Dorothy tried to speak several times, but in the end, she couldn't muster even a whisper.
"You said before, once this is all over, you'd give me closure. Does it mean ending it all with your death?" asked Everett.
"Yes."
As long as she was gone, everything would be over.
Dorothy knew Everett would be devastated and fall apart, but she believed the acute pain of loss would eventually pass. After all, once she was gone, there was nothing he could do.
Maybe it would take ten years, maybe twenty, but eventually, he would move on.
And then, he might meet someone new to grow old with...
Given Everett's intense, loyal nature, she was certain he would find an incredible partner.
All Dorothy wished for was that once she passed away, that would be the end of her story. She hoped not to linger as a ghost, haunting the living...
She couldn't bear the thought of seeing Everett with another woman.
"Sometimes I wonder if you and I could ever spend a lifetime together..." He was staring at the hospital room ceiling, as if talking to Dorothy, but also as if speaking to himself, "Who can give me that answer? If it could end well, then I don't care how difficult or painful the journey is."
"As long as the person in your heart isn't me, you can be happy. You just need to find someone else to love!" said Dorothy.
Everett looked at her and asked, "Why do you suggest I find someone else, instead of you trying to meet me halfway for once? Wouldn't it be simpler if you held me in your heart?"
Dorothy didn’t answer.
"All these times, I've been the one reaching out to you. Just this once, can you step towards me?" He sighed lightly, "Even if I am determined, I still long for some response from you."
If she nodded, Everett was ready to take not just the next thousand steps, but ten thousand!
He didn't care what others thought; he was all in!
If people back home whispered behind their backs, he would take Dorothy and the kids and move abroad.
If people abroad did the same, he would abandon his identity and run away with her.
As long as she was by his side, what did material possessions or social status matter?
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...