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

took a long, long time before Dorothy, held in his embrace, finally nodded

...

funeral dawned overcast

from the hospital to the funeral

one service scheduled

"Dorothy."

support to stand, made her way

Dorothy had become

"Karen..."

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

paid with his life. How could I not pay my respects?" Dorothy managed a weak smile. "They blame me,

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

Silence.

black and chose to hold her side, both dressed in

Jeffrey a look, signaling

family blames me, please

curses you, you want me not to