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.

the rain from her cheeks with the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come

Mr. Everett

seared into

her, making it hard to breathe, tears

parents are aware! But you’ve seen it yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez

would become of Heather was not interesting to Kenneth. His sole

herself and return.

let me wait for him here. As soon as I

hope of seeing Everett again. Kenneth positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to lift her he recoiled at the scorching heat of her fevered skin. “You’re burning up! Dorothy, you need to

in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a miracle she hadn’t gone into shock.

leave.” Dorothy was weak and shaky in her voice, but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t woken up

at his wit’s end. “Dorothy! Do you want to kill yourself with this stubbornness? If not for anyone else, think about your children! Abigail and Langston are waiting for

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settled her gaze with a different light sparked in her eyes.

okay, right?”

Karen watching over

about Karen?”

lips and

worry, “Is

the thought of what Heather had done to hersell, Dorothy was filled with instant terror!

Karen had suffered

quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the

scene earlier. By the time he arrived, Everett was already deeply unconscious, being whisked away in an ambulance along with

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

that shook him

Everett hadn’t

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

knew Dorothy would ask about him as soon as she woke up