The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 243

"Is there something else going on? I thought Dad told me you were in the hospital."

It was always the same trick and excuse. It would be hard for him not to see through it.

Yet, as a son, he was always scared. What if one day his father was telling the truth and he didn't believe it?

Regardless, she was his mother, the woman who gave birth to him and raised him.

"Don't change the subject! I'm asking you who you're marrying!" Amanda's eyes were unblinkingly fixed on her son. She couldn't believe this.

She was also surprised. How could a woman steal his heart out of nowhere after all these years of him being so reclusive? He liked her even to the point of marriage?

It was even more unexpected than when Dorothy showed up.

"Of course, it's the woman I've been fond of."

"I bet you're just trying to give me a heart attack!" Amanda exclaimed as she clutched her chest and breathed heavily. "You used to never be like this. Dorothy has been a bad influence on you. I was right to send her away, or else who knows what she could have done to you?!"

Everett's pupils contracted fiercely and sharply.

He sensed something was off.

"You... you sent her away?"

Realizing she'd let something slip, Amanda quickly changed the subject. She pretended to be unwell and started gasping for breath.

Seeing this, the butler and maid hurriedly came to support her. "Madam, are you alright?"

Everett, however, was focused on finding out the truth. He stepped forward, blocking his mother and the butler from leaving.

"Tell me the truth. Did you... did you force Dorothy to leave?"

His eyes were filled with a storm of emotions and a faint glimmer of hope.

If... if Dorothy was truly forced to leave...

Knowing her son better than anyone, Amanda knew where he hurt the most. Since he insisted on asking, she had to make him give up on Dorothy.