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.

shook her head. "No, he's not in his 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. Quincy. Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ

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

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

out what was going on, and why Everett had left the hospital so early

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the downstairs, Dorothy was taken aback at the sight of Everett up close — his complexion was ashen, and his lips drained

happened to you?" she gasped, instinctively

voice a

room in the morning, a mere hour or two would not

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

like him at

his sleeve. "Everett, wait."

to me," she implored, her lips pressed together, a knot of

eyes for answers, but to no avail — he wouldn't meet