The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

"Um, didn't you fall asleep?" Dorothy was startled by Everett's sudden movement.

Everett opened his eyes, and even in the dim moonlit room, he could precisely lock onto her gaze.

"Answer my question." "I was heading to bed." As Dorothy turned to leave, he caught her wrist as his tall figure rose abruptly from the couch, "Tell me, I want to hear it." "Just because you want to hear it means I have to answer?" "Yes." Everett's tone was unusually commanding when he forced a direct response from her.

Dorothy knew she couldn't dodge this, and after a moment, her demeanor softened slightly, "You want my trust, and I can't give it." "What if you don't have to trust me? Can you be at peace by my side then?" he asked.

height others wouldn't dare dream of in their lifetime! But being with me, you'd lose so much! You'd even... bear the stigma of being an unfilial son for life!" "But..." "Letfinish." "Alright." Dorothy took a deep breath, eyes downcast as she said, "I'm torn, too. I know if I give up clearing my mother's name, I could gain the approval of the Lopez family; I could be with you and also our kids. But... wouldn't that be like stepping over my mom's body to enter the Lopez family? I just can't do it!" She even felt that

this, and death seems the only way out,"

failed attempt on Amanda,

none of its turmoil could touch her. She'd be blind about others' life or death after she closed her eyes forever. That

Eventually, her hallucinations began.

she could see her mother waving her over from

she could read the lines carved on them, "Pierceinto your body, and you'll be free." Revenge, lawsuits, love-none would matter

voiced these thoughts, a

day if can make you the first person I see after opening my eyes and the last person I see before going to bed, what else matters?" "But Everett, you're not like Jeffrey. You'd suffer without work." Dorothy knew Everett's dedication to his career and the effort he'd put into the