Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

At this moment, Carlos took Shannon by the hand and walked in slowly, and said, “Brittany, mommy is tired. Please go play by yourself.”

But Brittany just ignored him and took Scarlett to jump on the balcony. She was excited about the big blue swimming pool in front of them and said, “Mommy, I want to swim. Mommy, please go swimming with me.”

The setting sun shone on the swimming pool; it was very quiet.

“My sweetheart, could you ask daddy to go swimming with you a while later?” Scarlett said as she touched her head.

Though Brittany was unhappy about this, she was not a stubborn kid; after that, she turned around to go look for Francis. Carlos was a little worried about her, so he instantly followed her.

Scarlett sat on the ground. Shannon walked over and leaned on Scarlett and looked up at her with a smile.

“Oh, Shannon, my sweet young babe, why are you so quiet?” Scarlett smilingly held her face and gave a kiss on her cheek.

Shannon smiled and said, “Mommy is tired, so I don’t want to trouble mommy.”

Scarlett held her with one hand and said, “Shannon, you’re so sweet. I’m so glad to hear that.” She pinched Shannon’s cheeks and continued, “But Shannon, you can tell mommy anything. You know that, right? No secrets. Are you doing okay, darling?”

“I’m okay, mommy. No secrets.” Shannon replied.Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

Scarlett couldn’t help but smile; she lifted her daughter onto her lap. Looking at her lovely daughter, who had inherited the virtues of both Francis and herself, Scarlett couldn’t resist kissing her endlessly.

Because of her kisses, Shannon giggled shyly, her bright eyes gleaming.

Scarlett knew Shannon was different from Brittany and Carlos. They were clever, but Shannon was a genius; just like Skyler, she had an astronomically high IQ and could solve complex puzzles. At age 3, she had been able to memorize the value of pi to the 30th digit and had solved a Rubik’s Cube in under a minute. Scarlett and Francis had gotten her tested, and it was revealed that she was a prodigy.

Although Scarlett was happy about this, she also felt deeply sad. She knew that the life of a genius is usually very lonely. She feared that her daughter would become a lonely person– unable to forge connections with those of lesser intellect in a world that rarely made sense.

Scarlett tucked a strand of Shannon’s hair behind her ear; she felt both glad and sad.

“Mommy, you are sad.,” she said.

Scarlett gave a kiss on Shannon’s back of the hand and said, “I’m just scared.”

“Scared of what, mommy?” she asked.

“I’m scared of locking yourself up in your own little world and not letting me in. I’m scared that you keep secrets from mommy,” she said in a whisper as she pressed her forehead against Shannon’s.

“I won’t. I love mommy very much.” Shannon said firmly with a big smile on her face.

At that moment, Francis walked in and then saw that Scarlett was crying while holding her little daughter. He walked over, and Shannon jumped into his arms.

“Mommy said she was scared that I didn’t like her, do you also think that way, daddy?” Shannon widened her eyes, staring, and asked. It was like she wanted to look straight into his heart.

Francis held her up and asked, “Well, what was your answer then? You don’t like mommy and daddy?”

“I will love daddy and mommy forever.”

“That’s right. Your mommy just worries about you all the time because she cares about you! My little girl, don’t worry about that!” he said as he held her daughter steadily with his strong arms.

Scarlett wiped her tears away and stood up and said, “Carlos and Brittany went to look for you. Haven’t you met them yet?”

“I asked Chuck to take care of them,” he replied.

After that, Francis turned his head to ask Shannon, “Will you want to go there? They said they were gonna catch fish, do you want to join them?”

At the end of the day, genius or not, Shannon was a kid. When she heard that, she nodded her head and smiled, “I’d like to.”

“Let’s go. Daddy will take you there!” he said.

Shannon gripped his neck excitedly. Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

Francis took Scarlett by the hand and teased her, “You really think too much.”

Scarlett took his hand and said, “Well, I’m just worried. As you know, Skyler is a genius, and I know how lonely he was as he grew up. And I don’t want that to happen to Shannon.”

“Don’t be afraid. You can count on me, my dear!” Francis kissed Scarlett’s forehead.

***

On the menu for dinner was a barbecue. The grill master was a chef from a local restaurant who had worked in some of the best Michelin starred restaurants in the world.

Scarlett took a bite of her grilled steak; it was generously spiced and delicious. Meanwhile, Skyler was sticking to white meat: he had some skewered chicken thighs and was enjoying them very happily.

“Sis, try this!” he said as he handed her a chicken kabob.

Although her steak was juicier, the chicken thighs were quite succulent.

“Wow, there you are! Hey, your bachelor party starts in less than an hour. Don’t you want to start getting ready or something? You’re cutting it pretty close….”

“Don’t go crazy later, understand?” Francis said as he brushed Scarlett’s hair. He had come over and joined the conversation as soon as he had spotted Eve approaching Scarlett.

Scarlett held his shoulder and said earnestly, “Hey, we can do as we want, alright? It’s my bachelorette party. I’m the host, and I gotta let the guests have fun, right? If you have so many requirements on me, I will ruin their fun.”

Francis shook his head and said with a sigh, “You’re crazy, just like Eve.”

Despite Francis’s warnings, everyone at the party went crazy.

“Girls, let’s take a toast for Scarlett, congratulations to her on her successful marriage!” Eve shouted loudly into the microphone with a bottle of vodka in her hand.

“Cheers!”