The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 8

Finally, the matter was swept under the carpet, and Dorothy went back to her room to pack her bags.

Thankfully, this business trip was more bark than bite, and she wasn’t just referring to Mr. Percy’s tantrum.

Dorothy tried hard to put Everett’s face out of her mind, but her brain had a mind of its own. Suddenly, her phone on the table started ringing off the hook.

She quickly walked over, and the moment she saw the number from the hospital, her heart sank.

Even her hand pressing the answer button was shaking involuntarily.

“Is this Ms. Sanchez? Your mother just had a heart attack. It’s critical. She’s been rushed to the emergency room. You need to get here

ASAP!”

Dorothy fell silent.

vision blurred, and she

until she was on the plane that she remembered to ask Karen to explain this

arrived back in Eldorria

a taxi

transferred from the ER to

pale face on the bed, Dorothy struggled to hold back her tears, but they slipped down her cheek, landing on the white hospital

weakly opened her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe

forced a smile. “Mom, I’m not crying. I just got something in my eye. The

doctor came over and

how could my mother suddenly have a

did everything we could. Her disease has always been dragging on.” Dr. Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s situation will happen

this, Dorothy immediately asked, “How much does the surgery cost now?”

prepare a million. After we get the surgery done, subsequent treatment is not so urgent.”

million was easy for the doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it would take years to eam. By then, it would

about

the doctor left.