The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Could Everett really be oblivious to the subtext in Kenneth's words?

It was clear as day that Kenneth was trying to lump himself and Dorothy together, leaving Everett out in the cold.

Such games might have irked him in the past, made him jealous even, but now-

Dorothy was his, heart and soul. Why would he bother with such petty squabbles anymore?

"What do you think?" Instead of a direct answer, Kenneth threw the question back at him.

Everett just smiled, "Dorothy isn't just anyone, she's my wife."

"Wife?" Kenneth's defenses crumbled at that word, "You guys made it official?"

"Not yet, but it's in the pipeline." Everett looked him dead in the eye, his words deliberate and heavy with meaning, "We'll make sure you get an invite to the wedding." "I thought you two had broken up?"

Bringing that up was a self-inflicted humiliation for Kenneth.

Their presence together today was proof enough of their relationship status.

The moment Kenneth mentioned their breakup, Everett's smile widened, his tall frame imposing as he casually leaned in, a subtle smirk playing at the corner of his eyes.

break up. But Dorothy said she couldn't stand to be away from me, preferred to be with me, official or

that?" Kenneth found it

her," said Everett, nodding towards Dorothy

you just

leave me, how could I let her go without any recognition of what we

Even when

me. She doesn't need

crystal clear that he was

Everett before him, was momentarily

He remembered, years ago...

eyes red, begging him not to take

surprised back then, a

Everett, who had countless other means to get what he wanted, yet chose

now, times

remained an outsider, never having the

she's always been

had done all he

go now seemed to carry