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,

only option I have." In Swevia Country, she was out of her element. Other than calling Everett, she was at a loss

Dorothy made her way to the security room, Quincy called out from behind, "Ms. Sanchez. Mr. Lopez is at the front entrance.” Whirling

She needed to find out what was going

above, details were

the sight of Everett up close — his complexion was

what happened to you?" she gasped, instinctively

voice a hoarse

left the room in the morning,

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

not like him at

breath, catching up to him and tugging at his sleeve. "Everett, wait." Despite

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

his eyes for answers, but to no avail