The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

On the phone, Paige was still sobbing, but Jeffrey was in such agony he couldn't even straighten his back.

It felt like his heart had been ripped out, and someone was torturing him with slow, methodical cuts.

The irony was, he was utterly helpless.

As Derek drove away, Karen's sobs finally broke into a loud cry.

"Dad, I trusted him so much. I thought he wouldn't let me down!" Derek glanced at his daughter with concern. At a red light, he reached out and patted her shoulder. "Karen, I've lived a long life and still can't always see people for who they really are. How could you? When two people have had good times together, that's not nothing. If it ends, don't dwell on the bad. You're the only one who suffers that way." Karen nodded, "I'm sorry, Dad, for disappointing you." Looking back, she realized she shouldn't have called her father in such haste.

Derek was getting on in years, with the usual heart and circulatory concerns. He didn't need the stress. But at the time, all Karen could think about was breaking up, ensuring there was no way back for Jeffrey.

Or for herself.

she'd soften, choose

deserving all the love your mother and I

in time, no rush!" Karen nodded again, dabbing at her tears with a

brief, so forgetting

Suddenly, Karen tensed.

The last thing she needed was a pregnancy scare. Sneaking a glance at her father, she decided to slip away to the clinic the next day, to avoid the anxiety of waiting

at the

demeanor, at heart,

shedding his corporate air. He appeared more like a big brother, a mere decade

there, over there!"

with you." As she was about to walk away, she heard Everett's low voice asking

tapping his son's

Dorothy was terrified of those spinning amusement rides. sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of