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.

“Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come close,

proud Mr. Everett

seared into

her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably.

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

of Heather was not interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern was to

herself and return.

As soon

and physically, clinging desperately to the hope of seeing Everett again. Kenneth positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to lift

and now drenched in the

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

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

Chapter 458

Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different light

she’s okay, right?”

a finger on her. With Karen watching over

about Karen?”

thinned his lips and didn’t

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

done to hersell, Dorothy

feared that Karen had suffered

quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of it, Dorothy Come back with me. Who knows

to the scene earlier. By the time he arrived, Everett was already

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

that shook him to his

thought Everett hadn’t made it.

on, it was only after he held back Kevin, who was dealing with

knew Dorothy would ask about him as soon