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.”

Dorothy!

to my parents’ place to get the money. We’ve raised 450k so

ICU to call Karen

about to scare me

sorry… I was in the ICU, so my phone was on

hope? Remember, if money can solve the problem, it’s

of her eye, she spotted

like a deity had

“Hello? Dorothy! Hello? Why

removing his coat and draping it around the frail Dorothy.

night. You’ll catch a

was as icy as ever, and his deep

thought she was

was still talking on

quickly told Karen that she had something to deal with

Why are

call for me?”

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

realized