The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 10

But the voice on the other end wasn’t Everett’s. It was his assistant returning the call.

Dorothy felt a tad bummed, but she still gave it a try. “I’m Dorothy Sanchez. A classmate of Mr. Lopez. Could you please relay a message to him? I’d like him to call me back.”

“Alright, Ms. Sanchez. Is there anything else?”

“No, thank you.”

After hanging up, she suddenly felt a twinge of understanding towards her mother’s desperate leap from the building.

When you’re backed into a comer by all sorts of unexpected events, you really just feel like throwing in the towel.

The hospital was frigid.

By the wee hours, Dorothy jolted awake on the patient’s chair, realizing she had dozed off out of sheer exhaustion.

She checked on her sleeping mother and tucked her in.

Her phone was flooded with messages from Karen.

They agreed to lend you another 200k, so you’ll have 400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit. 111 reach out to some other friends tomorrow; we’ll definitely reach

scare me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t do anything stupid”

are you? I’m in Eldorria City, and I’m going to my parents’ place to

the ICU to call

to scare me to

was in the ICU, so my phone

Who said there’s no hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it’s not a

of the corner of her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing at the other end of the

was like a deity had

Karen was calling out, “Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why

strode towards her, removing his coat and draping it around the frail

night. You’ll

was as icy as ever, and his

thought she was

Karen was still talking on the other end.

something to deal with and hung

Why are

you call for me?”