The CEO’s Hidden Love Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires

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.

and Everett come close, disaster

and proud Mr.

words seared into Dorothy’s

her chest, as if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears

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

interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy

herself and return.

me wait for him here. As soon

As he reached to lift

just undergone surgery and was covered in wounds, and now drenched in the

the word “no” came

yourself with this stubbornness? If not for anyone else, think about

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mention of Abigail and Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different light

she’s okay,

her. With Karen watching over her, she

about Karen?”

lips and didn’t answer

grabbed his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly hurt? Did Heather do something

what Heather had done to hersell, Dorothy was

Karen had suffered those torments.

picked her up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst

the time he arrived, Everett was already deeply unconscious, being whisked away in

the warehouse. Upon entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon a huge pool of blood

sight that shook him to his core!

thought Everett hadn’t made

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

would ask about him as soon as she woke