Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“I’m sorry, babe. It’s all my fault that you got hurt like this. I’m so sorry, it’s not your fault. It’s my fault. I’ll do whatever it takes to make it better. I never want to see you in pain again.” Francis hugged her and wiped her tears away.

“You never liked crying before. You’ve changed since we get married, haven’t you?” Francis suddenly said.

“What?” She was surprised.

He stretched out his hand to stroke her long hair and said, “I’m just joking. I’m so glad to see that you’re not afraid to be vulnerable in front of me anymore.”

“Do you think I’m weak?” Scarlett asked, looking at him with watery eyes.

He stared at her affectionately and gently said, “No, Scarlett. Not at all.”

As Francis was acting very seriously at that moment, Scarlett decided not to crack some silly jokes. Instead, she just basked at the moment. “You are the best husband… and sometimes I just become sentimental.”

“Because you have someone to care about you, babe!” Francis said as he hugged her.

Scarlett held his face in her hands and gave him a kiss on the cheek. In their family, Francis was the loving husband and father– not the boss of some mega-corporation.

“Well, all right. Eve is still waiting for you downstairs, isn’t she? You’d better go downstairs.” He said.

“Then you help me get a dress from the closet. It’s so uncomfortable for me to wear pants.” She looked up. Francis fetched a long white dress for her from the wardrobe.

Scarlett suddenly remembered something as she was changing and asked, “Wait… where’s Carlos?”

Well, he is with his uncle right now! He’s forgotten about us.”

“Are you jealous now?” Scarlett laughed.

“No, I’m not,” Francis responded sharply and then headed for the bathroom.

Scarlett walked downstairs in the long, strapless dress, and Eve just said rudely, “Why are you dressed so formally in your home? Are you trying to show off? Trying to tell the world that your husband is filthy stinking rich?”

Scarlett just rolled her eyes and said, “Well, I have to dress decently to welcome you, don’t I?”

Eve put away the book in her hands and stood up, “Go on, ask me anything. I’ll answer all of your questions. I just wanna get this over and be done with as soon as possible.”

Scarlett was walking down the stairs so slowly that Eve was getting impatient just watching her.

“My ex-husband, Damon Kent, what did he tell you?” She piped up.

“Nothing, except that you are his ex-wife,” Scarlett said as she walked over and sat down on the sofa.

“Well, I was young and naïve. I was stupid. I believed that we would love each other forever… that we were soulmates.” Eve said, looking down at her hands in embarrassment.

“Hey, don’t lose hope in love because of the failure of your marriage! I’m a married woman myself, and you’re scaring me.” Scarlett said and her voice tinged with pain.

“You have nothing to be afraid of, okay? Francis loves you very much. It’s obvious.” Eve said.

“Okay, whatever. Anyway, get back to the point. Tell me why you got divorced.” Scarlett asked.

“Well, after we got married, we realized that it just wasn’t working out. We’re very different people. Our personalities were in conflict, and it just… wasn’t working. There’s nothing more to it. So, one day we decided to get divorced. That’s it. Nothing special!” Eve said.

Scarlett held her chin in her hands and asked, “Well, Damon is pretty good-looking. He must be very rich, right?”

“He comes from a prominent family. They’re related to the Hiltons, so yeah, there’s a lot of wealth there, and not a lot of people know about it.” Eve said, almost too casually.

“Wow…” Scarlett exclaimed.

“Compared to your husband, he is nothing, okay? Do you know that Francis is one of the Freemasons?” Eve said sharply.

“What’s that?”

“You are kidding me? Do you have any idea? What do you talk about with Francis?”

“I’m his wife, not his employee. Why would I know about these things?” Scarlett went on, “So, go on then! Tell me.”

“Except George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, at least eight of the fifty-six signatories of the declaration of independence, thirty-one of George Washington’s sixty-three generals, ten of the thirty governors of the thirteen British North American colonies, and fifteen presidents of all American presidents are now recognized as Freemasons… Do you know Voltaire, Goethe, Marx, and Einstein? Freemasons.” Eve explained.

Scarlett was still confused.”I don’t understand. What do you mean by that? Are they very powerful?”

“The Freemasons preside over the Federal Reserve. And do you know what’s printed on the dollar?” she asked.

“I know, it’s Washington!” Scarlett answered.

“Yes, but except that, there is the badge of the Freemasons,” Eve explained calmly.

“So?” Scarlett said.

“Your husband is much more powerful than you can even imagine. Do you understand now?” Eve said.

Scarlett decided she needed to interrogate Francis, too. There was still so much she didn’t know about her own husband.

***

Meanwhile, Skyler walked downstairs, carrying Carlos in his arms.

“Carlos had a whole bunch of energy till noon. We played all kinds of games and watched lots of videos. Then, he went to sleep at, like, at 2 pm. He just woke up. And here we are now.” Skyler said.

Carlos squinted as he rested on his uncle’s shoulder. As he saw Scarlett, he raised his little hand and waved at her weakly.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

As Scarlett stood up to take Carlos from Skyler, she noticed that Carlos still looked quite tired. Maybe he hadn’t gotten to sleep very well.

Eve stood up and smiled at Skyler politely. She recognized him instantly. “You must be Skyler. You and your sister are like two peas in a pod.”

Scarlett stared and said, “What are you trying to say anyway? You’d better watch what you say from now on, Eve.”

Skyler shrugged, “I do look like my elder sister! Everyone says it. We look super alike, we know.”

Eve patted his shoulder and chuckled. “Yeah, it’s crazy!”