Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

How considerate and tactful she was! It sounded as if she really cared about her, but that was definitely not the case.

“Who sent them to you? Do you have the negatives?” She blurted out on the phone.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

“As I said, I don’t know who sent them to me. Do you know who it might have been?” Scarlett said, avoiding stating clearly what was going on. Vivian had understood the situation quickly: Scarlett was blackmailing her. There were no doubts about it in her mind.

Vivian took a deep breath and said, “As long as you can give me the rest of the photos and the negatives as well, I will make sure that the Internet smear fest will end for you.”

Scarlett bravely, “I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in that at all. On the contrary, I have to thank you for making me a star. You’ve made me famous, Vivian.”

“Scarlett!” Vivian yelled out angrily.

“I’m listening. What do you want to say?” Scarlett said.

“You can’t do this to me! I know you want those articles taken down from the Internet, and I can do that for you. But you have to cut a fair deal for me. That way, we can both win.” She threatened.

When Scarlett heard that, she just said, “Wow, you sound very confident, but I’m afraid that you will be disappointed because I’m not afraid of you. Did you hear that? I’m not afraid of you.”

“You’d better be careful, Scarlett, or you’ll regret it.” Vivian finally blurted out and threatened.

“OK, then goodbye!”

Scarlett disconnected the call and threw the phone on the table.

Eve couldn’t help applauding her and admired, “Wow, you’re really playing the role of Francis’s wife now!”

“I’m so tired of dealing with this kind of trouble, it’s just one thing after another.”

“Who told you to marry such a man?” Eve said, “The drama is inevitable.”

“But he is just a normal man in my heart.” Scarlett looked up and said.

“How dare you say that? Look at you. You’re dressed in Gucci head to toe. There’s nothing normal about your life or the luxuries you get to enjoy because you’re married to none other than Francis Sandler.”

Scarlett stood up and said, “I fell in love with him, not his money. It really doesn’t matter to me whether he is rich or not.”

“Cut the crap!” Eve moaned. She couldn’t handle Scarlett’s nonsense anymore, so she decided to step out.

***

Meanwhile, Scarlett saw Francis’s ex-girlfriend, Mary Patel, walking down a street in a commercial for luxury goods on the big TV screen on the street corner.

Then, it cut to an interview with the famous actress, moments after she bagged the Best Actress award at Cannes. Although Mary was older than most women playing lead roles in the industry, the years had only made her more elegant. They had not deprived her of any of her beauty. Every move she made revealed her to be a true superstar.

Onscreen, the compere asked, ‘We have talked enough about your movies, and now I want to ask you something else. Have you been following the national news recently?”

“Of course, I like to stay updated. I pay close attention to domestic and international affairs, including the anti-vaccine death that happened recently in Georgia… it made me so angry and sad! Parents, if you’re listening, go get your kids vaccinated!” Her affection was so natural. That’s what made her presence refreshing.

“Then I’m sure you’re aware that the boss of the Sandler family was recently revealed to have gotten married in secret not long ago.” He said in a low voice.

Mary smiled, “Well, the news has had a tremendous influence, there is no way that I would not have heard about it, now is there?”

“What do you think?” the compere asked.

“I think it’s not a big deal. Mr. Sandler is not one of those in the entertainment industry. Whether he wants to get married or not, announce his personal affairs to the public or not… that’s really all up to him. Maybe he just wanted to protect his wife. I learned that she is still very young, and people can be cruel.”

And then the compere continued, “Are you dating anyone recently? As I know, there are a lot of people pining over you!”

“You are flattering me! I’m a bit of a homebody, I like staying home. Aside from acting, I don’t really do a whole lot. I barely go out, and that’s why I’m still single. But don’t worry about me.” She winked.

Meanwhile, the green light came on, and all the pedestrians on the street corner hurried across the road as quickly as possible. Scarlett settled the bill and got out of the café. Mary’s voice gradually died into the distance.

As Scarlett pulled open the car door of the backseat, she saw Francis sitting there. She was surprised to see him, “Why are you here? Didn’t you tell me that the driver would come to pick me up today?”

“I was in the area, so I decided just to come and pick you up on the way. It’s no big deal.”

Scarlett pursed her lips and got in the car. As soon as she closed the car door, she bent her head and stayed busy on her phone.

Francis had his eyes on her and wanted to know when she would talk to him again.

But she didn’t put away her phone until she got home. When they arrived home, Scarlett got out of the car and rubbed her temples.

Francis immediately went and grabbed her to walk towards the garden beside the villa.

“Hey, what are you doing? You are making me dizzy!” Scarlett said.

“What’s wrong with you? Are you still mad at me?” he frowned as he grabbed her waist tightly.

Scarlett struggled against Francis’s chest.

“Let go of me! I want to throw up!” she yelled out as she shook off his hand in a hurry and bent down to throw up in the bushes.

Even though she acted quickly, Francis had been too slow and managed to get some vomit on his shoes. Hearing the commotion outside, the domestic help poured out.

“What’s wrong with Mrs. Sandler?” Shirley was worried.