The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"No matter who comes around, I'm always gonna be Abigail and Langston's dad."

He was right, and Dorothy knew it. There was no coming back from that statement.

"You haven't answered my question, got any plans tonight?" Everett seemed almost too eager to find out, as if it was his mission. He was curious.

Well, she didn't feel like satisfying his curiosity!

"That's my own business as a single woman," she retorted, ready to walk away, but Everett suddenly grabbed her wrist, holding it tight.

"You got a date?"

"Everett, let go!"

His hand was slightly damp and cool from washing the dishes, an unexpected reminder of their once shared domestic life. Dorothy had intended to set clear boundaries, to stop herself from harboring any more illusions. Yet, she hadn't anticipated such a strong reaction from him.

"Who are you seeing? Karen?"

Dorothy snapped back, even though she knew the remark lacked bite. After all, Karen really was her only female friend. "But

Everett's expression

"Guy friends? Kenneth?"

not the

degrees. "You better be careful

tried to shake off his grip, growing more frustrated when she

you in today was for the kids! You've had your dinner, now it's

accusation was like a slap in the

with Quincy, but I'm messing around' if I have met friends? Everett, you're

his mother passed, and he hadn't pushed her away. Yet,

"I"

save it, Everett. Please, just go. I don't want to argue and I don't want the kids to

close to breaking point. She had been trying so hard to keep it together, and she didn't want Everett to be the reason

who these

seemed to ignore everything she'd said before, focused solely on