GoodRead"You're really pushing me into a corner here!" Her mother’s words sounded like a fairy tale to her! Dorothy didn’t even know when her mother started measuring the solidity of relationships by money.
The Lopez Corporation wasn't just Everett's; it's the product of generations of the Lopez family's hard work. They simply felt impossible to transfer it into her name.
"I'm just using this as an example to show you that no man will give up everything for you. They just talk a big game! If you asked Everett for all his possessions, he wouldn't give them to you and he'd dump you in no time!" "That's because he would think I'm a greedy woman then,” Dorothy responded, feeling that any person would instantly lose their good impression upon hearing such a request.
That shouldn't even be a criterion! To put it another way, if she was Everett, she would also feel that the girl accepted him only because she wanted something in return.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"There is no such thing as being greedy or not. A man's heart is where his money is," Bella glared at her daughter sternly, "And stop calling me greedy. If | wanted to use you for money, | wouldn't have refused the money you got from a man to treat my illness even if it meant my death! What I'm saying is, | want you to see clearly the gap between you and Everett and how impossible it is!" "So no man can be trusted as you said. | should just never get married or have a boyfriend in my whole life." "That's not what I'm saying,” Bella suddenly changed her tone, "I think that Kenneth is a good choice.” Dorothy was taken aback by her mother's sudden mention of Kenneth.
"We're just friends," she said, startled.
"But Kenneth likes you," Bella, having been through it all, could tell that Kenneth was serious about her daughter. If she had to pick a son-in-law right now, she'd rather trust Kenneth than anyone else.
Just thinking about the haughty way Everett's mother had come to her made Bella shudder. She could already imagine the hardships her daughter would face if she married into that family! A man might be able to protect her once or twice, but if his mother was always picking fights and bad-mouthing her, their relationship wouldn't last long.
With Everett as a CEO, there would be plenty of girls trying to seduce him. What would happen to her daughter then? Compared to that, at least Kenneth's parents had been polite and genuinely liked Dorothy when they met.
"Mom, there's no chance between Kenneth and me." "Then there's even less chance between you and Everett, unless you wait until 'm dead." "Mom!" "I'm going back to my hospital room. If you still believe in love, you don't have to come anymore. Out of sight, out of mind. | don't want to see my daughter ending up like me." With that, Bella left her daughter behind and walked away, leaning on the wall for support.
Dorothy knew it would be hard to change her mother's mind right away.
She needed to think of another way. She couldn't possibly break off her relationship with her mother because of Everett.
Dorothy's name had almost become taboo at the HQ of the Lopez Corporation.
She was the only one who had been publicly fired on the group's official website and then had the decision reversed.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThat was very unusual.
After all, for an investment department assistant to be personally ordered to be fired by the chairman was news in itself.
But to have the decision reversed by the CEO...
That was simply shocking! Even a fool could guess what was going on.
During the lunch break, two female colleagues couldn't help but gossip about it.
"Do you think Dorothy has some dirt on our CEO?" "I would believe it if it was someone else, but Mr. Lopez? | don't buy it. He's like a glacier, never showing interest in women, and he's very careful and serious about his work. | don't think he'd have any dirt." The taller woman thought for a moment, then leaned in closer to her colleague and lowered her voice. "But | have seen Dorothy. She is quite beautiful.” "Do you think Mr. Lopez lacks beautiful women around him?" "Good point." Put it this way, Mr. Lopez could have any woman he wanted if he wished to!
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