Dorothy chewed on that sentence over and over again before finally getting the gist of it.
"So, you weren't drunk?"
The absurdity of it all made Everett laugh at himself. Wasn't he clear enough? Could she really not see what was going on in his heart?
"Yes. I was completely sober when I knocked on your door that night."
"But don't you have someone you like?" Dorothy stammered.
She had seen the interview video Karen had sent her with her own eyes. In the video, Everett admitted that he had feelings for a woman.
"Can't that woman be you?"
Dorothy froze on the spot.
Was Everett confessing his feelings for her?
"From the very beginning, when I received your text message, knocked on your door, and proposed a marriage agreement, I had planned it all."
When he saw Dorothy among a crowd on a business trip, he had already started scheming about how to get close to her.
Then he received her text message and figured she was probably drunk. Despite his hesitation, he decided to seize the opportunity.
Missing his opportunity to be braver when he was young was something he didn't like to mention.
But, on that day, everything aligned. It was as if the universe were giving him a gift. So, when the chance was laid out right in front of him, he had no reason to hesitate anymore.
He decided to start by sweeping her off her feet, then make her his. He thought this was the best way to win her over.
Noticing that Dorothy was in a daze, Everett suddenly grabbed her hand.
"Come with me."
"But I don't remember." No matter how hard Dorothy tried, she couldn't recall any instances of interacting with Everett alone.
She even remembered that they rarely spoke to each other.
Despite being deskmates, she always kept her distance from him. She actually wanted the teacher to reshuffle the seating arrangement and put her at the very back of the class. She didn't want to be near him and his crowd of admirers, who were constantly chattering and delivering love letters, asking her to pass these messages to him. She didn't want to feel like a country bumpkin sitting next to the school's heartthrob, making him look even more handsome and esteemed and making her feel even more pathetic and poor.
"You just forgot. This envelope was actually returned to me by you."
When Everett left the letter on her desk back then, he spent the whole class nervously waiting. When he was called out to play basketball after class, he returned to find her holding the letter. Her eyebrows were knitted together as she tossed it back onto his desk impatiently.
From then on, they never spoke again. Everett would always leave the classroom for the playground as soon as class ended.
"I probably didn't know it was from you." Dorothy realized that was the only possible explanation. "There were so many love letters for you at that time. They were all over my desk, so I..."
"So, you thought this was another love letter for me from someone else?"
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires
Why didn't Jeffrey call Everett from the office? Lock his door instruct security to not let anyone in and speak to Everett on the phone? Or send him a text giving him a quick summary of what's up and that he's on his way over. That way when he runs into Heather on his way out he informs her Everett already knows....
The children's stories are si boring. This book is like torture. I've put in so much time I have to see this through but it's becoming more difficult....
Finish this already...
Why are you delaying the updates? You wait over a month just to give us 5 chapters?...
Again no updates in weeks, is this where the story ends?...
Can you please just post the whole book this is dragging out and no updates in weeks...
Felicity s hold grow up n relise that craving is playing n finish getting back together correctly with mile n get married and Abigail needs to grow up n stop being shelter by her parent n realize that the other women is lying n getting her to hpget a divorce with Craig, n Craig needs to be to pride to see what's really going on n stop being dumb...
This story is getting boring already. Just wrap it up 🙏...
Can you please convey this to the person who owns this website? Update “find me in your labyrinth” novel please...author is MIA since 12/4......
I don't agree with not letting him in. That just seems cruel and besides wasn't the whole point of getting pregnant again was for him to experience and travel the journey of pregnancy with her?...