Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Scarlett felt kind of assured and suddenly realized something and asked, “When did you see our business plan?”

Francis just smiled, “Your partner sent it to me and asked me to take a look at it because it’s your first time writing a business plan.”

“Traitor!” Scarlett gritted her teeth. She wanted to tear Eve apart.

“It is great! You have done a good job! Especially for a couple of beginners.” Francis said as he placed his hand on her shoulder.

Scarlett felt very ashamed in front of him; after all, her humble plan was hardly worth Francis’s time.

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Once Scarlett and Eve prepared dinner, all four of them sat around the table and got ready to eat.

At the table, Eve proposed a toast to Francis and smiled, “Thank you for your personal advice on our business plan, Mr. Sandler. I’m so honored to have you here!”

Francis picked his glass up and replied, “I’m so honored to earn your trust as well.”

Eve just smiled, and they drank down the bubbly together.

With such a good business consultant in front of them, Eve thought it would be best not to waste the opportunity. Consequently, she kept refilling Francis’s glass with champagne and listened to him carefully and sincerely as he dispensed detailed advice.

As she listened to his advice on their plan as humbly as possible, Scarlett helped Carlos with his meal, perfectly doing two things at once.

As Francis saw them hungry for his advice, he couldn’t help but laugh, “Why do you want to learn about all this now? You used to have so much time when you were at home before, you should’ve just asked me all these in-depth questions then, don’t you think?”

“Well, it’s because we are running a business now, so we gotta learn something about it. If you can give us some good advice, we will appreciate that very much!” Eve raised her glass smilingly. After that, Eve nudged Scarlett to tell her to pick up her glass.

Scarlett picked her glass up somewhat reluctantly and said as sweetly as she could manage, “Thank you for your generous advice, Mr. Sandler. How would we have made it without your nuggets of wisdom? We will be grateful to you forever.”

Eve took a glimpse at Scarlett and felt very glad that Scarlett understood her role at this little party.

However, Francis didn’t down his drink along with Scarlett. Instead, he said, “We should probably stop now. Haven’t we already had enough?”

Scarlett stared at him, picked up the glass, and took a long gulp. Eve was aghast to see Scarlett acting out of turn, so she kicked her under the table.

Scarlett almost screamed out in pain, because Eve was wearing a pair of high heel shoes and the heel had dug into Scarlett’s shin.

“I’d better go now because I have a different dinner party to attend this evening. So, you two have a nice evening.” Eve took her handbag, stood up, and stared at Scarlett with mean eyes.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

“Do you have a bodyguard with you?” Francis asked.

“Of course! Don’t worry about me!” she replied.

Scarlett didn’t know why Eve was staring at her, so she stood up and walked her out of the door.

When they came out, Eve just scolded her, “Are you really out of mind? The relationship between you two is so clear, why don’t you just act normal and stop trying to rebel against him all the time? If he didn’t care about you, why would he travel so far to come here to give us advice? You are an idiot! You are really pissing me off! Not to mention, you’re screwing yourself over the most in all this. You really need to get it together, Scarlett.”

As the cold wind blew on Scarlett, she suddenly thought of something and contradicted Eve, “You are not in a position to scold me. You’d better straighten out your relationship with Damon first before you meddle in my affairs. Shouldn’t you mind your own business?”

“You are so fucking ungrateful, Scarlett! You think you’re entitled to everything you want and more.” Eve quarreled with Scarlett with her arms folded across the chest.

About ten minutes later, Eve’s driver arrived, so they stopped quarreling.

“Just listen to me, you’d better get back with him!” Eve said as she took a deep breath.

“He was the one who asked for the divorce. What can I do to change his mind?” Scarlett said.

“Are you playing dumb?” Eve said angrily. After that, she took her phone out of her handbag; she scrolled to some pictures in her gallery and threw the phone to Scarlett.

“I have many pictures, you’d better have a good look at them!” Eve said.

Scarlett took the phone and started to look at the photos curiously.

Eve had taken several screenshots of a news report from some tabloid. The report said that Mary Patel, the well-known actress, was suspected of having confessed her love to her rich ex-boyfriend. The article claimed that reporters from the tabloid had caught her leaving his residence early one morning. Although Francis’s name was never actually mentioned in the article, it was obvious that the article discussed him.

“Look, Scarlett, your absence is causing all sorts of rumors to arise. The media just cannot shut up about it. People are speculating left, right, and center. You can do what you like, obviously, but there are consequences to every one of your actions. Just remember that next time you consider doing something reckless.” Eve took her phone and got into her car. Within moments, she had hurried away.

Scarlett felt a chill run down her back. Although she didn’t believe what the report said about Francis getting back together with Mary, it still made her uncomfortable. She didn’t like such tabloid magazines that created misunderstandings between people.

Scarlett walked back to the table unhappily and sat down, and Carlos was playing around the house, only Francis sat there waiting for her.

“What took you so long? Were you two talking about me behind my back?” Francis asked in jest.

“What exactly is going on between you and Mary?” Scarlett had no time for bullshit. She wanted to get right down to it.

“Oh, I see. It looks like Eve betrays me. How ungrateful she is!” Francis sighed.