The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Afraid of being too busy alone at the hospital, after notifying the hospital, Karen called her parents.

The ambulance arrived in no time.

Paramedics jumped out and swiftly loaded Kenneth onto a stretcher.

"Bro, you better not scare me like this!" Karen's voice quivered, her hands trembling uncontrollably.

To Karen, Kenneth was more than a cousin; he was her brother.

Once at the hospital, doctors whisked him away into the ER for a battery of tests.

Karen settled the bills but couldn't follow him in; she was left to wait on a hard plastic bench for her parents to arrive. In the tense interim, she shot a text to Jeffrey.

Suddenly, she yearned for Jeffrey's comforting

her into a

texted back quickly: [Yeah, swamped at the office. Hang tight, babe. I'll try to head out soon and be there for you.] Karen bit her

the Lopez Corporation's multi-million, sometimes billion-dollar deals on the line. She wouldn't let

dad, Derek, who arrived first. He scanned the room and hurried over

soon as we got here. I have no idea what's going on. But he looked so scary just now." "There, there, it's gonna be okay. Dad's here."

a lot on his plate at work today, so I didn't tell him." "Right. Don't make him skip work for every little thing. It's not easy working at a big corporation like that; must be exhausting.” Karen nodded, "Don't worry, Dad. I'm grown up now." "Stop crying, kiddo." Derek handed her a tissue. "I'm here now, and your mom will be here any minute. She was picking up groceries at the market. I couldn't wait for her; I was afraid you'd be here all alone, so I took

just a few

on, then. Wipe your eyes," Derek said, passing her