The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Think of him as a kid, no need to waste your energy being on guard."

Everett snorted, "A kid? What if one day, he actually sweeps you off your feet? Would I still be naively treating him like a kid?"

If Byte 7 were, say, eight or nine, maybe that'd fly.

But he's got everything a man needs.

Treating him like a child just won't work.

"...How could he possibly sweep me off my feet? Everett, you're really overthinking this, you know?"

He smirked, pinning Dorothy against the wall for a deep kiss before speaking in a gravelly voice.

"It's not that I'm overthinking now. It's you just noticing! I've been worried since... middle school." Back then, nobody really cared about looks, so not many people noticed Dorothy.

She was quiet, not one to chat or make the first move.

But Everett knew! Once Dorothy grew up and stepped into society, she'd definitely catch eyes.

He could keep his distance from the opposite sex.

couldn't

to date them, was

before anything happened between them, he'd just be mad and wait. He probably wouldn't go

been harboring a crush on her for years, and she was

funny, when you

"Good thing you didn't."

made Dorothy

position was getting uncomfortable, and she tried

in the next second, he picked her up and tossed her onto the

not giving Dorothy a chance

"Mmm... Eve..."

her urgently, as if he needed to confirm that she belonged to

intensified, the air seemed to heat

finally managed to say, "Everett, Langston is waiting for

wait

more pressing matters

"Langston's waiting for you-Mmm!"

as his