The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 16

After seeing her daughter’s tired face, Bella could only heave a long sigh.

“Sorry, it’s all my fault. I’ve dragged you down with me.”

She knew she shouldn’t always feed her daughter with fears of men. After all, she’d get married someday, but she was scared that her daughter would get hurt again out of foolishness.

“What are you talking about, Mom? After your surgery, the doctor said you might be able to walk again. Promise me you’ll make pastas

for me then. I miss it.”

“Alright Bella nodded, then suddenly thought of something. ‘Call your boyfriend over. I want to meet him.”

Dorothy was taken aback and quickly averted her gaze to peel an apple. “He’s too busy with the company”

“Just like your father back then…..”

“Mom” She interrupted softly. “Not everyone is like him.”

intuition told her Everett

didn’t say anything else, but she also

the sky was gradually

care of, she had to return to work early the next morning. So, after her mother fell asleep, Dorothy left the hospital.

a deep breath before hailing a taxi and heading to

her phone

was a number she didn’t

deep and magnetic voice was too distinctive

“Yeah, I’m here.”

back later. You go in first.” He paused. “The

the sudden mention of the code, she hesitated before

was probably deeper than she initially

he said he needed a marriage partner, it was probably to spite this person in his heart. It

at the moment. She was most likely being used as

start working on her laptop. However, as she looked up, her gaze was drawn to a large bag of condoms sent by Everett’s assistant in

There were at least a dozen boxes in