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

and I’m going to my parents’ place to get the money.

the ICU to

to scare me to death, you

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

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

she spotted a

a

calling out, “Hello? Dorothy!

man strode towards her, removing his coat and draping it around

at night. You’ll catch a cold.”

icy as ever, and his deep eyes were focused on

thought she was hallucinating

Dorothy!” Karen was still talking on the

that she had something

Why are you

you call

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

it, Dorothy realized she didn’t know what to say.