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.

the hospital, he would have had to go through the

Country, she was out

entrance.” Whirling around and peering down from the upper floor, Dorothy's eyes indeed

two at a time. She needed to find out what was going on, and why Everett had left the

above, details

complexion was ashen,

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

his voice a hoarse shadow of

worry deepening. "Did you leave at dawn?" If he had only left the room in the morning, a mere hour or two would not have

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

was not like

a deep breath, catching up to him and tugging at his sleeve. "Everett, wait." Despite his haste, he stopped at her touch, not wanting

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

eyes for answers, but to no avail — he