Eleanor always thought her heart belonged to someone else.
Being with Kenneth was comfortable, convenient. They both had someone else in mind, and that arrangement seemed to work just fine.
But people change, especially when they spend every day together.
Eleanor found herself growing accustomed to Kenneth's presence. He was there when she got home from work, ready to hit the grocery store or cook dinner together. At night, they fell asleep in each other's arms.
This newfound closeness turned what was once an advantage of their relationship into a thorn in her side. The more she fell for Kenneth, the more it hurt knowing he was thinking of someone else.
Someone named Dorothy.
Eleanor felt like Kenneth looked through her, hoping to see a face that wasn't hers.
Jealousy turned into anger.
Lying in his hospital bed, Kenneth offered a weak smile. "I've done a lot of thinking while you were away."
"Thinking of me?"
"Sort of," he nodded. "I've been thinking... I shouldn't hold you back anymore."
"…"
"We should break up," Kenneth said calmly, without the emotional turmoil that Eleanor felt. "You were right during our fight. You said I treated you as a stand-in, and that's just cruel. You said I shouldn't be so selfish."
"Kenneth, I was just—"
"Let me finish!" he insisted. "I can't get over Dorothy, even after all this time, even though she's happily married now, with a loving husband and healthy kids. I can't move past it."
Kenneth realized that by holding onto Eleanor, he was just wasting her time and youth, with no real benefit to either of them.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires
Sometimes Karen can be such a drama queen and immature....
For some reason I am now feeling suspicious about Kevin's new girlfriend....
I really hope this Perdita person is not a new villain....
I too echoed the sentiments of pppplllleeeaaaassssseeeeee bring this drama to an end. I beg of you!...
Really please finish this book and upload the full story so it can end. It's been drugout for so long!...
The intimate scenes in this story or uncomfortable to read. They either come off as being forced, painful, or simply not enjoyable....
Okay I left a long while ago and came back. Looks like it's been updated but still not done lol. I'll maybe wait 6 months before coming back and it'll probably still be going on. It's like a soap opera instead of a novel...
Kenneth is confirming something I've been thinking about him for several hundred chapters ago and that is he is a future murder suicide perpetrator. And after reading chapter 1275 yeah it's just brought the thought back....
How could Jeffrey throw the knife down at the scene of the crime with both their fingerprints on there?...
Again no update, so is this where it ends? Or post the whole book. Your dragging this out...