The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 515

“Come on, you can see me?” Jeffrey’s voice was laced with a provocation as he broke the silence.

Everett was about to retort, but Dorothy touched his arm, signaling that it was okay to let it slide.

“I’m not blind,” Karen said nonchalantly, continuing to eat her burger as if the exchange hadn’t affected her in the least. “Dorothy, this chef sure knows how to make a killer burger!”

“Good, then help yourself to some more,” Dorothy replied.

Jeffrey dropped his fork as his sight bore into Karen. He set his cutlery down with a clatter, “Didn’t you say you never wanted to see me again? So, I’ve been treating you like you’re not here.”

“That’s fine by me,” Karen replied, unfazed by his comment.

would have preferred a fiery exchange of words

back, but Everett cut in with a frosty reminder, “Let’s eat, shall

“Right.”

was a quiet affair with everyone lost in their own thoughts; though Dorothy and Everett seemed more interested in

to digest, which left Everett and Jeffrey alone in the

you always have to be at Karen’s throat?”

picked up on the

the couch, pouting. “She’s just…. different from the

catch–a man women chased after. He never had trouble wooing any woman. None of them would

Karen. It was as if she couldn’t speak without challenging

because she’s different?”

cared for Jeffrey’s fickle approach to relationships. But if the women were willing, it wasn’t his place to intervene–except when it came to Karen. She was Dorothy’s friend, and she had helped raise the kids for years. He

come on, you don’t have to worry about me doing anything. I know you wouldn’t be able to face Dorothy if I got together with Karen,” Jeffrey said, ruffling his hair in frustration. “But… heck, I’ll be honest with you. Life seems dull without someone like her to ‘argue with!”

back home during the phone call. Was that because

“I went to knock on her door, thinking I was too good to stoop to her level, but no one answered. The receptionist said she’d