"Come on, you can see me?" Jeffrey's voice was laced with a provocation as he broke the silence.
Everett was about to retort, but Dorothy touched his arm, signaling that it was okay to let it slide.
"I'm not blind," Karen said nonchalantly, continuing to eat her burger as if the exchange hadn't affected her in the least. "Dorothy, this chef sure knows how to make a killer burger!"
"Good, then help yourself to some more," Dorothy replied.
Jeffrey dropped his fork as his sight bore into Karen. He set his cutlery down with a clatter, "Didn't you say you never wanted to see me again? So, I've been treating you like you're not here."
"That's fine by me," Karen replied, unfazed by his comment.
Her indifferent attitude was like a punch on a pillow for Jeffrey. He would have preferred a fiery exchange of words to this polite restraint, which felt almost the stiffness she showed the first time they met.
Jeffrey opened his mouth to snap back, but Everett cut in with a frosty reminder, "Let's eat, shall we?"
"Right."
...
The meal was a quiet affair with everyone lost in their own thoughts; though Dorothy and Everett seemed more interested in the unfolding drama.
Karen suggested taking a walk with Dorothy after the meal to digest, which left Everett and Jeffrey alone in the room.
"Why do you always have to be at Karen's throat?"
Even the usually oblivious Everett had picked up on the tension between the two.
Jeffrey slumped on the couch, pouting, "She's just... different from the other girls!"
In Eldorria City, Jeffrey was a catch—a man women chased after. He never had trouble wooing any woman. None of them would so much as raise their voice to him, let alone talk back.
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...