The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Fancy fruit?" Everett was clueless about what the joke meant.

Jeffrey snorted with derision. "Your wife's bestie had regarded me as a fancy fruit for a fun try! You've been too busy mooning over your wife to care about me!" Everett was speechless.

The news didn't escape Kenneth's radar. They had just arrived the city before sitting down for a meal when Kenneth's call came through.

Instead of confronting Karen directly, he phoned Dorothy.

When she saw the caller ID, she stood up and made a beeline for the exit, cautious not to take the call in front of Everett, just in case it was something serious from Byte 7.

Once outside the restaurant, she answered.

"Kenneth." "Karen's parents called me earlier, said she's got herself a boyfriend, and they've already had the meet-the-parents dinner. Did you know that?" That was the news of the day.

in the middle of dinner

They say he looks like a playboy, not the reliable type. Karen's parents are worried she's being blinded and asked me to get the scoop from you." Dorothy was at

and what if he ends up hurting Karen? It would be like giving

ill of him when Karen was seeing Jeffrey would be like pushing Kenneth to

seconds of thought, she finally said, "He's been good to Karen, otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to date him." "But Karen never mentioned any of this to me before, not a hint of happiness or a word shared. Isn't that strange?" Kenneth paused before adding, "Dorothy, tell me the truth. Who is Karen's new beau? It's someone I know, isn't it?" Otherwise, Karen wouldn't have kept it

you could say that." But Kenneth and

name?" "Jeffrey." Dorothy was cornered into

of silence before Kenneth's tone grew

sided with Heather against

before Dorothy added, "Kenneth, let bygones be bygones. Jeffrey was misled back then, thinking Heather was a friend, and that's why he