The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 33

"What?!"

"You should know why Everett picked you." Heather instantly regained her noble and haughty expression. She had a slight smirk on her red lips and began looking at her condescendingly. "I'm just giving you a friendly reminder. If you don't want to hear it, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Heather's demeanor was like a wife’s when she warned her husband’s mistress.

But in reality, the name on Everett's marriage license was Dorothy.

She really wanted to retort, but the words got stuck in her throat out of fear.

Thank goodness she didn't blurt it out.

That would cause such a big misunderstanding. Why argue with Heather about these things? She didn't even like Everett, right?

...

On the way back, Dorothy was particularly quiet. She was just staring out the car window.

She used to be awkward when alone with Everett, but today was different. Today, she was silent and distant.

"Where did you go after shopping just now?" Everett's long hand rested on the steering wheel, casually talking to her while waiting for the traffic light.

"Just strolled around."

"See anything you liked?"

Dorothy shook her head. "No."

Even a tube of toothpaste at that store cost thousands. She didn’t have the courage to like anything there at all.

Everett took a deep breath, took a black card out of the driver's side armrest, and handed it to her. "Take it."

"I don't need this! Mr. Lopez, I'm already very grateful that you could help pay for my mother's medical bills."

"Dorothy, this is for you to keep for emergencies." Everett had guessed early on that she wouldn't want it, so he prepared an excuse in advance. "There's not much money in it, so you can use it to buy groceries after work. I don't like eating out. It can also be used in case of an emergency with your mother when you can't reach me."

His excuse made it hard for Dorothy to refuse.

Now that she had accepted it, Everett knew he couldn't dwell on this topic anymore, so he brought up work. "During your training at the head office, you'll be working on an EMC project of Social Networking Service with Kevin."

As soon as she heard this, Dorothy perked up. "This is a big project."

"Yeah. Social Networking Service is planning a new round of financing to expand its operations, and then it will contact securities firms for reform and prepare to go public."

Dorothy was a little stunned after being hit by this sudden big opportunity. "But I don't know much about this."

"That's why you'll be doing market research with Kevin. Comparing the performance of Social Networking Service to other listed and non-listed companies in the industry will be a bit tough."

"I'm not afraid of hard work!" She instantly shook off her inexplicably low mood from earlier, and began to seriously analyze this with Everett. "Actually, energy conservation is a big piece of the pie. Many provinces and cities are heavily polluted, and environmental protection is their top priority. There aren't many companies doing this now, and the market won't be saturated in the near future."

Everett nodded with a hint of approval in his eyes.

He always knew that Dorothy was smart. He wanted her qualities to shine.

If it weren't for the many pressures of reality limiting her, she would've been in the position of investment director long ago. She might have soared to even greater heights.

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Mr. Lopez." Dorothy was genuinely grateful.

This project wasn't about bonuses. It was about being directly promoted to the core investment team at the head office. This is what many peers dream of.

"You’re calling me Mr. Lopez again."

She was so happy that she let loose. "How about I just call you Everett in private? Like when we were in school."