The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Dorothy lifted her eyes, their movement stiff and awkward. "Everett, I... I don't know how to express what I'm feeling right now..."

She had dreamed of growing old with Everett, of being there for their son and daughter forever.

But-

She couldn't bear the thought of her happiness being built on someone else's suffering.

"I understand," Everett said, his voice soft and comforting as if he were soothing his daughter. He gently rubbed her back. "What's done is done. We can't go back, even if we wish we could."

If he could turn back time, he would never have allowed Quincy the chance to poison, and then Kenneth would still be alive.

But he was only human, not a deity.

He didn't have that power.

"Dorothy, Kenneth said his last wish was for you to take the antidote, to recover, and to live well," Everett continued.

Silence.

let him have died in

before Dorothy, held in his embrace, finally

...

Kenneth's funeral dawned overcast and gray, as if

Dorothy went directly from the hospital to the

was only one service scheduled there that day. Only Kenneth's family, friends, and

"Dorothy."

made her

few days, Dorothy had become almost gaunt, her

"Karen..."

go up front later," Karen said, her voice laced with worry.

respects?" Dorothy managed a weak smile. "They

about to protest when Jeffrey interjected, "Honey, Everett's here too. He won't let her

Silence.

Everett by black and chose to hold her side,

a look, signaling

they were alone, Dorothy finally spoke, "If later...if Kenneth's family blames me, please don't retaliate." Everett knew

Kenneth's family curses you, you want me not to react,