The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 513

Everett couldn’t care less about curiosity and gossip. His concerns were far more immediate.

“Hey, you’re not mad at me over this whole mess, are you?” he asked tentatively.

She didn’t reply.

“Jeffrey is always so impulsive and he’s a man who speaks before he thinks like he’s never grown up. Don’t be mad, okay? He picked on your friend, but I’ll make it right.”

Dorothy couldn’t help but smile at the hasty earnestness in his eyes.

“I never said I’d drag you into this! I know my bestie. She can handle herself.”

With a mouth like Karen’s, she could run circles around Jeffrey in a verbal showdown.

The moment Everett mentioned he was treating her to dinner, Karen was all in.

Who could say no to a feast of delicacies?

And Everett was nothing if not sincere, even arranging a limo to pick her up from the hotel.

Holding a bag of groceries and stepping inside, Karen gave a dry smile, “Just swung by a fruit stand. I couldn’t understand a word they were saying so I just grabbed what I could recognize. Can’t visit a patient empty–handed, right?”

about proper etiquette!

get used to the sudden etiquette of yours.”

and strolled over to Everett’s hospital bed, “Mr. Lopez,

“Yeah,” Everett nodded.

can head back home without

the brakes

fine. I know he’s good to Dorothy,” Everett

It’s all one–sided. Dorothy never said yes. Her heart’s always

even more untoward, she quickly cut in, “Everett was thinking of

was about to agree when she hesitated.

the guide? It’s not Jeffrey,

assured her with a

Mr. Lopez. I’ll go with it as long as the

respond, his

as the caller ID popped up–it

for

got things under control

the flight,” Everett responded with a grave tone.

a drag of his cigarette, “You sound weird. What’s