Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Amanda was waiting right outside the arrivals exit for Scarlett. Scarlett saw her as soon as she got out and waved at her enthusiastically.

“Madam!” Amanda said respectfully, nodding her head a little bit.

Once Scarlett and Francis had separated, Amanda had had a hard time figuring out how she should refer to Scarlett. She had no time right then to consider the various possibilities, so she just went with “madam” at the moment. She hoped nobody would notice how awkward she was about the whole ordeal.

Scarlett jumped into the car and asked carefully, “So…what exactly is going on? Was it just an accident? Or was it, like, a hit and run? Please tell me! I have to know the details as soon as possible.”

Sitting in the car, Amanda peered into the rear-view mirror. Some mischief was afoot. Amanda pointed at the mirror and said cautiously, “Is everything alright with Miss Crawford?” It appeared that Eve was being grabbed and taken into some alleyway by Damon.

Scarlett turned around to witness the scene. Sure enough, Damon was holding on to her arm and dragging her to the left. It looked like Eve was crying out for help, but nobody around was paying her any heed.

“Well… that’s her boyfriend. So, she’s probably going to be just fine. I wouldn’t worry about them too much, they just have a tumultuous relationship… I’m sure Eve will make sure that he doesn’t harm her or anything. She’s the type of woman who knows how to stand up for herself.” Scarlett said. Now that she was in the same country as Francis at long last, her mind only seemed to have space for thoughts concerning Francis’s wellbeing. All she cared about now was Francis, so she didn’t have time to help Eve or worry about her too much. She would make sure she got in touch with Eve later, but now was not the time, she decided.

As the driver started the car, Amanda began to tell Scarlett about what had happened,

“It was a rainy day, and the road had been very slippery, and because of that, a dozen cars had managed to rear-end each other on the elevated road. Fortunately, they hadn’t been going too fast, so there wasn’t any serious damage caused to the vehicles. And most of the passengers and drivers managed to get away without so much as a scratch.

“Was he driving himself that day? Or was Francis with a driver?” Scarlett asked curiously.

“No, Bruce was the one driving the car. Thanks to his good driving skills and his superior abilities to deal with emergencies, the boss just got a fairly minor hairline fracture. Unfortunately for Bruce, he suffered a pretty concussion. He’s going to be monitored at the clinic for a bit, but he should be fine soon enough.”

When Scarlett heard that Francis was utterly safe and sound, she breathed a deep sigh of relief and said, “Please make sure that Bruce is taken care of. We are so grateful that he was able to ensure Francis’s safety. Get him the best doctor and a private ward at the clinic, alright?”

“Of course, ma’am! As you say.” Amanda answered.

Finally, Scarlett felt her tense nerves relax just a tiny bit. She had had a terrible headache only moments ago, which was finally subsiding. She felt relieved. The sheer panic she had been feeling all morning slowly left her body.

***

Once the elevator got to the floor where Francis was staying, Scarlett rushed out and strode with purpose. As the bodyguards along the corridor saw her, they moved out of her way immediately. With that, Scarlett was able to walk through the crowd completely unimpeded.

Opening the door, she expected to see Francis lying on the bed weakly. However, contrary to her expectations, Francis was very calm. He didn’t look anything like a patient who had just suffered a fracture, minor as it may have been. Instead, he had a pile of hefty documents in front of him.

Seeing that, Scarlett felt her temper rise. She wanted to scream at him and reproach him for worrying about business even as he lay in a hospital bed. But before she could get any words out, she burst into tears.

Scarlett didn’t dare touch him; she didn’t know where he was wounded, and she didn’t want to hurt him. She just stood there and kept crying, feeling equal parts ridiculous and pitiful. She could do nothing but let the tears keep streaming down her face.

Although Francis had wanted to shout at Scarlett for racing cars against his wishes, when he saw her sobbing, he felt his heart soften. He changed his mind, now was not the time to reprimand the tender Scarlett.

“Come over here!” he started to talk first.

She walked over to him in tears; earlier, she had been so independent and strong, and now seeing Francis in that condition just made her walls crashing down. Scarlett sat down on his hospital bed and cried loudly with her arms wreathed around his neck.Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Francis, you really scared me to death!” She kept crying, her tears wetting Francis’s shoulder.

Francis really wanted to criticize her for what she had done, but he couldn’t do anything. After all, he had already tried to threaten her with divorce, but he still failed. It turned out that he couldn’t do anything to stop her from doing whatever the hell she wanted.

“Scarlett, you really let me down!” Those were the only words he could say right then.

She looked up at him in tears and said, “You’re always disappointed in me and always wanting to give up on me…”

“I’ve been so stupid, Scarlett. It looks like I went wrong somewhere.” He said.

Scarlett sat up and wiped her tears and asked, “Are you in pain? What did the doctor say about your wounds?”

“My body doesn’t hurt, but my heart does, and it hurts badly.” He said.

As he expected, Scarlett began to sob all over again.

“I didn’t do anything wrong this time. You can’t keep blaming me for things that are not my fault!”