The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 1300

But before he could finish his sentence, Dorothy cut off Lane.

After such a long time, he still had that roguish charm mixed with undeniable handsomeness.

Truth be told, if only he hadn't been so obsessed with her, Lane could have had a pretty decent life! At least back in the day, his East Star Enterprises was doing quite well, not quite on the level of the Lopez Corporation, but it had made a name for itself in the banking world.

And now, seeing him again...

He had become a fugitive, wanted for murder.

Dorothy couldn't hide her dismay.

"Lane, do you regret killing Quincy?"

Caught off guard by the question, Lane paused for a moment, his thin lips twitching, "No regrets! Only by killing her could Everett be brought down!"

"Just because Everett bought out your company, you'd rather bear the weight of a life on your conscience, just to see him dead?" Dorothy's gaze fixed on him, compelling Lane to meet her eyes, "I don't get it, I really can't understand."

In the business world, being bought out by another company is nothing unusual!

If other companies can be acquired, why couldn't East Star Enterprises?

With the Lopez Corporation shining so bright, they could buy out any company they wanted.

Does that mean every CEO should go after Everett with a vengeance?

Lane took a sip of the coffee he had ordered earlier, "Do you really not know why Everett bought out East Star Enterprises? He was trying to force you back to the Lopez Corporation!"

"Yes, Everett did have that intention." Dorothy wasn’t naive; she understood the underlying reason why Everett went to such lengths to acquire East Star Enterprises. But still... "At the end of the day, it was all about me! You could have just handed me over, and all of this could have been avoided."

After a long silence, Dorothy finally spoke, "Lane, turn yourself in. Stop running."

That was the only thing she could say to Lane now.

"Turn myself in?" He laughed, a low chuckle that seemed to shake his chest, "Now that I'm as good as dead, you're suggesting I turn myself in, without considering the consequences for yourself?"

"..."

"Dorothy, you have no idea what I've been through since leaving Eldorria City! I've never suffered such indignity in my life! So, I swore I had to have you, even if it meant taking this final step!"

"Indignity?"

"Yes, indignity!" Lane slammed his coffee cup down, "I want to see Everett unable to rest in peace! The woman he schemed so hard to have is now going to be mine!"