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.

Every time you and Everett come close,

proud Mr.

into

if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to hurt him…”

it yourself, even after

to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy to stop

herself and return.

for him here. As soon as I know he’s

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

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

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

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

Chapter 458

Abigail and Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with

okay,

fine! Heather didn’t lay a finger on her. With Karen

what about

and didn’t answer

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

had done to hersell, Dorothy was filled with instant

had

one who got the worst of it,

Everett was already deeply unconscious, being whisked away in an ambulance along with

him. Following the scent, he stumbled upon a

shook him to his

thought Everett hadn’t made it.

was dealing with the aftermath, that he learned which hospital Everett had been

would ask about him