want to see anyone right now."

"Why not?" Karen, sensing Jeffrey was deliberately hiding something, was determined to find out.

Dorothy’s matters were of utmost importance to her.