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.

her head. "No, he's not in his room?" "Nope. He was 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 in the

a bit resigned. "Guess that's the only option I have." In Swevia Country, she was

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

called back, taking the stairs two at a time. She needed to find out

details were

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

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

he rasped, his voice a hoarse shadow of

leave at dawn?" If he had only left the room in the morning, a mere hour or two

go rest for a while," he said, his gaze avoiding hers, an unusual behavior for him. With long strides,

like

and tugging at his sleeve. "Everett, wait." Despite his haste, he stopped at her touch, not wanting

she implored, her lips pressed together, a knot of anxiety forming in

for answers, but to no avail — he