Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“Why is that?”

“Because it’s you. Because the father of the baby is you, and so I’m willing to give everything up for you and our child!”

She didn’t know if Francis understood what she was saying to him, but this was how she tried to show him love and affection. She was so strong and proud that she didn’t want to be humble because of this love, but she would be like that for him.

As for Francis, he believed she was the only one for him, and he had tried his best to keep her around. Together, they had come to new, individual meanings of love, united by a shared vision of their baby’s future. After everything that had transpired– all the fighting, arguments, and deceptions– Scarlett and Francis had finally come to see each other as soulmates of a kind.

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Scarlett stared at the marriage certificate that proved she was now a married woman. She asked, her voice full of doubt, “So, we’re married now?”

“Well, not exactly.” He said as he took her to walk out of the wedding registration office.

“Why is that?” She asked.

“I still owe you a wedding!” He had his arms around her waist as he got into the car.

“Hmm… so, about that… Do you think we could just skip the wedding? I think it would be somewhat troublesome… don’t you think? And you know what they say, don’t you? The bigger the wedding, the less love between the couple.”

“But isn’t an amazing and grand wedding every little girl’s fantasy? You don’t want a huge, extravagant wedding? Really? Aren’t you afraid that I will abandon you?”

“I know you love me, and you won’t do such a thing to me!” She giggled and put her arms around his waist, “So can we just skip the wedding?”

“Why is that? Could you tell me the real reason?” He asked.

” Who will be the flower girl for us?” Scarlett asked seriously.

“Wait… that’s the reason you don’t want to have the wedding? That fussy little detail? You’re ridiculous!” Francis frowned.

“No, don’t get me wrong. I just want our baby to be our flower boy.”

“You want our baby to attend his own parents’ wedding?” He asked doubtfully.

“That sounds great!” She cheered up as she clasped her hands.

Suddenly, Francis thought of something important and asked, “Have you named the baby yet?”

“What?” She was surprised.

“Have you never thought about that?” He asked unhappily.

Scarlett shook her head immediately and placed her head on his shoulder, “I wish you could name him. Do you have some good ideas?”

“How about Carlos? Because I really expect him to grow up to be a handsome and smart guy.”

“Ooh, I like it!” She exclaimed.

Even though she was now a married woman, there were no real changes in Scarlett’s life. She felt no change inside. She started wondering if she was just reluctant to be married.

As time flew, their baby had grown a tooth. This development coincided with Scarlett being preoccupied with looming exams.

To get a good grade on this exam, Scarlett had to prepare well, and it was a massive task to memorize all the content of the books, including British Social and Cultural History, Western Cultural Criticism, and more. As a result, Scarlett and her classmates were very busy preparing for the exam, and what’s worse, Scarlett had missed a lot of classes because of dozing off this term. With all that in mind, she was very anxious about how she would perform.

Scarlett stayed in the study reading books because she had a great talent for learning foreign languages; her pronunciation was perfect. Francis happened to be walking by the study and saw her. Quickly, he was drawn to her and went over.

Within seconds, Francis had grabbed her from behind and was now hugging her tight. Scarlett suddenly felt warm arms grasp her. She turned around with a frown.

“Leave me alone! I need to study!” She said to Francis, who was holding her around the waist from the back.

“Go ahead! I’m watching you!” He beamed.

“But I can’t focus with you all over me like this.” She stared at him angrily.Belonging to NôvelDrama.Org.

“How about starting here?” He flicked his chin and read some lines.

Upon hearing his pronunciation, Scarlett looked up in surprise and asked, “Wow, I’m impressed with you! I could never have seen that coming.”

Francis stared at her blankly and said nothing about it. Scarlett learned from his expression that he was angry and explained instantly, “Don’t be angry. I’m complimenting you. Please go and check on our baby. Put him to sleep and leave me alone with my books. I still have many pages to memorize.”

“How many left?” He frowned at her.

“About one hundred pages.” She answered after she took a glance at the page numbers ahead.

“One hundred? And you are ready to finish all of that tonight? Are you kidding me?” He doubted anyone could read that many pages and memorize the content within a single night.

“Well, it’s a necessary skill for a student. I don’t need to memorize all of them, but I have to know what’s going on in the entirety of the book. At least have a grasp of the main concepts, you know?”

“What have you been doing over these past few days? And now you are trying to make this last-ditch effort right at the eleventh hour?” He said reproachfully, acting like he was reprimanding a disobedient child.

Fortunately, she had never been accused by her own father before, so she was not too upset about Francis’s scolding. Right then, Scarlett rubbed her neck with her hand and wondered, “It’s so strange. It takes me a long time and tons of repetition to remember the simplest things these days. I started this book almost a week ago, but I still haven’t been able to memorize its contents. It turns out what they say is true! Pregnancy makes women idiots.”

“What? Who says that? Don’t be silly now, little girl. You’re just making up excuses for your poor time management. You should’ve started studying sooner if you wanted to memorize all this content.”