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.”

me! Reply, Dorothy! Don’t do anything stupid”

to my parents’ place

ICU

were about to scare me

was in the ICU, so

no hope? Remember, if money can solve the

about to respond, out of the corner of her eye, she

a

Karen was calling out, “Hello?

strode towards her, removing his coat and draping it around

at night. You’ll catch a cold.”

and his deep eyes were focused on her.

was hallucinating out of

that? Hello, Dorothy!” Karen was still talking

that she had something to

Why are you

call for me?”

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

Dorothy realized