Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Scarlett took his arm and rested her head on his shoulder, and said, “Skyler, there is one thing you need to remember, my home is also yours. Don’t feel like you don’t belong here. The relationship between you and I, brother and sister, will never change, no matter what happens. I’m always here for you.” Scarlett looked up at Skyler and said. She realized that her little brother had turned into a man overnight. He was gentle, kind, and full of wisdom and experience. She felt deeply proud of him and started feeling emotional all over again.

Skyler smiled and said, “Sis, do you still remember the days that you took me to collect the bottles after school and exchanged them for money? You saved up money for months to make sure we ate well! But there you were, practically on the verge of fainting from exhaustion, with not even a bite of food in your stomach to keep you going….”

When Skyler said that, there were tears in his eyes. He still remembered the days when he first arrived in France; he had no friends there and was totally unfamiliar with the place, so he had to be on his own. Because of that period of hard times, he became aware of how much his sister had really sacrificed for him. She was the most important person in the world to him and always would be. Nobody could compare to her.

Scarlett knew what Skyler meant, but she didn’t want to talk about the sad past, so she just pushed him lightly and joked, “Hey, could you stop talking about the past already, Skyler? I’m so embarrassed about all that stuff I used to do just to make sure we could survive. We had a hard childhood, but we made it. Here we are now, grown up and taking care of ourselves so well.”

Skyler smiled as he held her hands tightly and went on, “I think the real reason why Francis loves you is the unique personality you developed through what you have experienced; you are tough, strong, hardworking, and optimistic! ”

She just looked up and laughed, struggling to fight the tears, and said, “Well, if you say so, it turns out it’s true that adversity leads to greatness! Am I right?”

“Exactly!” He beamed at her, his eyes watery.

Scarlett just smiled and said nothing further.

“Sis, do you know what I fear the most?” Skyler suddenly continued.

“What is that?” She asked.

“I just feared most that no man would like to love you as I do…” He said in a low voice.

He knew Scarlett suffered a lot, more than she should have had to bear at that young age. He was very afraid that his only beloved elder sister would lose hope for love because of the betrayal that happened to their mother, and he feared that he wouldn’t have the ability to take good care of her. He was afraid that she would be wronged in some grave way and finally bid farewell to the world.

However, fortunately, fate was fair, and she finally found the best man in the world for her.

Meanwhile, Francis had finally managed to put the baby to sleep. After that, he walked out of the baby’s room and came to his own bedroom. As expected, he saw Scarlett with red eyes sitting on the bed. She stared at him briefly and then looked away.

Standing in front of her, Francis said nothing but stretched his arms out to hold her close.

Scarlett moved towards him, grabbed onto his waist, and rested her head on his chest.

“What did Skyler say to make you so moved?” He smilingly asked as he touched her hair and gave a gentle pinch on her ear.

Scarlett sniffed and said, “He said he is the one who loves me the most in the world… and he doesn’t want me to get hurt… You won’t hurt me, will you, Francis?”

“Scarlett, that’s nonsense. Of course, I won’t hurt you, baby. I’m always here for you and our family. Our beautiful family…” Francis said, his voice trailing off.

Scarlett looked up and said, “Skyler is like a son to me… You would never understand our bond, Francis. You don’t know what all we went through together….”

Francis cleared his throat.

“I practically brought him up, Francis. I keep telling myself that I should be more responsible for him…”

“You did a great job raising him. And I believe that your mother will be very proud of you. You are the best sister in the world!” Francis said while he touched her hair gently.

Scarlett smiled weakly.

“I’m so disappointed that I don’t have such an amazing sister!” Francis joked.

“But you have such an amazing wife, right? Anyway, you are still the biggest winner, Mr. Sandler!” Scarlett smiled and patted his shoulder.

Francis laughed at what she said and pulled her closer to him.

“So… I had a quick question. I’ve meant to bring this up with you. Since Skyler is back, why don’t we have the wedding?” Francis asked.

“Alright. OK!” Scarlett nodded readily.

“What made you change your mind?” Francis was surprised.

Scarlett just smiled and had her hands around his neck and said, “Well, Skyler told me that the wedding is an important ceremony, so we’d better have it. And I suppose I agree.”

Scarlett noticed that Francis’s face fell.

“Hey, why are you not happy?” Scarlett said as she gently patted his face.Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

Francis pushed her away and rolled up his sleeves. “It’s either Skyler or me, Scarlett! Take your pick!” He was joking around.

Scarlett laughed and played along. “You are not allowed to go. If you want to hit my young brother, you gotta knock me down first.”

Francis turned back and smiled at her, “Oh really? Is that so?” His voice had become seductive. He threw her onto the bed and kissed her till the sun came up.

***

Skyler got up very early the following day. There was pin-drop silence in the huge villa. Because Francis had managed to tire her out the night before, Scarlett was still fast asleep.