The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

After a while with no reply from the other side, Dorothy checked her phone multiple times, contemplating what she'd told Everett upon his return: asking for help with a medical issue meant he couldn't afford to be too forceful in his approach.

Even if Quincy wouldn't dare to provoke the Lopez family, pushing too hard was still not an option. She knew Everett all too well. The concept of chivalry was foreign to him. Apart from her, any woman who as much as brushed against him would send him reeling.

Dorothy couldn't pinpoint when she dozed off. Initially, she was perched on the couch, flipping through a finance magazine. Feeling drowsy, she had a glass of ice water and soon found her eyes nearly closing and falling asleep.

In a daze, tseemed irrelevant until she felt herself being lifted.

The familiar scent that was distinctly Everett's assured her of his presence without needing to open her eyes.

reached out, circling her arms around his

you not to wait up for me?" he

for you for a change.' After her words, Dorothy

never seem to stay mad at you." With long strides, Everett

body, and a comforting heat spread through her. "Everett." "Yes?" "I want to marry you." He stiffened,

"Nothing. It's just... unexpected." "I was starting to think you didn't want to marry me," Dorothy said, unaware of any underlying tension. She snuggled closer

to clarify, worried Everett might feel burdened. "After this illness, realized I don't have thenergy to fight over right or wrong. I want to

so hard to get it this far, and I don't want my presence to..." "I told you that it's not because of et you! And definitely not because of any deal your father offered. Marrying you is about us, not the Lopez family." Dorothy paused, then lowered her voice, "Your parents... they've crossed