The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 852

Jeffrey's eyes bulged; he blinked furiously for a long moment before he pursed his lips in frustration.

"Even you can only barely keep your cool, so of course, I couldn't stand by when Tristan started his nonsense!"

He honestly hadn't expected things to escalate like this!

Thank goodness Karen's baby was alright. Otherwise...

Jeffrey felt like he could kick himself.

The two men stood out like sore thumbs in the hospital corridor, drawing curious glances from passersby.

Fortunately, Dorothy soon emerged from the hospital room.

"Karen's asleep."

"I'll go keep watch over her!" Jeffrey was ready to barge into the room.

Dorothy instinctively wanted to remind him of something, but Everett cut in before she could speak. "Let them work it out. Relationships need to go through some friction. It's not something we can fix by talking too much."

"Alright then."

Dorothy wasn't one to meddle too much in other people's affairs anyway. She was just worried about the baby Karen was carrying.

But since Everett had spoken, he must have already had a word with Jeffrey.

"Let them take their time. Shall we head back?"

Abigail and Langston were still at the resort hotel.

Dorothy nodded. "Yeah."

...

The trip was initially planned for a week, but with Karen's emergency, nobody felt like continuing the vacation. And since she needed to stay in the hospital, the holiday was cut short.

They decided to fly Karen back to Eldorria City, where she could have access to better medical facilities.

Jeffrey had already arranged a top-notch medical team to escort her from the airport. To an outsider, it might have looked like she had a severe illness.

She chuckled. "We should go back to our own lives."

Everett gazed into her eyes and suddenly stepped closer, forcing her to meet his stare.

"Have you really decided to push me away?"

"Everett, she's your mother."

"But we..."

"There will be other girls you like besides me. You just haven't met them yet. But if you betray the Lopez family for me, you will be condemned by everyone. I don't want that."

Everett just stared at her face, unblinking. Suddenly, he smiled. "Do you even know what you're talking about?"

"I do."

"Dorothy! You've pushed me away too many times. Think it over, because I won't keep coming back to you!"

He thought... He thought that this time, she had changed her attitude.