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.

jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett

Mr. Everett

words seared into Dorothy’s heart.

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 rather be the one

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

interesting to Kenneth. His

herself and return.

for him here. As soon

Everett again. Kenneth positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to

now drenched in the rain for so

the word “no” came out

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

Chapter 458

Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different light sparked in

okay,

her. With Karen watching over

about

and

urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly hurt? Did

to hersell,

feared that Karen had

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

time he arrived, Everett was already deeply

blood hit him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon

a sight that shook him to

thought Everett hadn’t

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

would ask about him as soon as

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