The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Dorothy awoke with a start, the familiar warmth of another person conspicuously absent from her side.

Glancing at the clock, it read 7 AM — a time when Everett would normally be hunched over his desk, sifting through a mountain of paperwork. But now, he was nowhere to be found in the hospital room.

Concern knitting her brows, Dorothy rose to search for him. She checked the doctor's office, and the long, sterile corridors — no sign of him.

Returning to the room to grab her phone, she dialed Everett's number, only to hear his ringtone echo from within the room.

His phone was left behind.

Odd.

Very odd.

"Dr. Quincy. Have you seen Everett around?" Dorothy inquired, her voice tinged with worry as she ventured out again.

gone when I woke up." "Well, perhaps you should check the security room? If he left the hospital, he would have had to go through the main or back door," suggested Dr. Quincy. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and

Country, she was out of her element. Other

Dorothy made her way to the security room, Quincy called out from behind, "Ms. Sanchez. Mr. Lopez is at the front entrance.” Whirling around and peering down from the upper floor, Dorothy's eyes indeed caught

to find out what was going on, and why Everett had left the hospital

details were

Everett up close — his complexion was ashen, and his lips drained of color, looking as if he were on

what... what happened to you?" she gasped, instinctively rushing towards him, only to

voice a hoarse

he had only left the room in the morning, a mere hour or two would not have reduced Everett

while," he said, his gaze avoiding hers, an unusual behavior for him. With long strides, he began to walk past her,

was not like him at

wait."

she implored, her lips pressed together, a knot

but to no avail — he wouldn't meet