Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Having left her phone at the apartment and with the remote for the television far out of reach, Scarlett had no way to entertain herself and kill time. All she could do was close her eyes and pretend to sleep so she wouldn’t have to interact with Francis too much.

Because she was weak, Scarlett managed to actually fall asleep amid all the pretense.

When she woke up again, it was four in the morning. Francis was long gone, even as the scent of his cologne hung faintly in the air.

At night, Scarlett felt more emotionally fragile than she had in the past few weeks. Lying in the hospital bed, Scarlett held the quilt that smelled strongly of disinfectant and couldn’t help but cry.

She cried for her ridiculous persistence and for the loss of a good man. She cried, most importantly, because she realized deep down that Francis did not want to forgive her.

She was regretful that she had lost everything she had. She had never expected things to be so good for her. But once she had the life she had always wanted for herself, it was taken away from her quickly. It was as if the universe was punishing her for having taken the many bounties of her life for granted.

She wiped her tears away and sat up to walk out. She had made up her mind that she couldn’t give up on him. She thought, if she could live the rest of her life with him, it didn’t matter if she had to give something up. It was worth it if she could be with him.

She came to the reception and pointed at the phone, “Excuse me, can I use that phone to make a quick call?”

“Okay, go ahead.” the sleepy nurse said without raising her head up.

She shakily dialed out the number she was all too familiar with.

However, Francis’s phone was off. She didn’t want to give up, so she dialed it again, but she still got the same answer.

“What happened? Why won’t he pick up my call?” she cried as she dialed the number again and again.

When the nurse looked up to see what was going on with the phone, she saw Scarlett with tears streaming down her face, dialing the same number repeatedly.

“Miss, it’s too early in the morning right now. You can just try again later,” the nurse said cautiously.

Putting down the phone, Scarlett huddled in the corner.

“Miss, do you need me to walk you back to your room?” the nurse asked.

“I can find my way back by myself.” Scarlett refused. And then the nurse said something to comfort her, but Scarlett heard none of it.

Still huddled in the corner, Scarlett felt her entire body go cold. Her legs had gone numb, so she had trouble balancing. After she thanked the nurse, she walked back to her room, holding the wall so she wouldn’t fall over.

Once she got into bed, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

However, at the moment, the phone at the reception rang, and the head nurse picked it up.

“Hello, this is Irving Hospital. What can I do for you?”

“You are looking for the patient of room 306? Please hold on!” the nurse said.

She put the phone aside and went to take a look inside Scarlett’s room. When she came back, she picked up the phone again and answered, “She is still sleeping. Do you want to leave a message for her?”

Francis hung up the phone after he thanked the nurse for her help.

Right then, at his office in Paris, Amanda walked over and said, “Boss, the minister had arrived. You gotta get in.”

“Let’s go.” Francis barked.

After that, Francis buckled his cuff and majestically headed for the conference room. He was like a gazelle, elegant and unhurried.

Scarlett was asleep, dreaming of the time that Francis had gone all the way to France just to see her. That was the day she had made up her mind to marry him.

She felt regretful now, but it was too late.

Still dreaming, she smiled in her sleep.

***

Scarlett got close to the entrance to the villa and looked around.

At that moment, a black Audi gradually came into her sight, and then Scarlett just jumped up and instantly waved.

Chuck got out of the car and threw his car keys to the bodyguard, and asked him to park his car in the garage. After that, he walked towards Scarlett.

“You are really something! What are you doing here sneaking into your home?” Chuck said.

She smiled and then followed him to walk inside and explained, “It’s weird for me to come here alone. What will the domestic help think of me?”

“Why do you care about that? As long as you are not divorced from Francis, you are still Mrs. Sandler. What do you think they are gonna do to you? You are really an idiot!” he said with mock anger.

Shirley came to open the door. When she saw Scarlett there, she showed no signs of surprise and smiled, ‘We have prepared your favorite honey lemonade for you. I was just wondering why you haven’t arrived yet.”

Scarlett took a look at Chuck and shrugged his shoulders.

Scarlett bowed awkwardly to Shirley and said, “Thank you!”

Shirley could tell that Scarlett was kind of uncomfortable, so she just said, “Carlos is playing upstairs. How about I bring some dessert and lemonade upstairs for you?”

“It’s up to you. We’d better go upstairs first.” Chuck said. After that, he grabbed Scarlett, and they went upstairs together.

Scarlett smiled at Shirley apologetically.

Shirley understood what she tried to say and just nodded, “Don’t worry. I won’t say anything about what happened today.”Còntens bel0ngs to Nô(v)elDr/a/ma.Org

Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Shirley.

Shirley was an earnest woman; she pursed her lips and nodded her assent.

Meanwhile, Carlos was angry in his room. He threw his toys everywhere, and Grace had to pick them up and arrange them properly again and again.

“Carlos, you are not behaving yourself!”

Carlos turned his head to her.

“Come here, babe,” Scarlett said as she walked in and bent down to reach for him.