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.

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

I have." In Swevia Country, she was out of her element. Other than calling

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

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

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up close — his complexion was ashen, and his lips drained of

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

fine," he rasped, his voice a hoarse shadow of

had only left the room

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

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took a deep breath, catching up to him and tugging at his sleeve. "Everett, wait." Despite his haste, he stopped at

lips pressed together, a knot of anxiety forming in

eyes for answers, but