The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

The last time Quincy was dragged back home, she thought it was just another tedious blind date set up by her folks. To her shock, they dropped a bombshell: she was expected to marry Everett! Of course, she was dead against it.

While at the hospital, Quincy saw how much Everett loved Dorothy with her own eyes! To agree to marry Everett would be like playing the other woman.

She was not about to stoop that low.

But in the cutthroat world of business, only the strong could survive. Quincy's family simply did not have the muscle to stand up to the Lopez family, leaving them without a choice. Though Quincy's dad and Jonathan were old college buddies, the marriage proposal was offered in such a high-and-mighty way that turning it down would be a slap in the face—and could flip their friendly relations to sour in the blink of an eye. S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Besides the crux of the matter was that Quincy was the underdog in her family.

They favored sons over daughters.

She had made peace with it; she did not hanker after the family fortune. In fact, she felt somewhat liberated, knowing her brother would take over the family business, leaving her free to pursue her passion for medicine.

of use to her family? "Absolutely

My family... we're practically voiceless against the Lopez Corporation.” She had wanted to have this very conversation with Everett before he and Dorothy flew home, but she held back, hoping the Lopez family would change their

his dressings, Quincy's father

family could hitch their wagon to a star and climb the social ladder by joining forces with the Lopez Corporation! He even warned her not to screw it up, reminding her of the years of care and upbringing they had invested in her, suggesting she owed it to the Quincy family to make

out

I'm asking is for

to marry you." This marriage was dead in the water, so Quincy had nothing

at least talk to Jonathan and my dad?" She

withstand the pressure from home. All

drop the idea," Everett stated, aware that talking to his father would

the time they tried to

but