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.

the signs were

whenever she answered a phone call, she would look up to see him leaning against a wall, smoking a cigarette. If she went

afraid of Kenneth snatching her away from

years without

the ward, a somewhat recovered Everett found his

mind that his work took up their time together. In fact,

often sneak pictures of him to keep in her

long meeting, the

she drifted into a light sleep

was not until she was lifted into the air that she sleepily opened

meeting's over?"

bed. It won't disrupt the meeting.” Dorothy chuckled and wrapped her arms around his neck. "I toss and turn in my sleep. The bed's so close to your desk. Wouldn't

want