The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Maybe it was the wee hours of the morning, and Dorothy wasn't fully awake yet, which is why the words just slipped out of her mouth. The anxiety in her tone nearly made Everett back off completely. He couldn't even bring himself to look into Dorothy's eyes.

"I said I need some space, can't you understand that?"

"It's just space, not leaving us, right?" Dorothy insisted on this answer, relentlessly gazing at him.

Everett frowned, "What's the point of asking that?"

"I need to know." Dorothy approached again, trying to touch him.

But he dodged, just as he dodged other women.

"If I had known you'd be like this, I wouldn't have come back."

"Everett, then I'll stop, I won't ask anymore. Please don't go, don't stay somewhere else! Bay Residence has a guest room; I can move there. You can come back to rest whenever you're tired." Dorothy could give him the space to think, but the idea of living apart was terrifying!

Back when Maxton and Bella's marriage faced troubles, it began with living apart. It signified that one party was no longer interested in continuing the relationship as it was, merely transitioning, adjusting. "I'm swamped with work; I'll just sleep at the office."

"What about the kids?" Dorothy finally played her last card, bringing up Abigail and Langston, her last shred of hope, "They'll miss their dad."

Everett's back tensed, but he didn't respond.

Dorothy hurriedly continued her plea, "I know you must miss the kids, it's just me you don't want to see, that's okay! I can stay at Karen's apartment, so you won't have to see me when you come back!"

want my children to live without their

these words was immense. Even as Everett clenched his fists, he couldn't

"I'll come back."

when he relented did Dorothy

to the

Everett, with a furrowed brow,

"Not tonight."

"Then you..."

tonight. I'm too tired to

Dorothy nodded vigorously, "Okay!"

Dorothy couldn't bring herself to close her eyes. Even though he was turned away from her, and the bedroom

if she diverted her gaze for even a second, it

passed, and

Dorothy heard Everett's steady

she dare to carefully inch@loser, gently draping

this position countless times before. Embracing in sleep, cuddling each