The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 1199

"Come on, spill the beans already! If you don't let me in on the rest of the plan today, someone's gonna be sulking. I won't let him get his way."

"..."

"Just tell me! I'm going to find out sooner or later anyway. If you tell me now, at least I can brace myself."

Everett could actually understand Dorothy's mindset.

This feeling of marching forward without knowing anything, he had been living with it for over a decade. He was practically a veteran!

"Alright then."

Seeing him soften, Dorothy immediately scooted closer. "So, spill it! I'm all ears."

"Let's cross that bridge when we come to it."

"..."

"Otherwise, who knows if you'll back out, claiming you're too tired or something."

Dorothy pouted. "Am I that unreliable to you?"

Everett nodded solemnly.

"Absolutely not."

Whether she was reliable or not was beside the point now!

...

The next morning, when Everett woke up, the lady by his side was still asleep.

He leaned down to plant a kiss on her cheek before reluctantly getting up to freshen up.

After washing some oats in the kitchen and before he could even fetch some veggies from the fridge, Quincy's call came through!

Clearly, she was worried sick.

"Please, tell me! I think I can handle anything, as long as it gets me... into the Lopez family, freeing me from my parents' pressure."

She really knew how to play the victim.

"Well," Everett said, fetching vegetables from the fridge, then chopping them up to prepare a veggie oatmeal, "considering how the Caldwell family is treating you, your parents aren't exactly in a position to pressure you anymore. If you want me to believe you, I need to know there's something or someone you care deeply about. That's the only way to keep things balanced."

"I get your point. So, Mr. Lopez, what are you suggesting?"

Everett paused deliberately.

Then, with a bit of reluctance, he said, "Nothing else seems to hold much sway, so I think... before we get married, you need to have a child."

A child?!

Quincy was taken aback. "A child with... who?"

"Obviously, with someone from the Lopez family. You're going to marry in anyway, so when the child comes doesn’t really matter. Having it now just gives me some insurance."