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.

the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett

proud Mr. Everett

words seared into

stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I

you’ve seen it yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez family

become of Heather was not interesting to Kenneth. His sole

herself and return.

for him here. As soon as I know he’s alive,

the hope of seeing Everett again. Kenneth positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to lift her he recoiled at the scorching heat of

covered in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for so long. It

leave.” Dorothy was weak and shaky in her voice, but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t woken up

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

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her gaze with a different light sparked in

okay, right?”

lay a finger on her. With Karen watching over

what about

lips and didn’t

sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly hurt? Did Heather do something to her?”

thought of what Heather had done to hersell, Dorothy was filled with instant terror!

that Karen had suffered those torments.

her. “You’re the one who got the worst of it, Dorothy Come back with me. Who knows how long you’ll

scene earlier. By the time he arrived, Everett was already deeply unconscious, being whisked away in an

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

was a sight that shook him to

hadn’t made it.

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

him as