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.

bear the thought of her enduring a difficult childbirth, working tirelessly to provide for her children while also gathering

efforts dissipate into nothing just

to cto me, to choose to stay by my side. Dorothy, I want you to always feel free." Rather than feeling as if she had to give up on things

with tears. She had once thought her life meaningless, believing that without her, Everett would merely be saddened for a few days

today, Dorothy felt a deep sense of shame. It was an overwhelming feeling of unworthiness. "You're

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

piece of paper from her backpack and handing it to Dorothy. "He even said I'm pretty and liked my eyes!" Before Dorothy could even glance at the note, Langston breezed in with a cooler tone, "He's the sage as you, not even older than us by a birthday. He's 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 big brother, doesn't that makeyounger than him too? Abigail Sanchez! We share the sbirthday!" "Okay, okay, whether it's a big et brother of a little brother, it doesn't matter. Let's not fight," Dorothy interjected, hoping to quell the sibling dispute. Content belongs to ŚwShe looked down at the note in her

read, in crooked handwriting: I love

unable to resist, peeked over and snorted, "So young and already throwing around 'I love you's. Kids are so naive!" He seemed to forget