The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

After a tiresome day, Karen headed straight to her bedroom to catch some z’s.

She wove through a tapestry of bizarre dreams, only to be jostled awake by the persistent knocking of her dad, Derek.

Bleary-eyed, her hand instinctively searched for her phone to check the time, but then it hit her that her phone was busted.

“Karen?” Derek’s knocks continued, a steady rhythm against her door.

She quickly ran her fingers through her hair, “Coming, coming!”

Swinging the door open, she found Derek with a box in hand, “Karen, someone dropped this off for you. He said your phone got busted by accident, and this is the replacement.”

Karen bit her lips. She knew in a heartbeat it was Jeffrey’s doing. And what did he mean by “by accident”?

“Is it for you?” Derek asked. Sensing her silence, his voice was tinged with caution.

“Yeah, someone wrecked my phone and mentioned something about a replacement.” She took the box without ceremony.

After all, it was indeed Jeffrey’s fault, and he wasn’t hurting for cash. But she was.

A new phone would set her back a few hundred bucks.

“That nearly gave me a heart attack. I thought it was some scam,” Derek chuckled; he didn’t give much thought about it.

before taking

set up her WhatsApp and

the latest, most expensive model from

had already

“A second-hand phone?!”

brows knitted in displeasure, but upon booting it up, she realized it was new—her card had already been

him when he left? That was the only way her card could have ended up

the time, Karen

began downloading her go-to apps. Before she could even get WhatsApp running,

her contacts yet to be

tone was less than enthused, bracing for

Miss Karen?” The voice on the

It wasn’t Jeffrey.

“Yes, speaking. Who’s this?”

I’m… uh… the friend your parents

didn’t reply

her blind

of her spat with Jeffrey, she’d completely overlooked

WhatsApp today, and when you didn’t reply, I

made Karen seem like she was avoiding

back to you. My phone got trashed, and I haven’t logged onto WhatsApp yet. I just started up this new phone, and your