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 could hardly

waste. After a few seconds, she immediately changed her flight. It wasn’t until she was

the time Dorothy arrived back in Eldorria City, it was almost dark.

a taxi to the

mother had just been transferred from the ER to the

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

out to wipe her daughter’s tears,

quickly wiped her face and forced a smile. “Mom, I’m not crying. I just got something in my eye. The doctor said you need to rest and not think about anything.”

her primary doctor came

could my mother suddenly have a heart attack? Didn’t

has always been dragging on.” Dr. Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery

immediately asked, “How much

get the surgery done,

the doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it would take years to eam.

about it.”

that, the doctor left.