Chapter 948

After saying all that, Quincy finally looked up at him.

"Mr. Lopez, you're out of options."

She had a grip on Dorothy, like she had found Everett's Achilles' heel!

"If you want a patron, I can find one for you. Just let Dorothy go."

"Don't you get it? I won't let her go. This is my only chance to turn the tables and be my own boss!"

For the first time, Quincy's face showed something other than gentle grace. She smirked, her

emotions teetering on the edge of hysteria, "Mr. Lopez, when it comes down to it, you all forced my

hand! Haven't I begged you? Haven't I pleaded with Ms. Sanchez? I've worked tirelessly to treat

your condition, to operate on you, all in the hopes that you could help me out of this arranged

marriage! And you? Oh, right, you said you were a germophobe!"

She still remembered Everett's expression, as if she was some sort of contaminant that couldn't

touch him!

"I've tried reasoning with you, then went and earnestly persuaded Ms. Sanchez! But it's the same

with all of you! Nobody cares about my situation! I once thought that, as a fellow woman, she could

at least understand my feelings a bit. I just don't want to be used as a tool, married off to a man I

feel nothing for! What's wrong with that?"

The moment she realized her parents preferred sons over daughters, she had made efforts to

distance herself from her family. She had immersed herself in her work for years, spending all her

time in the lab, avoiding going home even during holidays, all to escape an arranged marriage.

And yet—

And yet, because she operated on Everett, she found herself targeted by Jonathan Lopez, forced

into marrying Everett!

The most wronged person here should be her, right? In the end, she was still to be sacrificed by her

family.

"Cure Dorothy, and I'll take care of everything you've asked for, no hard feelings." Everett said,

facing her accusations with a cold, emotionless face.

Or rather, aside from Dorothy, he didn't care about anyone else's grievances. All he wanted now

was the antidote, to see Dorothy well again.

"It's too late! Do you think I'd believe you now? Once the poison is neutralized, how will you retaliate

against me?" Quincy shook her head, "I won't put myself in disadvantage anymore."

"But all this, wasn't it to avoid marrying me? And now you want me to marry you?"

"Yes! I do want you to marry me, Mr. Lopez. When I gave Ms. Sanchez that bottle of water, I has

given her the chance! If she had been willing to drop the lawsuit then, I would've immediately given

her the antidote, and none of this would've happened! But she refused. She said it herself that she

didn’t want you, and that she wanted to fight the lawsuit to the end!"

Quincy had warned her. She told Dorothy that they would be on opposite sides! It was too late for

Dorothy to regret, and she would use every means to defend her marriage!

Everett didn't want to hear the details of her poisoning, nor did he care about the conversation

between the two women.

"I'll say it again, give me the antidote."

"And I'll say it again, if you want the antidote, you'll have to do as I say! Just as the Lopez family has

pressured and manipulated me, now it's my turn to do the same to you!" She stepped closer to

Everett, looking him in the eyes, "Don't push me to make even more outrageous demands. Right

now, all I want is for you to marry me. I won't interfere with whatever you have with Ms. Sanchez."