Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Francis just smiled and said, “Babe, think about it, if I don’t help them this time, we will be their first suspects when something goes wrong with their business in the future. Don’t you think so?”

“Are you going to help me take revenge on them?” Her eyes lit up with excitement.

“Do you really want that? Well, since you are so excited about that, I’ll think about it.” He said as he looked at her.

And then Scarlett had her arm around his waist. She looked up and said, “So you are pretending to help them, and you will stab them in the back, right? You are going to help me take revenge on them, right?”

Francis touched her hair gently and asked seriously, “Babe, do you really want to take revenge on them? Do you really want me to punish your dad? I think the best way to let it go is just to ignore it because the more you care, the longer it will take you to walk out of the shadows. As long as you have a better life than them, you are the winner. Don’t you think so? ”

“Am I?” She looked up at him in doubt, “But if I don’t try to get justice for my mother, who else will do that for her?”

Francis lowered his head to rest a kiss on her forehead and said, “Well, if I really get your father and Jenifer bankrupt, they will have no place to live. And what do you think they are gonna do? They will come to bother you and keep begging you to help them. When that happens, you will be stuck with them. If they are cornered, they might take risks. What are you gonna do until then?”

As Francis patiently analyzed various possible scenarios for her, Scarlett realized that she would not find her own happiness in the unhappiness of others. What she really needed to do was let go of the past and forgive– that was the only way her wounds would be able to heal.

“Actually, I don’t care whether they are happy or not. I just miss my mother…” she finally said.

Scarlett couldn’t bear it anymore and burst into tears. She was sobbing in Francis’s arms.

She knew Francis loved her very much and whatever he did was for her own good. He just wanted her to have a bright and comfortable future, without all bad memories from her past constantly haunting her.

“If you don’t want to let it go so easily, I can…”

Scarlett looked up at him with tears. “What are you gonna do?”

“We can start with their children and let them suffer a little,” Francis said. He was willing to do anything, as long as it would make his dear wife happy.

Scarlett bit her lips and hesitated.

“Well, about the kid, Jeremy, I don’t hate him…”

“So, Claire?” he said.

Scarlett clenched her fists and said in anger, “She stole my dad, and she has tried to steal my boyfriend. I really need to teach her a lesson!”

Francis smiled, realizing that Scarlett was not immune to the bouts of jealousy he himself had faced. “Alright, now, it’s very late. We’d better get back home quickly.”

Scarlett rubbed her red nose and asked, “Where is our son? Did he cry a lot today?”

Francis got in the driver’s seat, and Scarlett followed him to sit in the passenger seat.

“Carlos? Well, he had a great time with his uncle and didn’t notice that you are not at home.” He said.

Francis started the car and noticed that Scarlett had suddenly gone quiet. “Feels bad to be ignored, doesn’t it?”

“I don’t believe that Carlos never even cried for me. That’s impossible. I’m his mother.” She was infuriated.

Scarlett thought Francis lied to her on purpose to make her sad, but when she got home, she found that Carlos was as joyous as ever.

“Skyler, how did you manage to steal my son’s heart? He doesn’t even miss his own mother because he’s got Uncle Skyler to play with all day! Isn’t it, Carlos?”

Carlos gestured to Skyler for a hug.

Instead, Scarlett ran up to Carlos and scooped him up in her arms.

“Mummy…” Carlos said as he looked at her in doubt.

“My good boy, how about sleeping with dad and mummy tonight? Don’t sleep with my uncle, okay?” She teased.Content provided by NôvelDrama.Org.

After glancing at Scarlett, Carlos decided that he wanted his father to hold him. Francis took the baby from Scarlett and mouthed the words, “What can I do? Our baby likes me more.”

“Okay, you two just sleep together tonight. I’d better go to sleep in the guest room.” She said in a huff. Scarlett tried to walk away, but Francis had grabbed her hand and coaxed her to bed. The three of them slept peacefully that night.

***

In the classroom, while all the other seniors were busy translating material, Scarlett slept like a baby on her desk. She had already finished up the translation assignment. Everyone in the room stared at her with burning jealousy because she was so far ahead of them. Somehow, the translations had just come so easily to Scarlett, while all the others were struggling.

With the heater located right behind her, Scarlett was warm and cozy. She was almost too warm, in fact, and began to feel very thirsty as she slept.

About half an hour later, she pulled her chair back and stood up. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and stretched her arms out, and asked, “Sarah, I’m going to go buy some drinks. What do you guys want to drink?”

“If it’s your treat, you can buy us a bunch of different kinds of drinks, and then we’ll have a whole array to choose from. You’d better come back soon, though.”

“Okay!” Scarlett said, energized by her nap. After that, Scarlett took her coat, put it on, and went out to buy drinks from the vending machine outside.

Sarah looked at Scarlett as she was walking away and said, “Scarlett has been different recently. How come she’s so generous these days? Don’t you guys think it’s kinda weird? What’s happened to her anyway?”

“Yeah, you are right. And I don’t think she’s been working a part-time job recently, either. Did she win the lottery or something?” Someone wondered.