The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 540

Every time she tried to close her eyes, Everett would deliberately ease up his grip, then jolt her back to alertness, insisting she keep her eyes open to watch him.

Several times, Dorothy bit him hard in frustration, but he seemed impervious to pain and even chuckled in response!

With a mock glare, Dorothy huffed and got up to run a bath.

Everett was a bit of a neat freak, so she took extra care to clean the bathtub thoroughly, wiping everything down before finally turning on the taps.

Before she could finish, she suddenly felt arms envelop her from behind!

She paused for a second, then with a sigh, turned around.

“What now?”

“Help me with my shirt, will you?”

Dorothy pushed him gently. “Your hands aren’t broken.”

“But I want you to do it. With that, he stretched out his arms, and his loosely worn shirt gaped open, revealing a glimpse of his sculpted abs.

Everett’s lips curved into a sly smile, his Adam’s apple sharp and bobbing with his breath, almost as if tempting her to leave her unique mark with a bite.

Dorothy saw this, her heart would

stop fooling around? I’m

“No way.”

one swift motion, Everett pulled her close, breathing softly into her ear, where a tiny mole resided, and spoke in a husky voice, “Where are you running off to? I’m just taking a bath.”

buy it for a second!

when it came to these matters, he was full of lies, with “just one

you can sit

was he to still need company? Clearly, he had other things on his

if I faint from

“Doubtful, but okay.”

just a bath.” Everett caught her hand and placed it on the

Dorothy rolled her eyes but helped him with

were still visible, streaked with blood and the faint yellow of iodine, front and back, due to the through–and–through

injury.

must hurt… Did it hurt

really, just felt a bit

to

her chin, forcing her to meet his eyes. “I’m not

pouted, and tears threatened to spill.

her tear ducts had become a shallow well, always on

me,

thumb. Everett gently wiped away her falling tears, and when they kept coming, he simply leaned in to