The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Chapter 543

“Dorothy, you’re the only one for me

Everett could tell she was thinking of her father again, so his grip on her hand tightened without him realizing it

Dorothy believed him, she really did But she didn’t want Everett to be set on just her

Jeffrey was completely dumbfounded.

How on earth had he not figured out that the person Karen was chatting with on the phone was Kenneth, her cousin?

Locking back, it made sense. Her laughter, the way she talked about crashing at his place, it all seemed so casual, lacking that coy vibe you get when talking to a boyfriend

It was all his own doing–acting on impulse without considering other possibilities

Now the question was, how could he find Karen?

Irritated, Jeffrey kicked the living room couch and grabbed his phone to scroll through his contacts list in a frenzy

Suddenly, it hit him that Karen had once mentioned working at The Prosperity Consortium! She was there with Dorothy before Everett had pulled some strings to get Dorothy transferred to the headquarters.

Jumping to his feet, Jeffrey started searching for the number of the manager at The Prosperity Consortium’s local branch

The phone was picked up promptly. The voice on the other end sounded deferential

can I do

check if someone named Karen

care

hanging up. Jeffrey put down his phone, grabbed a bottle of water

out to the balcony for a quick smoke, he returned to still find no

hard

car keys

answered it

a lady named Karen on our records. She worked here but resigned

number? Any way to

I’ll send it to you right

across Jeffrey’s face, and he snapped his fingers without even thinking.

was on

sent by The Prosperity Consortium manager, he was surprised to find the call connected – she hadn’t

screen switch to a call timer,

“Hello?”

was unmistakably Dorothy’s

“Hello?” she repeated.

was speechless, “Isn’t this Karen’s number? Why do

few seconds to recover from the surprise of hearing Jeffrey’s voice, “She gave me her old number and I’ve been

answer

your thing, but Karen’s not that sort of girl

that question at me out of nowhere I didn’t have anything serious with her then so