The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

When it's your time, there's no coming back. No do-overs, even if your heart aches with regret.

"Alright," Everett replied, his tone subdued, clearly not in the mood for conversation.

Dorothy didn't press him further. After hanging up, she texted Kevin, asking him to drop off sextra clothes for Everett at the hospital. The emergency room's chill could seep into your bones, necessitating layers more than usual.

Everett didn't chthat night.

Dorothy ended up crashing on the couch until the early hours.

she was jolted awake by the doorbell - Kevin

sleep only claiming

for this, Kevin," she said as she handed over the

way I can." "By the way, I'm headed to a due diligence meeting this morning, so I won't be back at the office. Callif you need anything! And... if there's any news from Everett at the hospital, could you letknow?" Dorothy knew it was a big ask for Kevin, but reaching out

caught on immediately and

When I dropped off the clothes yesterday, and he knew it was you who sent them, he

Dorothy quickly got ready and

sleep, she found her concentration slipping. She almost messed up filing sdocuments, catching the mistake just in time. Emerging from the Bureau, her phone pinged with a message from Everett on

She could almost hear the concern in his voice, the epitof a "dad boyfriend." Just