The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 484

You are the hardest person!”

The words slipped out of Dorothy’s mouth before she could stop them, and only after they were hanging in the air did she realize they had a certain ambiguity.

Everett, ever the troublemaker, chose to play along. “Yes, I am. I’ll own that.”

“Ugh, I can’t even deal with you right now!”

Dorothy turned to leave, but Everett’s grip was ironclad, unyielding.

She frowned in frustration, “Why do you have to be such a pain like Jeffrey, picking up his bad habits!”

During the takeover of East Star Enterprises, Dorothy had seriously doubted that the decision was unlikely Everett’s conduct. His demeanor was always collected, mature, and reserved, never acting like a petulant child.

But that decision might have been fatal for both camps!

“Because I’ve realized that sometimes you have to play the fool to keep someone like you close.”

Before Dorothy returned to his life, Everett’s world had been orderly and disciplined: waking up, attending meetings, travelling for work, domestic or international. Nothing seemed amiss. But after reuniting with her, Everett began to see that too much gentlemanship could be a losing game in a relationship.

go of her hand for the sake of manner, he’d miss out on even a moment of contact.

of twisted

it on my

help but laugh despite little irritation. “Let go. I’m

After you’ve eaten, I’ll have someone take you to rest. You

didn’t

pressed,

course, there was a

him while being unable to touch

Everett struggled to find the words, eventually just sighing, “Never

to bottle up

what the problem is? Why hesitating? How am I supposed to know if you don’t

be with her, but

“It’s nothing.”

it! I want to know!” Dorothy took a

awkward turn of his face, Everett’s voice dropped to a whisper. “It’s just… my

him innocently, raising an eyebrow. “Okay,

when I smell your scent, I start to think…”