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, disaster follows! Without him, your life might be dull, but

Mr. Everett Lopez!”

into Dorothy’s

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

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

to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy to

herself and return.

him here. As soon as

reached to lift her he recoiled at the

undergone surgery and was covered in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for

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

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

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mention of Abigail and Langston, Dorothy finally settled her

okay,

Karen watching over her,

what about

thinned his lips and didn’t answer

and grabbed his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is

the thought of what Heather had done to

that Karen had

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

time he arrived, Everett was already deeply

blood hit him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon a huge pool of blood on the

a sight that shook him to

hadn’t

with the aftermath, that he learned which hospital Everett had been taken to.

would ask about him as soon as she woke up