Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

While they were busy in the kitchen, Bell kept whining about how long it had been since she had gotten to spend time with Scarlett. She complained incessantly about how Scarlett had not been back at school in over a month. Without her, Bell had felt lonely. It had been no fun at all.

“Damn, girl, I thought you had forgotten about me completely!” Bell pouted, making sad eyes at Scarlett.

Scarlett hugged her tightly and said, “Hey, don’t be silly! How could I forget about my bestie just like that?”

“Guys, stop! You all are so damn corny…” Niki pretended to throw up at Scarlett’s words and said.

“Oops, somebody’s getting jealous. I’m sorry I’ve been ignoring you, babe.” Scarlett turned to Niki with a precious smile on her face.

“Get out, or I’ll kill you!” Niki hated it when Scarlett was all sweet towards her. Scarlett always succeeded in pissing Niki off by being extra sentimental.

“Thanks for discharging me, Chef!” Scarlett was happy to leave the kitchen finally.

After dinner, Scarlett took Skyler to the bus station. After he got on the bus, Scarlett turned around to find that Dan was standing behind her. He was staring straight at her with a strange expression on his face.

“Hey, Dan, what’s up? What happened?”

Dan’s lips quivered. It was not because it was cold but because he was waging a serious battle inside. Should he ask her the question? Dan felt utterly confused about what to do next. He tried to muster the courage to talk to her honestly. He decided it was time for him to disentangle himself from the long, meaningless one-sided affair he had been involved in with Scarlett.

“Do you have something to say to me?” Scarlett was puzzled to see Dan’s unusual behavior.

“Did you…” It was really hard; he still couldn’t find the words.

He hesitated for a long time and then said, “I saw you and your boyfriend… He looks quite mature, I mean, like… he looks much older than you…”

Scarlett was a bit shocked to hear Dan’s words, but she pretended to look calm. “So you wanted to ask if I found a sugar daddy.”

“No, I didn’t mean that. I know you’re not that type of girl. But…” He paused and then started speaking again.

“Sorry…I should’ve kept silent and never asked about this. Sorry, I totally didn’t mean to make you feel bad or anything like that…”

At first, he was anxious to explain, but he just couldn’t convince himself. Because, after all, he knew that man. It was none other than Francis– who wouldn’t recognize him? He was listed as one of the top 50 wealthiest people in America. He was 40-something years old, and he’s now Scarlett’s…man.

Scarlett just stood there silently, clenching her fist tightly, with her nails digging into her palms. She was too nervous and ashamed to say a single word.

After Dan turned around and left, her mind felt at peace, and she started to feel serious pain in her hands. She couldn’t explain her relationship with Francis. She slept with him and used her relationship to protect Skyler and rescue him from abduction. It was, of course, possible to understand this as a friendly mutual help between boyfriend and girlfriend. But it seemed more plausible to regard it as a transaction between a rich man and his convenient lover. After all, according to the status quo, no one would believe this was one of those famed tales of true love.

“Francis Sandler, you bastard! You stole my virginity and ruined my reputation!” Scarlett wished she could shout it loud on the street. Dan’s words were playing through her mind in an endless loop, and she couldn’t help feeling ashamed and helpless. It was driving her crazy.

Scarlett rushed into a 7-11 and bought a bunch of ice cream. She sat on the icy chair at the bus stop and powered through five tubs of ice cream. When she finally got home, her stomach ached terribly. She was in so much pain that all she could do was press her stomach and roll all around her bed. Then, terrible diarrhea came. After rushing to the toilet about five times in the span of twenty minutes, she felt faint.

Seeing her ailing, the housekeeper called Francis and told him of the situation unfolding at home. Francis canceled an important Skype conversation he had scheduled with a major corporation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and drove directly home.

Along the way, Francis called his private doctor. So when he arrived home, the doctor had already made a careful examination for Scarlett and diagnosed her illness as common diarrhea. Scarlett had simply eaten too much ice cream in too short a timespan. When Francis heard that Scarlett was ill because of eating too much ice cream, his face turned stiff and cold.

Scarlett broke her slumber after two hours. She suspected that the doctor must have told Francis about the main cause of her illness. So she just buried her face in the quilt and did not dare look into Francis’s eyes.

Even though she often joked around recklessly with him, she knew the best way to protect herself when Francis was in a temper was to remain silent, make a puppy dog face, and play nice.

“Get up and take the pills!” Francis commanded.

“No way, I hate pills. I’ve already recovered.”Original from NôvelDrama.Org.

Scarlett encountered Francis’s serious and cold face. She immediately surrendered. “Okay… fine…give me the pills…”

After taking medicine, she slipped into the quilt again. Francis then lifted the quilt and lay on the bed with her. Scarlett immediately adjusted her posture and leaned on his chest.

“Don’t be angry, okay? Look at your wrinkles! When you get mad at me, you get one more on your face.”

Francis didn’t reply but just stretched his hand and put it on Scarlett’s stomach. His palm was so warm. Scarlett felt cozy and almost fell asleep.

Before she fell into her slumber, she heard a voice blasting into her ears, “Don’t go and do such a silly thing again, okay?”