The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Call your dad, Karen," Jeffrey pleaded, his voice strained with desperation. "Tell him it's all a big misunderstanding, and I'l explain everything, okay?" What was gnawing at Jeffrey more than anything was the thought of losing the good graces of his future in-laws, whom he had worked so hard to win over. And this wasn't just any setback—it was the kind that you couldn't bounce back from.

But Karen was unyielding.

She just stood there, waiting for her father to come and take her away.

"Karen! For heaven's sake, I'm begging you! Just call your dad and ask him to hold off for a bit! Let's talk this through, and then I'll drive you back myself, alright?" Instead of responding, Karen turned her face away, refusing to communicate with him at all.

his cell phone to call Derek,

anyway. The more he’d try to explain, the more tangled the web

make the call, okay? Give me a chance to explain,”

get here. If you have something to say, say it," she

through his hair in frustration, marched back

asked me to help out yesterday. That's all it was! Nothing happened between us, I swear. Just

kid, and you're all concerned? What's the deal, Jeffrey?

hospital, I only asked why it was there. I thought maybe you'd lent it to someone because you said you were busy at work. I never doubted you!" As

his ex, flaunting their reunion, thinking about old flames! "I really was busy at work, I didn't lie! Paige called me..." "And you answered?" Karen's voice was sharp. "What about all those promises you made? You said you wouldn't contact any exes, that you'd pretend not to know them if you bumped into them! So what, now that we're engaged, you think you can push my limits with your wandering eye?" Jeffrey had seriously misunderstood Karen. Her tolerance had limits - he'd