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

you? I’m in Eldorria City, and I’m going to my

ICU

scare me

in the ICU, so my phone

said there’s no hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it’s

out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a tall figure appearing at the other

like a deity had descended.

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

towards her, removing his coat and draping

You’ll catch a cold.”

as icy as ever, and his

she was hallucinating out of

Dorothy!” Karen was still talking on the

quickly told Karen that she had something to deal with and hung up.

Why are you here?”

you call for me?”

quickly moistened her dry lips, instinctively smoothing her hair. “Yes, I did… I needed to see you”

it came to it, Dorothy realized she didn’t know what to