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.

a fiery exchange of words

but Everett cut in with a

“Right.”

a quiet affair with everyone lost in their own thoughts;

walk with Dorothy after the meal to digest,

always have to be

the usually oblivious Everett had picked up on the tension between

the couch, pouting. “She’s

He never had trouble wooing any woman. None of them would so much as raise

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

because she’s different?”

were willing, it wasn’t his place to intervene–except when it came to Karen. She

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

go back home during the phone call. Was that because you

was too good to stoop to her level, but no one answered. The receptionist said she’d