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.

he couldn't

date them, was he supposed to intervene, play the role of the

be mad and wait. He probably wouldn't go breaking them up. "That's way too early! Back in middle school,

back, her desk mate had been harboring a crush on her

of funny, when you think about

"Good thing you didn't."

made Dorothy

uncomfortable, and she tried

picked her up and

rained down, not giving Dorothy

"Mmm... Eve..."

as if he needed to confirm that she belonged

the air seemed to heat up,

to say, "Everett,

wait a

had more pressing

"Langston's waiting for you-Mmm!"

felt a chill as his