The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 513

Everett couldn’t care less about curiosity and gossip. His concerns were far more immediate.

“Hey, you’re not mad at me over this whole mess, are you?” he asked tentatively.

She didn’t reply.

“Jeffrey is always so impulsive and he’s a man who speaks before he thinks like he’s never grown up. Don’t be mad, okay? He picked on your friend, but I’ll make it right.”

Dorothy couldn’t help but smile at the hasty earnestness in his eyes.

“I never said I’d drag you into this! I know my bestie. She can handle herself.”

With a mouth like Karen’s, she could run circles around Jeffrey in a verbal showdown.

The moment Everett mentioned he was treating her to dinner, Karen was all in.

Who could say no to a feast of delicacies?

And Everett was nothing if not sincere, even arranging a limo to pick her up from the hotel.

stand. I couldn’t understand a word they were

about proper etiquette!

sigh, Dorothy laughed, “I could get used to the sudden etiquette of yours.”

squinted playfully and strolled over to Everett’s hospital bed, “Mr. Lopez,

“Yeah,” Everett nodded.

you looking after Dorothy, I can

caught herself mid–sentence, slamming the brakes

good to Dorothy,” Everett smoothly carried

Lopez. It’s all one–sided. Dorothy never said yes. Her heart’s always been

longer. Fearing Karen might let slip something even more untoward, she quickly cut in, “Everett was thinking of showing you around Swevia

agree when she hesitated.

It’s not

Everett assured her with a

A little sightseeing before I head back sounds perfect. Thanks, Mr. Lopez. I’ll go

could respond, his phone rang.

as the caller ID

answered and could clearly feel Jeffrey was outside, for the whoosh of wind was audible over the line.