The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 945

All these things, they were all wounds he had inflicted on her himself. He was the last person who had any right to say he could protect her.

Kenneth furrowed his brow. Frustration drove him to snatch the cigarette right out of Everett's hand. "Tell me! What the hell happened to Dorothy? I saw her today, looking all skin and bones, and knew something was off!"

"You knowing won't change a thing." Everett wasn't mad about losing the cigarette; it was probably for the best anyway, since Dorothy hated the smell of smoke.

He turned to leave, but Kenneth quickly stepped in front of him and blocked his way.

"Everett!"

Everett didn't even look at him but simply said coldly, "She's fine. I won't let anything happen to her."

...

Huxley and Paloma Turner rushed back to Eldorria City non-stop. The moment they landed, they headed straight to the hospital.

"Karen, you've been through a lot!" Paloma said, holding Karen's hand. Her concern was genuinely heartfelt, not just some superficial show of sympathy.

"Mom, I'm okay! You and Dad are rushing back like this, you must be exhausted. Jeffrey, could you please take them home later? Please take a good rest and then come visit me, okay?"

In that moment, Karen seemed to have suddenly grown up. The carefree little girl she used to be seemed like a thing of the past.

"I'm not going home today; I'll stay here overnight! I'm worried the night nurse won't take good care of my granddaughter. I want to be here myself!" Despite the jet lag keeping Paloma awake for over twenty hours, she was too excited to feel tired.

"You should go home and sleep. Please let Jeffrey stay tonight." Huxley finally spoke.

After Jeffrey saw everyone out, he returned to the room and lifted his daughter from her crib to Karen's side, whispering, "Karen... I'm already worried about some punk swooping in and stealing my girl. What do we do?

I'm thinking of sending her to an all-girls' school! No way am I letting anyone become my son-in-law!"

Karen had predicted he would react this way upon meeting his daughter.

"Do you want her to end up alone?"

"I'll spoil her! She can have all my money. I’ll make her so spoiled she won't look twice at any guy." After saying this, Jeffrey sighed, "Do you think... all the bad karma I've racked up could end up affecting my daughter?"

Ever since he knew Karen was expecting a girl, this had been his biggest worry. Anxiety gnawed at him at the mere thought of it.