Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

Scarlett had her head against his shoulder and just smiled, “Won’t you blame me for being too impulsive?”

“Of course not. It would be best if you always did what feels right to you, Scarlett. I trust you. I’m here for you, no matter what. You know that, don’t you?” Scarlett tightened his arm on her shoulder. Scarlett said, “Everyone will make mistakes in this life. If we don’t have the opportunity to make our own mistakes and learn from them, then what’s the point of living life anyway? We might as well have done. Besides, getting a divorce isn’t the worst thing in the world. I can recover from this, move on, and still live a full life. I’m still young, after all.”

Skyler smiled as the breeze outside the cab caressed his hair, “That’s right. We would never have survived without your tenacity when we were just young children. You saved us. You’ll save us again, Scarlett.”

Without her persistence and bravery, Scarlett and her young brother wouldn’t be who they were today. If they hadn’t experienced so much, Scarlett wouldn’t be such a tough and brave woman; instead, she was likely to become a simple housewife who depended on her husband for her dignity and her future.

After they moved out from Francis’s villa, Scarlett rented an apartment near her school; even though the rent was a bit expensive, she and Skyler thought it was great because it had a good environment and security, and most importantly, convenient public transport. They took it and paid the deposit and half a year’s rent immediately.

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Skyler got the chance to be a teacher at his school because of his good grades, and his tutor invited him to join in the project he was occupied with; therefore, Skyler became one of the partners of this major project.

Scarlett was very happy for him, so she decided to have a little party in his honor. They went shopping in the supermarket and bought many bags of ingredients in order to cook a fancy dinner.

When they got dinner ready, Scarlett raised her glass and laughed, “We should invite some friends to come here to dine with us. It will be more fun. It’s just you and me, and I feel like it’s just too quiet. We’re young! We should be partying hard! Don’t you think?”

Skyler had a drink with her and frowned slightly, “I like this. If there were many people here, it would be way too loud, and I wouldn’t be able to hear anything that you’re saying right now. This is nice, don’t you think?” and I can’t hear what you say.”

Scarlett laughed, “Why are you acting like an old man? How are you ever gonna manage to get a girlfriend if you keep acting like this?”

“Well, then it will save me the trouble, to be honest. Scarlett, I just find it tiring to even think about having a romantic relationship to be real with you. I mean, what ended up happening between you and Francis is a great example of the many things that can go wrong… I’m just not sure that it’s worth it to risk everything and put my heart on the line like that.”

Scarlett stopped smiling and then said, “Well, it’s like you said earlier, Skyler, isn’t it? Don’t you think that it’s better to experience it and know for yourself?”

After she said that, the tears began streaming down her face again.

Skyler pretended not to see and said, “I don’t get it… how can you still believe that it’s worth it?”

Scarlett had her head down and wiped her tears, and said, “Well, it’s different. It’s not like that. You will understand what I’m talking about someday when you fall in love with someone.”

“When are you gonna get the process of the divorce all finished up?” Skyler asked.

“I don’t know. I need to wait for Amanda’s call. She will call me when everything is ready.” Scarlett said as she ate something very spicy with her head down, which made her eyes red.

“Sis, do you want to go out?” Skyler looked at her after he took a sip of beer.

Scarlett looked up at him and asked strangely, “We haven’t finished our dinner yet. Where do you want to go?”

“You misunderstand me. I meant that you should go abroad and grasp the chance to see the outside world. This isn’t the whole world, you know. There’s so much more out there, and I just wish you could see it.” Skyler explained, turning his head to look out the window.

“What? What do you mean?” Scarlett didn’t know what Skyler was getting at.

“You have sent me to study abroad. Don’t you want to go abroad to expand your vision, see other places, meet some new people? It’s a great way to broaden your horizons.” He rubbed the corner of his eye and continued, “Anywhere in the world. Is there any place you used to want to go to before? You can go now. You have the freedom to do whatever you want. You can go anywhere you choose.”

Scarlett rubbed her red nose and said, “I’m a student now. How is that possible?”

“Be an exchange student like me! I looked at the application process, and you’re eligible to go abroad for a semester, at least if not two. Why not give it a try? At least look into it, won’t you, Scarlett? Sooner or later, everyone at college is gonna know that you got a divorce, and that’s going to be like reliving the divorce in some ways, don’t you think? If that happens, how are you gonna explain and answer everybody’s questions? Those newspapers and media will say you got dumped by Francis, won’t they?”

Scarlett felt an itch in her throat and took a swig of wine, and said, “That’s what scares me most. It took a long time for the public to get their attention away from us; if the news of my divorce gets out, I will get a slap on my face. Except… what about Carlos? I’m worried about what kind of negative influence this whole debacle is gonna have on him… I don’t want this to impact his mental health in the future. I want him to grow up happy and stay happy as an adult.”