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.

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.

Swevia Country, she was out of her element.

at the front entrance.” Whirling around and peering down

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

details were

was ashen, and his lips drained of color,

instinctively rushing towards him, only to see him

rasped, his voice a

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

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

was not like

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

on? Talk to me," she implored, her lips pressed together, a knot of anxiety forming in her

tried to look into his eyes for answers, but to no avail —