Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“What? Who are you? Is this really Francis I’m speaking to right now?”

Francis laid down, and put his arm around Scarlett’s shoulders, and said, “Scarlett, we can’t keep running away from my parents like this. It just doesn’t make sense. As long as they are alive, Carlos should have the chance to form a meaningful relationship with them. He’s their grandson, after all! Blood is thicker than water, Scarlett. I know how you feel because of your rough childhood… and everything that happened with your dad… but family is family.”

Scarlett looked back at him and said, “Do you know that I almost miscarried? Where were they when I was going through tough times? Why didn’t they care for my son back then or me?”

“Scarlett, haven’t we had this conversation a million times before? That was what my mother’s doing. She can be… misguided at times. If my father had known about what she was plotting, I’m sure he would’ve managed to stop her. It was just her, my mother… not both of my parents plotting against you.

Scarlett sneered and retorted, “I have to say, Francis, I’m impressed by your mother’s designs and your unwavering ability to come to her defense no matter what hurt she inflicts. I’ve never encountered a grandmother who wants her own grandson dead.”

Francis just frowned but said nothing because he knew she was still mad at his mother. Francis was disappointed in his own mother, too. He hadn’t known that she would attempt to exact such a cruel plan.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

“If you don’t want to, just don’t go!” he said.

After that, he headed for the bathroom.

Scarlett thought to herself that she probably would never be able to forgive her mother-in-law. Although she knew that it was unfair to Francis to sandwich him between herself and his parents, she felt that she had no choice. She found it impossible to be their daughter-in-law, and she wasn’t invested in Carlos having a relationship with his so-called grandparents.

Because of the unpleasant conversation that had ensued between the two of them, Francis and Scarlett went to sleep separately. They didn’t exchange so much as a single word all night.

The next day, Scarlett told Eve about what had happened the night before. Although Scarlett had expected Eve to side with her, Eve actually felt that Scarlett had taken the disagreement too far. “Scarlett, it’s not like Francis could have controlled what his mother was gonna do. It wasn’t his fault. You gotta let it go and forgive him. Why do you keep getting mad at him? He was about as helpless as you were!”

“I didn’t get mad at him!” Scarlett denied Eve’s accusations stubbornly.

“Didn’t you? Aren’t you still mad at him? The two of you used to be sweet and kind to one another… but you’ve been battling with each other for the past couple of weeks, haven’t you? It’s taking a toll on your relationship and the level of trust the two of you can build, Scarlett….” Eve said. She sounded concerned.

Scarlett rubbed her eyes and said helplessly, “I don’t want that, but I really don’t know how to explain what’s going on in my head right now. It’s just that… I don’t know. I’m mad at his mother. I’m not mad at him. But he is his mother’s son… you know what I mean?”

“So, you’d better have a good, long talk with him then and sort this out sooner rather than later. You can’t just let shit like this fester. This is the stuff that breaks marriages apart. Don’t you know that? You’re married. You have to sit down and talk things out, not run away from conflict like a little child. It would be best if you had more faith in him.

“Yeah, you are right. I’ll keep that in mind. One other thing… what about the favor that I asked of you? How’s that going?”

Eve just smiled slyly and snapped her fingers, “It will take two hours at most for you to have what you want.”

“Are you that good?” Scarlett was surprised.

Eve unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and said, “To get even better results, I have added a little spice to our plans.”

“What do you mean?” Scarlett asked.

“That’s a surprise for you, and you will see later!” Eve said, winking at Scarlett.

As Scarlett sat there with Eve, she was suddenly overcome with a wave of sympathy for Vivian. Eve happened to possess just the type of information that destroys Vivian and her image in the public eye. Because Eve was Scarlett’s friend, Eve was willing to do whatever it took to avenge her. Vivian truly was, Scarlett thought, the unluckiest person in the whole world.

As Scarlett reached for her cup of tea, her cell phone suddenly rang. She took the phone out of her bag and looked at the screen. It was an unknown caller. Who could it be?

“Do you think this might be her?” Scarlett frowned and looked at Eve.

“Come on, pick it up quickly!” Eve stared at her, getting impatient.

Scarlett answered it and put it on the speaker. She decided that it would be a good idea to record the whole conversation. Scarlett politely said into the receiver, “Hello, may I know who I am talking to?”

“Am I speaking to Miss Morris? This is Vivian speaking. Can you spare some time today? I was hoping to sit down and have a short conversation with you, if possible.” A calm female voice came to them from the other end of the line.

Eve raised her eyebrows. What was Scarlett going to say in response?

“I’m afraid I have no time for that this week… or this month. I apologize. I am in the middle of something right now, and I can’t really talk. My terrible apologies, ma’am.”

“Wait!”

“Yes? How can I help you?” Scarlett said as politely as she could, even though she was losing patience.

“I received a package today. Was it from you?” she calmly asked after she took a slow breath.

“Oh, I see. You are talking about those photos. Well, here’s the thing, someone sent those to me without any explanation. I don’t know who they were from. But after I looked at them a little bit closer, I realized that they were your nudes. Just to be kind, I decided that it would be best to send them right back to you.” Scarlett sneered.