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.

rain from her cheeks with the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster follows! Without

and proud Mr. Everett

seared into

sudden pain clutched her chest, as if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to hurt him…” She would

yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez family didn’t choose to accept

not interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern was to

herself and return.

let me wait for him here. As soon as I

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

wounds, and now drenched in the rain for

Dorothy 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

If not for anyone else,

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and Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a

okay, right?”

on her. With Karen watching over her, she didn’t even lose a

what about Karen?”

lips and didn’t answer

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

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

that Karen had suffered those

alright! Her parents picked her 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 to wait here?”

was already deeply unconscious, being whisked away in an ambulance

had headed inside the warehouse. Upon entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following

sight that shook him

Everett hadn’t made it.

back Kevin, who was dealing with the aftermath, that he learned which hospital Everett had been taken

about him as soon as