Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“All I can tell you is that all the speculations about this couple on the Internet are just rumors. As for the discussion about not holding the wedding and what that may have to do with their marriage, rest assured that their marriage is very much intact. The real fact is that Mrs. Sandler pays great attention to the details of the wedding. Mr. Sandler wants to take the time to plan the wedding out to match her specifications. It’s in the works, everybody, please be calm.”

“What’s the budget for the wedding?” asked the journalist.

“Well, I have no idea about that! But I assure you that my boss will not care about how much money it may cost. All he cares about is making sure that his new wife is happy all the time!”

However, because of Jimmy’s replies, the wedding became the next hot topic on Twitter and everywhere else. The point of the press conference had been to put spurious rumors to the rest, but now there were new online discussions to tackle.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

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When Scarlett saw the turmoil on the Internet, she felt bad. Although it was not her fault, she felt as though she had done something wrong.

“You should be glad that no one will scold you now,” Francis said as he took off his coat.

“Yeah, you are right. But everyone thinks that you’re about to dump me right at the altar of my wedding. Just great,” she said, falling backward onto her bed.

Francis smiled, “That’s why I insisted on having the wedding as soon as we had gotten our marriage license. Wouldn’t things have been so much simpler now?” This was the “I told you so” moment that Francis had been waiting for this whole time.

“Why don’t they want to find out what the truth is?”

“The truth? Who cares? They just want to gossip!” Francis beamed.

After that, Francis started heading for the bathroom to go and take a shower. Grabbing his towel, he turned around and said to Scarlett, “Hey, babe, why don’t we take a shower together? It saves water, and you know how big I am on living sustainably.” This was obviously an inside joke– Francis did everything but live sustainably. He liked his shiny cars and red meat, but he would say almost anything to convince Scarlett to join him in the shower.

Scarlett folded her arms across her chest, “Are you kidding me? Right after we’re having a serious conversation, you’re trying to lure me to the shower?”

Francis bounded to Scarlett, picked her up, and threw her over his shoulder, “Can’t a man take a shower with his beloved wife sometimes?”

“Hey, put me down! I’m dizzy now!” Scarlett begged.

However, he just ignored her and walked towards the bathroom.

It was a lovely and romantic night again…

Even though Francis was very rich and powerful, he could do nothing to stop people from the Internet from talking about him. The only option he had was to ignore them entirely. Once the news cycle was over, he figured, everyone would forget all about his wedding.

Meanwhile, Scarlett had the photos from Eve, and all of them were about to mature subject matter.

“Wow, Vivian does have a sexy body!” Scarlett admired as she looked at the photos.

“I guess even if I sell you one photo at the price of a thousand dollars, you will also buy them, right? I should have started this business a long time ago…”

In Eve’s opinion, if she could have so much money, she could pay off her debt. He would have no excuse to bother her.

“If you’d like to, I agree, but the deal we cut before is off!” Scarlett smiled.

“Forget it! I think life is more important than money…” Eve refused. Obviously, she wanted her freedom more than she wanted money.

Scarlett picked several photos that did not have any nudity and said, “Send these photos to her, and let her know what we have against her!”

“You don’t want to post them on the Internet?” Eve asked.

“Why? I don’t want to be like her and use a dirty trick to get back at her. I’m not an idiot, I don’t want to degrade myself.” Scarlett said.

Scarlett threw the photos on the table. She almost felt pity for Vivian. But now, Scarlett had been cornered, so she had no option but to blackmail Vivian with everything she had.

“Are you not afraid that she will take action against you?” Eve said.

“I’m expecting that!” Scarlett turned her head to smile at Eve.

“It’s gonna be dangerous, isn’t it?”

“As long as she dares to take action, I can take it. Her madness is far greater than mine.”

“You are a mother now. So, don’t go too far.” Eve said, growing concerned.

“Don’t worry about that. I will see him grow up.” Scarlett brushed her hair and smiled, “You know me, I won’t go too far; after all, I have a better sense of boundaries than she does.”

“She has nothing to lose now. You’d better be careful; those who have no integrity are more likely to win.” Eve warned.

“Who told you that? Aren’t the smarter ones usually more likely to win?” Scarlett said. “I think I’ll be just fine.”

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Francis came back home very late that day. When Scarlett woke up to the sound of him changing his clothes, she realized that he had just gotten home.

“Where have you been all day today? Carlos has been looking for you all day.” Scarlett asked with her eyes still closed.

“Well, I visited my parents and had dinner with them at their place. After that, I had a long conversation with my brother. About this and that, nothing special.” Francis said as he tossed his clothes aside.

Right before Scarlett was about to fall back asleep, Francis suddenly said, “Well, my parents want to see Carlos. He is one year old now, and he has never even seen his grandparents. It’s a travesty. We can’t keep doing this to him, depriving him of a relationship with his grandparents… What do you think about that?”