Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

She woke up and said in anger, “Leave me alone. I want more sleep. Why are you bothering me? It’s not like I’m getting a lot of sleep these days anyway.”

“Come on, babe, it’s almost nine o’clock now. It’s time to get up!” He said as he set himself down next to her and attempted to tickle her.

“Are you not going to see your parents? Just go! And let me sleep.” She grumbled and said angrily as she wriggled around under the quilt.

“You heard that?” He didn’t know how she could’ve heard all that.

“Of course I did!” She said.

“So, aren’t you glad to hear that?” He said as he pulled away from the quilt and hugged her tightly. Scarlett opened her eyes and said, “Look, Francis, here’s the thing. Your mother doesn’t like me, so what do you want me to do? I can’t truly be a part of your family when your mother hates my guts.”

Francis brushed her messy hair aside and said, “Well, my mother is an old lady, and she has her own old-fashioned ideas. That doesn’t mean I can’t live my life the way I want to or marry the woman I want to. You’re different, okay?”

“You can just go there by yourself because I want more sleep! Please leave me alone now. Just let me rest for once.” She sneered and then pulled up the quilt and covered herself again.

“So you want to forgive her? You don’t even want to make it nice?” Francis sighed. He was exasperated.

Scarlett peeked out from under the quilt and said calmly, “Look, I’m not the problem in this situation. Even if I just ignore what she thinks of me, she’s obviously very disturbed by my presence. You know that she doesn’t like me. How can you think that we’ll just get along as if nothing ever happened? Don’t blame me.”

“But you’re my wife, Scarlett. I don’t care what your issues are, I expect that the two of you can at least manage to be civil to one another. Certainly, I’m not trying to justify how my mother has been behaving with you, but I know you can be the bigger person. I know you can take the high road and not fall into her traps. Besides, you know what they say, don’t you? You should never pick a fight with your enemy because you might need their help one day.”

Scarlett stared at him and said, “But I think the best way is to stay away from her, and then we won’t have a conflict. That’s my opinion!”

“You’re so stubborn!” Francis looked at her helplessly.

After that, Scarlett just turned her back on him and ignored him. Francis didn’t think it was worth it to try and force her into anything, so he left her to know. Scarlett knew that Francis had a good relationship with his mother, so she didn’t force Francis to choose between her and his mother like others would. She wouldn’t force him to choose her side.

Scarlett didn’t wake up until the afternoon. Not wanting to bother the domestic help, she went to the kitchen to heat up some pork fried rice for herself. When she sat herself down on the table, she looked up and saw a pair of round eyes peering at her curiously.

“Oh, Carlos, there you are!” Scarlett was surprised. She smiled brightly and went to hold up the baby, who was sitting obediently in the high chair at the head of the table.

“Your dad didn’t take you to visit your grandparents, then?” She said, as she smelled milk on him. She touched his nose.

The baby was finally willing to consume the milk power now, and Scarlett didn’t need to feed him breast milk anymore.

Right then, Grace appeared and smiled from behind the baby, “Well, the baby has been looking for you for a long time. Mr. Sandler told me to let you rest for a while.”

“Oh, really? I’m so glad to hear that!” She said gladly.

The baby stared at the meal that Scarlett had prepared for her and started drooling.

“You are too young to eat this, how about you let me cook some delicious porridge for you? What do you think of that?” Scarlett said as she hoisted Carlos onto the table and pushed the plate with her meal away from them.

It was time for Carlos to eat. Shirley had asked the cook to make some porridge mixed in with soft bits of pumpkin and oatmeal. It looked delicious.

Grace started feeding him after letting the porridge cool down, but Carlos still seemed fixated on Scarlett’s meal. He wouldn’t stop staring at that plate of pork fried rice.

But since the fried rice had MSG, Scarlett didn’t want the baby to eat it, so she took it to the kitchen to eat her meal. Carlos looked towards the kitchen in a desperate plea.

He turned to Grace for help, who fed him a spoon after a spoon of porridge with a big smile on her face. Carlos enjoyed the porridge; he smacked his lips and squealed with glee. Now, he was focused on his own meal instead of Scarlett’s.

As for Scarlett, she finished her meal quickly. She wiped her mouth and drank some lemon-infused sparkling water and then walked out of the kitchen.

***

Francis had just arrived at his parents’ house– alone. When his parents saw him walking into the villa all by himself, they felt disappointed because they had been looking forward to seeing their grandson.

“What are you doing here by yourself? Where’s our dear grandson?” Francis’s father said. He was obviously unhappy with the situation.Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

Francis poured a cup of tea for his father and one for himself and then answered, “Well, Scarlett was not feeling too well this morning, so she couldn’t come. We thought it was probably best for her to rest at home.”

His mother interjected, “Is she still angry with us, Francis? She cannot possibly hold a grudge; I didn’t think she would turn out to be so petty. She cannot just forbid us from meeting our only grandson. Please, Francis, you must do something to fix this terrible situation.”