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 follows! Without him, your life might be dull, but at least it’s stable.

and proud Mr. Everett

seared into Dorothy’s

a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe,

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

herself and return.

for him here. As soon as

the umbrella over her. As he reached to

and now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a

in her voice, but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t woken up yet… I

kill yourself with this stubbornness? If not for anyone else,

Chapter 458

Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different

she’s okay, right?”

finger on her. With Karen watching over her, she didn’t

about Karen?”

thinned his lips and didn’t answer

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

done to hersell, Dorothy was

had suffered

alright, better than alright! Her parents picked her up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one

the time he arrived, Everett was

Following the scent, he stumbled upon a

that shook him to his

thought 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 she

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