Chapter 457

Dorothy found herself abandoned outside the hospital, her gaze locked on the relentlessly closing doors. A lock clicked into place, sealing off her hopes as she lay powerless on the cold ground.

Her heart swelled with frustration, cursed her helplessness, and loathed her inability to do anything in that critical moment.

In her relationship with Everett, Dorothy had always been the passive one, while Everett, the gallant hero, had always been the one to shield her from the storms of life.

As dusk turned to night, the sky darkened ominously.

The evening breeze grew stronger, carrying the earthy scent of an impending downpour.

Soon, the rumble of thunder rolled through the air!

Dorothy’s eyes remained fixed on those closed doors. They seemed to draw a clear line between two worlds.

No one could come out and she couldn’t go in.

Giant raindrops began to fall, driven by a biting wind, washing away the dried blood on Dorothy’s skin and soaking her thin clothes. Yet Dorothy stayed put, even mustering the strength to prop herself up, inching closer to the barrier that separated her from Everett

This was as close as she could get to him.

Time lost meaning, and the rain’s duration blurred into oblivion. Suddenly, the rain above her ceased.

Slowly, Dorothy looked up to find Kenneth standing beside her, shielding her with a vast black umbrella,

“Dorothy, let’s head back,” he urged.

“No… she croaked with her hoarse voice.

see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster follows! Without him, your

and proud Mr.

seared into

to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to hurt him…” She would

aware! But you’ve seen it yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez family didn’t choose to

interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern

herself and return.

As

her. As he reached to lift her he recoiled at the scorching

covered in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for

was weak and shaky in her voice, but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t woken up yet… I have to stay with

kill yourself with this stubbornness? If not for anyone

Chapter 458

Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different light

okay, right?”

lay a finger on her. With Karen watching over her, she didn’t even lose a hair!”

what about

his lips and didn’t answer

with worry, “Is Karen badly hurt? Did Heather do something to

what Heather had done to hersell,

had

up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of it, Dorothy Come back with me. Who knows how long you’ll have

arrived, Everett was already

entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following the

shook

Everett hadn’t made

was only after he held back Kevin, who was dealing with the aftermath, that he learned which hospital Everett had

ask about him as soon as she woke

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