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.

jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster follows! Without him, your life might be

and proud Mr. Everett Lopez!”

words seared into Dorothy’s

sudden pain clutched her chest, as if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe,

seen it yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez family didn’t choose

would become of Heather was not interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy to stop

herself and return.

him here. As soon as I know he’s alive, I’ll leave.”

positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to lift her he

now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a miracle she hadn’t gone

word “no” came out with undeniable

stubbornness? If not for anyone else, think about your children!

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

okay,

Karen watching over her, she didn’t even

about Karen?”

lips and didn’t

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

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

feared that Karen had suffered those torments.

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

he arrived, Everett was already deeply unconscious, being

had headed inside the warehouse. Upon entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon

was a sight that shook him to his

Everett hadn’t made

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

would ask about him as soon as she