The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Stop! Don't you dare tell your brother about this."

Karen looked at Dorothy for a long moment before sighing. "What's all this about, huh? You finally fall for Everett, and now he wants to break up with you! My brother has been waiting for you for years, and you haven't even given him a chance."

"...That's exactly why I can't lead Kenneth on."

"Everett managed to get with you because he waited long enough, right? My brother has waited just as long, and he wouldn't mind waiting a few more years. Honestly, you should give my brother a chance." Karen wasn't in a rush to find the next guy for her best friend; she was just in an awkward position.

On one hand, her lifelong friend; on the other, the brother who had always protected her.

If those two could end up together, well...

It would be a perfect match!

At least, Karen would be happy to see it.

"I'm not going to let anyone in, not anymore."

Dorothy's heart felt like a lake frozen solid.

Opening up once had taken all her strength.

"You can't spend the rest of your life alone!" Karen frowned. "You're still young. Don't be so pessimistic! Going abroad is fine, I support you, but take some time to heal, then start fresh! Don't give in to despair." She couldn't follow Dorothy abroad, which was already worrying enough, and now this.

again,

still had

suicide as a tactic to coerce a man into coming back was something she

...

to return to

he had taken his car, Dorothy would have spotted it

was still on; probably Karen

on the glass of the floor-to-ceiling window, barely making out a figure inside

was all over, he'd

for something that allowed a clear view of every move

it for privacy,

Suddenly!

Everett's phone buzzed.

it

call, at such a crucial moment, sent a sinking feeling through

are you really

off the bat, Kenneth went straight

need to guess, Everett knew Kenneth hadn't heard it from Dorothy, but from

Kenneth's own sister. With him and Dorothy parting ways, she'd naturally do everything