"That didn’t count. Have you guys actually tied the knot yet?" Everett asked.
Jeffrey was at a loss for words.
Facing Everett, Jeffrey's usually impeccable eloquence seemed to falter.
It took some doing, but with everyone gathered, Jeffrey managed to keep them all seated for a family dinner.
While Dorothy and the others were lost in conversation, Jeffrey pulled Everett aside.
"Listen, Everett, I've been thinking. Quincy's only got this hold on you because she's sure you care about Dorothy, right? This... might actually be simpler to handle than we thought."
Everett pressed his lips together, "You're suggesting we make Quincy believe I don't care about Dorothy."
Jeffrey clapped his hands together, "Exactly! That way, all of this gets resolved. If Quincy's bold enough to demand money from you now to save her family, who's to say she won't up the ante tomorrow? Today it's a favor, tomorrow she might want the entire Lopez Corporation!"
Greed was human nature. Especially when one realized the leverage they got was becoming increasingly effective, they’d be less likely to let go.
But surely, this was something Everett had already considered.
"So, what do you think Quincy will do to test if I've truly stopped caring about Dorothy?" he asked.
Jeffrey blinked.
"She'll probably cut off Dorothy's antidote supply, then watch to see how I react as Dorothy's life hangs in the balance," Everett's handsome face grew cold, his eyes icy, "If anything goes wrong, and lead to Dorothy’s real... I couldn't bear the consequences."
The logic was irrefutable, something Everett had undoubtedly contemplated. But it was an approach fraught with risk.
If Quincy had conceived the idea to poison Dorothy, she'd certainly done her homework.
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The readers' comments on the novel: The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires
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?...
Sometimes Karen can be such a drama queen and immature....
For some reason I am now feeling suspicious about Kevin's new girlfriend....