The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Dorothy's brow furrowed slightly, a sign that she was on the verge of saying something more, but Everett gently patted the back of her hand in a comforting gesture.

"You've sacrificed so much to get to where you are today, I can't let you give it all up because of me," he said, his voice laced with empathy and concern.

The thought of Dorothy, pregnant and receiving the devastating news of her mother's passing, still haunted Everett.

He couldn't bear to think of her shattering at that moment.

thought of her enduring a difficult childbirth, working tirelessly to provide for her

to let nearly six years of Dorothy's relentless efforts dissipate into nothing just because she wanted to be

this," Dorothy assured him, her voice steady. "You're not forcinginto anything." He offered her a small smile, "I love butterflies, but I wouldn't trap one. Instead, I'd plant the flowers they love and wait for them to cto me, to choose to stay by

life meaningless, believing that without her, Everett would merely

deep sense of shame. It was an overwhelming feeling

hair, "I prefer to call it devoted." The car filled with noise as they picked up Abigail and Langston from

not your 'big brother,' he's a 'little brother'!" "I can still call him big brother!" Abigail rarely retorted against Langston, but this time, she wolclearly upset by her brother's diminishment of her "big brother." "If you call him

read, in crooked handwriting:

and snorted, "So young and already throwing around 'I love you's. Kids are so naive!" He seemed to forget his earlier claim