Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“Could you stop talking about him already? I’m tired of hearing about him.”

“Fine, whatever. Do you have a different man we can gossip about?” Eve joked.

“No, I don’t,” Scarlett admitted.

“See? You are pathetic! Can you believe that you’ve only slept with one man your whole life? What a shame! Such wasted potential.” Eve gasped.

Having stared at her for a while, Scarlett just said, “I think I’d better go to sleep now, it’s not like we have anything to talk about anyway….”

“Girl, be honest with me. Have you ever fantasized about other men?” Eve grabbed Scarlett’s hand and asked her, a sense of urgency suddenly filling the air.

Instead of answering her question, Scarlett just shook her hand off and left angrily.

“No way! You’re kidding me. That’s so funny!” Eve yelled at Scarlett.

Lying in bed, Scarlett became angrier as she thought about what Eve had just said. She had lost her virginity to Francis, and then she had no more dates with other men. Francis was the only man she had slept with. He was so possessive that if Scarlett expressed her attraction towards some actor on TV, he would get wildly jealous. With that thought in mind, she became even more frustrated and angry. How could Francis demand that Scarlett be faithful? After he had slept with so many women himself?

Scarlett had made up her mind: she had to make Francis pay for what he had done. There was no familiar warmth beside her, but she fell asleep anyway.

***

Meanwhile, Francis was on the balcony of his villa. He had his cellphone out for a long time but couldn’t seem to bring himself to dial Eve’s number.

Standing there, he kept thinking about Scarlett. “Would she be asleep yet? Is the baby behaving? Does she miss me?”

As the cigarette burned out, he signed his finger on the remainder. Even cigarettes reminded him of her– Scarlett, the rebel. If she weren’t pregnant, she would definitely have continued smoking. Thinking of her, a smile crossed his lips.

While Scarlett and Francis broke up, Chuck and his mother, Victory, had also had a big fight over what happened that night.

“How could you do such a terrible thing to her? She put so much faith in you.” Chuck yelled. He was shocked.

Victory just smiled and responded, “It’s for your own good, so please don’t let your emotions get the best of you. It’s very easy to make another friend, but it’s not to get your uncle’s fortune.”

“What? What are you even talking about?” He couldn’t contain his disbelief.

“Once Scarlett’s baby is out of the picture, your uncle won’t have an heir, and his fortune will be left to you. Don’t worry about her. I will take care of her!” She said while gently grabbing his hand.

Upon hearing that, Chuck felt like he was looking at an entirely different woman in front of him and finally said, “It turns out that you’re the one who wants to take uncle’s fortune. Isn’t it?”

“Well, the fortune of your father and grandfather will be inherited by you, but that’s probably not half as much as your uncle’s. My good boy, listen to me and don’t be silly. You know how much your uncle loves Scarlett, so if her baby were miscarried, they wouldn’t be together anymore. Well, then…”

“Then you can make him and Vivian get remarried, right?” Before she finished, Chuck interrupted, “So the rumor is true that Vivian is infertile, am I right?”

“Shut your mouth! Your grandma still doesn’t know that. If she does, she will never allow that to happen, so you’d better zip your mouth up!” Victory said.

Chuck thought his own mother was kind of scary for the first time, and then he questioned, “Does my dad know all about this?”

“Of course not. He only cares about his own business. I’m the only one who really cares about you, so you’d better not disobey me!”

“Have you ever thought that Uncle Francis would go after you after he finds that out?” Chuck asked.

Victory was amused by what he said and responded, “I’m his elder brother’s wife, and he shall respect me. What can he do to ruin me? He wouldn’t dare to take any action against me.”

Chuck laughed but could no longer bear the suffocation he felt from his guilt and sense of betrayal towards Scarlett. He finally decided to make it public and said, “I’ll tell Uncle Francis everything about it, and I’ll beg him to spare you as well.”

Shaking her head to deny that, she took a sip of tea and said, “You won’t do that to me, I’m your mother. You wouldn’t dare to do such a thing!”

“Yeah, I won’t, and that’s why I will beg him to keep you safe till you’re eighty. And if something bad happens to Scarlett’s baby, I’ll pay for it with my own life!” He said with determinationNôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

“You must be mad!” Victory knocked on the table angrily.

“Yes, I am! If I were mad to have a conscience in my heart, I’m mad indeed.” He laughed.

“All I have done is for your own good, and this is how you are going to pay me back?” She shouted.

“Mum, I sincerely wish you would never have done that. And then we would still be a happy family. I would still be my uncle’s best nephew, and Scarlett would be my best friend.” He looked at her and went on, “And now, because of you, I have no face to see them again. Are you happy now?”

He left without looking back.

Settled there, Victory’s palms felt cold and clammy. She sat up straight and smiled, “I did nothing wrong. All I’ve done is for your own good. You will understand that one day!”

***

In these two days, it had been all over the news that Vivian’s company was taken over by Francis’s company, and the interview of the vice-president, Jimmy Clifton in Francis’s company, was playing over and over again on TV. It said that it was Francis who drew up the plan for the acquisition, and Jimmy had carried it out. Francis had never done an interview. Meanwhile, Jimmy, who had been gentle and nice, became the media’s favorite target for the interview.