The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 10

But the voice on the other end wasn’t Everett’s. It was his assistant returning the call.

Dorothy felt a tad bummed, but she still gave it a try. “I’m Dorothy Sanchez. A classmate of Mr. Lopez. Could you please relay a message to him? I’d like him to call me back.”

“Alright, Ms. Sanchez. Is there anything else?”

“No, thank you.”

After hanging up, she suddenly felt a twinge of understanding towards her mother’s desperate leap from the building.

When you’re backed into a comer by all sorts of unexpected events, you really just feel like throwing in the towel.

The hospital was frigid.

By the wee hours, Dorothy jolted awake on the patient’s chair, realizing she had dozed off out of sheer exhaustion.

She checked on her sleeping mother and tucked her in.

Her phone was flooded with messages from Karen.

“Dorothy, don’t worry: I’ve already called my parents. They agreed to lend you another 200k, so you’ll have 400k. We’ll piece it together bit by bit. 111 reach out to some other friends tomorrow; we’ll definitely reach our goal.”

Reply, Dorothy! Don’t do anything

and I’m going to my parents’ place to get the money. We’ve raised 450k so far.”

quickly left the ICU to call Karen back.

about to scare me to death, you know!”.

was in the ICU, so my

said there’s no hope? Remember, if money can

the corner of her eye, she spotted a tall

a

calling out, “Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why can’t I hear

her, removing his coat

night. You’ll catch

voice was as icy as ever, and his deep

thought she was hallucinating

Karen was still

told Karen that she had something to deal with and

Why are you here?”

you call for me?”

quickly moistened her dry lips, instinctively smoothing her hair. “Yes, I did… I

when it came to it, Dorothy realized