The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 1145

From the get-go, Everett's main goal was simple: to secure the antidote for Dorothy as soon as possible.

Everything else was a smokescreen, a ploy to throw Quincy off the scent, to make her believe he was, perhaps, a tad more flexible about their impending nuptials.

He feared a flat-out refusal, the same unwavering stance as before, might drive Quincy to desperation, putting Dorothy back in her crosshairs.

After witnessing what happened with Heather, he couldn't bear the thought of Dorothy being dragged into their mess once more.

“She’s been parading around town as your fiancée, you know.” Dorothy quipped, her lips curling into a smirk.

“I can’t shut her up, can I?”

“True! First, there was Heather, blabbering about your childhood friendship turning into romance, and now Quincy, going on about how you’re about to pop the question! Everett, you’re quite the catch, aren’t you? Two beauties vying for your affection.”

Everett raised an eyebrow, “Jealous?”

“Can’t you tell? I’m practically sour.”

“Oh.” He nodded, unfazed, “Speaking of which… there was Kenneth, still not out of the picture, then came Lane, and wasn’t there a Byte 7 at some point? Let me think—”

“Ha, there’s a long list!” Dorothy wrapped her arms around his neck, “And let’s not forget the CEO of Lopez Corporation, with his ‘keep out’ face, who’s been pining for me since middle school.”

He chuckled, nodding in agreement, “Indeed.”

“Too bad for them, I’m quite the catch, haven’t decided who to settle for yet!”

“Kenneth still has a chance?”

“Maybe! Everett, if you don’t want him taking your spot, you’d better stay alive.”

A flicker in Everett’s eyes, a sudden twitch of his eyelids, he sensed something was amiss.

“You haven’t taken the antidote?!”

Dorothy leaned in, pressing her lips against his.

“If curing me means you have to suffer in my place, I don’t want it.”