The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

Seeing Everett hadn't moved, she urged again, "Everett?"

"...I'll go make the toast first, make sure you come back soon."

"Sure."

Dorothy waved her hand, watching as Everett took his leave, vanishing from her sight.

At that moment, Jonathan chuckled softly, "My son, he's truly head over heels for you." "Everett has been very kind to me." Dorothy stood there, proper and a bit uncomfortable.

It wasn't that she was nervous, but meeting and being alone with an elder like this was new to her, hence the awkwardness.

"Everett got his temperament from me, once he sets his mind on something, he won't budge." Jonathan sighed, "Truth be told... I knew early on that Everett's mom wasn't exactly the saint she was made out to be, aware of the unsavory things she did in secret. But because she was the woman I chose as my wife, I always ended up covering for her, letting her have her way as long as she was happy."

"I believe, if it were you, Everett would do the same! But, you're different, you're kind-hearted."

course, knew about Dorothy's

did was fundamentally different from

need to use charity as a facade,

acts of charity were

know what to say, so she just looked

Everett had picked out flat shoes for her, adorned with

instinctively looked

moved slightly, he hesitated

your mother,

Jonathan did something unexpected - he bent forward in a deep bow towards

you doing...?" She hurriedly reached out to support

But Jonathan didn't budge.

"Let me finish."

his wife, and as an elder, I don't want the past to create any barriers between you and Everett The fault lies with me and his mother, not with Everett! He has