"Beep—"
His iPhone chimed and a message had just come through.
Byte 7: [Are you serious to take revenge on your father?]
Langston snorted, texting back quickly. [Yeah, you gonna back me up, right?]
Byte 7: [Boy, you really know how to stir the pot, don't you? Dropped the whole Lopez Corporation issue right on my lap! If it weren't for you, I'd be charging at least 50 million for this job.]
[Well, aren't I your favorite apprentice?] Langston added a tongue-out emoji for good measure.
Byte 7 abruptly ended the conversation. But Langston knew this was his mentor's way of saying 'yes'. The man was as elusive as they came, but he never hesitated to lend a hand when Langston needed one.
...
With Kenneth around, Dorothy finally felt safe enough to let loose and get properly drunk. Worried she'd have no one to look after her, Kenneth had refrained from drinking. Only Dorothy kept non-stop drinking.
He didn't hold her back this time.
Everyone deserves to get a little tipsy once in a while, right? Why not let her drown her sorrows just this once?
"Why am I so upset, huh? What gives me the right to feel this way?!"
On their way back to the hotel, Dorothy clung to Kenneth's shirt, questioning him relentlessly.
"You're human, aren't you?" Kenneth replied. "And you certainly have the right. After all, you're the woman who bore Everett's children."
He didn't voice the last part, though. Watching Dorothy confess herself, he found himself less worried about her.
Once they reached the hotel, Kenneth tried to help her inside, but she gently pushed his hand away.
"I don't want to go back to that dark room. I want to sit out here for a while."
"Alright, I'll stay with you." Kenneth fetched two chairs from inside the hotel. "Sit down, you'll catch a cold on the ground."
Dorothy nodded obediently, looking like a little girl.
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...