The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Okay, I won't leave. How could I bear to go?" Leaving him alone with a raging fever was something Dorothy just could not bring herself to do.

Only after she promised to stay could Everett finally close his eyes, his consciousness fading again. Yet, in those last moments of awareness, he grasped her hand tightly, refusing to let go for a long time.

Dorothy knew he was living in a constant state of unease.

She had not given him a definite departure date nor played her part convincingly enough to make him truly believe she was here to stay.

Fortunately, there were only a few days left. Soon, his ordeal would be over.

It took Everett five days in Swevia Country to start feeling better.

Quincy said it was a mix of worry and old wounds that had flared up.

“But he was always fine back home.” “When you're tense, you can keep going on sheer willpower. Maybe once he got to Swevia Country, without the need to keep going, the illness caught up with him." It was only when Dorothy heard this that she realized how much Kenneth was on Everett's mind.

He was like a constant thorn in his side.

back, the signs

look up to see him leaning against a wall, smoking a cigarette. If she went out at night, he would be waiting in

of Kenneth

years without Dorothy

ward, a somewhat recovered Everett found his schedule

how driven he was, Dorothy did not mind that his work took up their time

would often sneak pictures of him to keep in her

long meeting, the

drifted into a light sleep without

until she was lifted into the

meeting's over?"

"I toss and turn in my sleep. The bed's so close to your desk. Wouldn't it be awkward

not want to embarrass