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.

her cheeks with the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster follows! Without him, your life might be dull, but at least it’s stable. Without you, he’d still

Mr. Everett Lopez!”

words seared into Dorothy’s heart.

to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to hurt him…” She

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

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

herself and return.

As soon as I

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

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

word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t

not for anyone else, think about your children! Abigail

Chapter 458

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

she’s okay, right?”

on her. With Karen watching over her, she

what about Karen?”

his lips and didn’t

his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly

done to hersell,

Karen had suffered

the one who got the

By the time he arrived, Everett was already deeply

headed inside the warehouse. Upon entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon a huge pool of blood on the

sight that shook him to his

Everett hadn’t

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

knew Dorothy would ask about him