The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Better watch out, or some 18-year-old heartthrob might just snag your spot!"

But jest aside, what truly weighed on Everett's mind was Dorothy's health.

"I get that the company's just getting off the ground, and you want to handle everything personally, but you've got to consider your own health."

"I know, don't worry," Dorothy chuckled on the other end of the line. "You've practically sent over all the hotshots from the Lopez Corporation to help out. What do I have to be tired about? At this rate, my company will just become another branch of the Lopez Corporation." "That'll never happen." Just hearing Dorothy's voice made Everett's eyes soften with an undeniable warmth, "I promise, the Lopez Corporation will never take over your business."

"So, it's not worthy?" Dorothy teased.

"It's not that. It's that I wouldn't dare."

And he meant every word of it.

The last thing he needed was Dorothy feeling sidelined after her company was absorbed. Then he'd have to worry about losing her attention altogether.

"I might be a bit late picking you up tonight. If you wrap up early, have Kevin drive you back to Bay Residence."

yourself," Dorothy paused deliberately, "especially since you're a

call ended, but the smile lingered on

was joking with

for laughs; it signified her moving on from her

bygone days were heavy, and he'd

Kevin knocked on

he just wants to see you once." Kevin shared

after a few seconds of silence, Everett surprisingly

spare him ten

...

all multiple times but

through every

hospital still reeked of that

had only requested to see Everett

had withered to bones, seemingly lacking the strength to even