The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 515

“Come on, you can see me?” Jeffrey’s voice was laced with a provocation as he broke the silence.

Everett was about to retort, but Dorothy touched his arm, signaling that it was okay to let it slide.

“I’m not blind,” Karen said nonchalantly, continuing to eat her burger as if the exchange hadn’t affected her in the least. “Dorothy, this chef sure knows how to make a killer burger!”

“Good, then help yourself to some more,” Dorothy replied.

Jeffrey dropped his fork as his sight bore into Karen. He set his cutlery down with a clatter, “Didn’t you say you never wanted to see me again? So, I’ve been treating you like you’re not here.”

“That’s fine by me,” Karen replied, unfazed by his comment.

Her indifferent attitude was like a punch on a pillow for Jeffrey. He would have preferred a fiery exchange of words to this polite restraint, which felt almost the stiffness she showed the first time they met.

Jeffrey opened his mouth to snap back, but Everett cut in with a frosty reminder, “Let’s eat, shall we?”

“Right.”

affair with everyone lost in their own thoughts; though Dorothy and Everett seemed more interested in the unfolding

taking a walk with Dorothy after the meal to digest, which

to be at Karen’s throat?”

usually oblivious Everett had picked up on the tension between

slumped on the couch, pouting. “She’s

chased after. He never had trouble wooing any woman. None of them would so much as raise their voice to him, let alone

as if she couldn’t speak without challenging

because she’s different?”

never cared for Jeffrey’s fickle approach to relationships. But if the women were willing, it wasn’t his place to

when it came to Karen. She was Dorothy’s friend, and she had helped raise the kids for years. He had to

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be able to face Dorothy if I got together with Karen,” Jeffrey said, ruffling his hair in frustration. “But… heck, I’ll be honest with you. Life seems dull without someone like her to ‘argue

back home during the phone call. Was that because you thought Karen had

right,” Jeffrey groaned, covering his face. “I went to knock on her door, thinking I was too good to stoop to her level, but no one answered. The

back to the home

“Yeah.”

to,