Quincy gestured towards his wound. "Then lay still, buddy. Let me check out where the blood came from. You don't want Ms. Sanchez to come back and find you soaked in blood, do you?"
Out of everything Jonathan had said, he was right on that only one point - Dorothy was Everett's Achilles' heel.
And right now, Quincy was exploiting that weakness with pinpoint accuracy.
Seeing his son finally cooperating, Jonathan's worry settled down a bit, but it was quickly replaced by irritation. "You're trashing your own health over a woman?"
"Dorothy probably had her fair share of troubles trying to see me. You didn’t seem to care much about her then, did you?"
"She's not one of the Lopezes!"
Everett snorted with disdain, "Being a Lopez doesn’t put you above anyone else."
Jonathan had never been so blatantly defied by his son before. He was so angry he could barely breathe.
Quincy, sensing the situation was getting worse, quickly interjected while tending to the wound. "Alright, Jonathan! Can we stop quarreling? The patient needs to stay calm and rest to heal properly. Any irritation isn’t going to help!"
"He started it!"
"Well, how about you and Amanda step out of the hospital for a while? That way, Mr. Lopez can’t reach you to pick a fight." Quincy’s hands moved with practiced ease as she disinfected and rebandaged Everett’s wound, but the monitor needed to be taken down as it was damaged by him.
Once everything was settled, Quincy sought for a private chat with Jonathan to avoid stressing out the patient in the hospital. But as she reached the door, Everett called out to her.
"Don’t tell Dorothy about the fuss earlier."
"Even if you disagree, you need to talk this through calmly! Don’t act in haste! Both you and your wife are not in the best of health. I’ve seen your medical reports, and you really should avoid getting angry."
"I wish I could do that! My terms are simple: Dorothy is not setting foot into the Lopez household."
"Why?" Quincy was puzzled, but she was aware of some common causation of disapproving a marriage. Frictions between the in-laws, social barriers, and things like those.
"Isn’t she aware of her status? How could she ever be worthy of the Lopezes? Quincy, I’m not being cruel, but you grew up in a prestigious family just like us. If you wanted to marry an average Joe, your parents wouldn’t agree either!"
Quincy mulled it over and, finally, she could only nod. She didn’t like it but was compelled to agree with his sentiment.
Indeed, it seemed like the heirs of wealthy families, were inevitably bound to arranged marriages. They could barely escape from that fate, especially those only sons like Everett.
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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?...