The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 8

Finally, the matter was swept under the carpet, and Dorothy went back to her room to pack her bags.

Thankfully, this business trip was more bark than bite, and she wasn’t just referring to Mr. Percy’s tantrum.

Dorothy tried hard to put Everett’s face out of her mind, but her brain had a mind of its own. Suddenly, her phone on the table started ringing off the hook.

She quickly walked over, and the moment she saw the number from the hospital, her heart sank.

Even her hand pressing the answer button was shaking involuntarily.

“Is this Ms. Sanchez? Your mother just had a heart attack. It’s critical. She’s been rushed to the emergency room. You need to get here

ASAP!”

Dorothy fell silent.

Her vision blurred, and she could hardly stand.

time to waste. After a few seconds, she immediately changed her flight. It wasn’t until she was on the plane that she remembered to ask

Dorothy arrived back in Eldorria City, it was almost

taxi to the

been transferred from the ER

on the bed, Dorothy struggled to hold back her tears, but they slipped down her cheek, landing

opened her eyes. She even tried to reach out to wipe her

“Mom, I’m not crying. I just got something

nodded. Soon, her primary doctor came over and called Dorothy out

a heart attack? Didn’t you say she was stable?”

been dragging on.” Dr. Oliver sighed. “What are you planning to do? If she doesn’t have surgery soon, today’s

immediately asked, “How

prepare a million. After we get the surgery done, subsequent treatment is

was easy for the doctor to say, but for Dorothy, it would take years to

think about

that, the doctor left.

stood alone in the empty corridor, filled with the smell of

still standing