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.

woke up." "Well, perhaps you should check the security room? If he left the hospital, he would have had to

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

she called back, taking the stairs two at a time. She needed to find out what was going on, and why Everett had left the hospital so early in

above, details were

sight of Everett up close — his complexion was

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

voice a hoarse

frowned, her worry deepening. "Did you leave at dawn?" If he had only left the room in the morning, a

said, his gaze avoiding hers, an unusual behavior for him. With long strides, he began

not like

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

implored, her lips pressed together, a knot of

but to no avail — he