The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 501

Uh?”

Quincy was about to ask what being a clean freak had to do with anything when she caught sight of her own hands and instantly got it. She tugged awkwardly at her lip. “Sorry, my bad.”

She watched as Everett Lopez moved steadily forward, refusing to be assisted or to lean against the wall. His back remained ramrod straight as if bending was simply not an option.

Quincy knew all too well that Everett must be in agony. The trembling that barely perceptible in his silhouette was telltale. He’d been stabbed clean through with wounds both in the front and back, and his flesh and blood were indistinguishable when he was sent to hospital.

She recalled the first moments of taking charge of Everett. When he barely regained consciousness, his lips were moving. At first, Quincy thought he was moaning due to the pain and tried to comfort him for multiple times. But as she listened closely, he was actually calling out for Dorothy.

Sighing softly, Quincy felt a sudden, intense envy toward Dorothy.

“If only I could be loved like that.” she mused.

Dorothy was still asleep when Everett returned to his hospital room.

on the bed,

he had put her through quite an

chair and sat down beside the bed.

smile in his eyes deepened.

a bit like a

could

finally holding the moon

now, with her lying next to him and willing to do anything for him, Everett feared this was

from the stab wound inflicted by Heather, and all these were

cheek, then her eyebrows, her hair, wishing

didn’t know how long it has been before he

at the door monitor. Seeing it was Jeffrey, he pressed the remote

about Karen. But upon entering, he saw Dorothy sleeping soundly, and Everett, pale but looking lively, and he immediately got the

outside to