Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

With a big smile on her face, Scarlett felt, if only for a moment, that the world was indeed a wonderful place.

Scarlett gave a big kiss on his face and felt refreshed and full of energy. After that, she jumped out of bed and went to the kitchen to make some soup for Francis.

Once she got the soup ready, she sat at the table and read a magazine. She intended to call Francis first before she went to the hospital, but after a second thought, she changed her mind. She would surprise him instead.

Right then, Scarlett heard crying from upstairs. She saw Grace walking with Carlos in his arms. Apparently, Carlos had become very upset when he didn’t see his mother as he got up. He lost his temper and had started to cry profusely.

“Oh, my little sweetheart, don’t cry!” She coaxed him.

Carlos’s face was red with tears.

“Come on, my sweetheart, please don’t cry. Mommy’s right here, isn’t she?” Scarlett said as she held him tightly.

“Mommy!” he cried as he put his arms around her neck.

Upon seeing his crying, Scarlett felt very guilty. If not for her having suddenly left him without a word so many times, he wouldn’t feel this deep sense of insecurity as he clearly did. He was afraid that Scarlett would abandon him and never return at any moment.

“Madam, he is afraid that you’d leave him,” Grace said after a hesitation.

“I know that. It’s all my fault!” Scarlett said guiltily as she held her son.

“Would you like to go to the hospital to see dad? It’s more likely that dad will spare me if you are here with me!” Scarlett said hopefully.

On the way to the hospital, Carlos was very quiet in the safety seat. He was getting sleepy all over again.

“Would you like to sleep in mommy’s arms? Be good, we will see dad soon,” she whispered gently.

As the elevator arrived at Francis’s floor, Scarlett pushed the door open in fear.

Francis raised his head and saw them standing in front of him– one had the look of a death row prisoner awaiting her sentence, and the other was just plain sleepy. Anyway, they both looked a bit silly.

“Why did you bring him here?” Francis asked as he put his documents away.

When he saw his dad on the bed, Carlos became very excited and instantly tried to climb on; however, he failed, so he turned around to ask his mommy for help.

“Let him come on to the bed!” Francis said.

Scarlett put Carlos on the bed and let him lie down next to Francis.

Carlos was very curious about everything here because the room was white and completely different from the villa he knew as his home. The bed was small, too, so his dad held him.

“Have you thought it through?” he raised his head without being distracted by Carlos.

Scarlett stood awkwardly before him. She was acting like a child who was being reprimanded by an angry parent. She bowed her head down.

“I have prepared some soup for you. You’d drink it first!” She piped up out of the blue.

“No hurry, you can tell me first!” he said.

When she heard that, Scarlett stayed quiet, so he just said calmly, “If you haven’t thought it all through yet, you should go back and spend some time on it. I won’t push you too hard.”

“Well, I know I’m too naive and have done many wrong things. I always neglect your feelings when I do something recklessly…”

“Go on…” he said.

Scarlett licked her lips and went on hesitantly.

“I’m stubborn and always neglect you and Carlos, but I really don’t mean to. You are right to think that I’m too young and naïve for marriage. I know I can be selfish and always cause you so much trouble. So, none of it is your fault… it’s all my fault….”

After that, she stammered and couldn’t go on.

“It’s a good start, and you sound very sincere.” Francis nodded.

Scarlett really wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible, but it seemed that Francis wouldn’t let her off so easily. She was really out of words.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

“What do you think I should do?” she asked in a low voice.

Francis just smiled and looked at her and said, “I want you to reflect.”

Scarlett covered her face and said, “I surrender! I really don’t know what I should do now!”

“If you still don’t have the answer, you need to spend more time reflecting Scarlett. You can tell me after you figure it out,” he said.

Scarlett curled up on the couch. She pointed at the vacuum pouches she’d brought along for Francis.

“You’d better have your soup before it gets cold.”

Francis ate up all the soup very happily.

When Francis’s parents came, Francis was video conferencing with some colleagues, and Scarlett discussed some issues with her professor while she sat on the couch with her laptop.

When Scarlett saw them walking in, she instantly put her laptop on the desk by the sofa and stood up. She nodded at them politely.

However, old Mrs. Sandler had eyes only for her sleeping grandson. Her heart melted in a flash.

“Oh dear, why is my grandson sleeping here?” she walked over delightedly. After that, she sat down gladly in front of Carlos. She looked at him very carefully, completely oblivious to Scarlett’s existence even though she was right next to him.

Francis’s father was one step behind her, so he had to sit down on the chair in front of Francis. He had a thin cane in his hand and majestically took a look around the room.

Scarlett had nothing to say to them, so she just grabbed the fruit basket and went to scrub the fruit clean.

Old Mrs. Sandler noticed that Scarlett left, and then she had much more enthusiasm for Carlos.

“Oh, my sweet grandson!” she said happily. She was very glad to see her long-expected grandson, and more importantly, Carlos was very cute and lovely, which softened her heart.

Carlos squirmed a little and turned over to adjust his posture.