The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"You know as well as I do how that lawsuit turned out. How could she possibly be in good spirits? Everett flew back just to handle it," Jeffrey sighed, wrapping an arm around Karen's shoulders. "Letput it to you this way, anyone in the world could hurt Dorothy, but not Everett. He'd rather take a bullet than cause her the slightest harm. You can truston that." Karen seemed to want to argue, but... Jeffrey's point was hard to dispute.

Karen was well aware of just how much Everett cared for Dorothy.

"Suddenly, I'm dying to know if we're having a boy or a girl! Why don't we head to the hospital right now and find out?" Feeling overwhelmed, he quickly changed the subject.

Karen nodded. "Sure!" Even with Everett by her side, Dorothy's sleep was fitful - a cycle of waking and dozing.

Thankfully, Everett hadn't drawn the curtains, keeping the room shrouded in darkness, which helped Dorothy avoid waking up completely once daylight broke.

opened her eyes, it was the aroma of chicken soup

different from anyone else's. She couldn't pinpoint what he added, but

have something to eat." Dorothy blinked

table, her gaze lingering on Everett's bandaged hand, faint traces of

stop cooking. I don't enjoy it," she said,

and spoon a bit closer to her with his left hand. "From now on, we'll get room service." "Okay." Dorothy sat down, slowly spooning the soup into her mouth. She had virtually no appetite and even felt

so severe that she appeared visibly thinner and

Instead of heading straight to the hospital, Everett had

He knew that places like hospitals often made people feel more confined and struggled to emerge from their own emotions. "I don't want to go out." "Dorothy, don't you want to get better soon and see Abigail and Langston? They've been