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.

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

Mr.

words seared into Dorothy’s heart.

clutched her chest, as if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming

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

His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy to

herself and return.

him here. As soon as I

again. Kenneth positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached

now drenched in the rain for so long. It

voice, but the word “no” came

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

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settled her gaze with a different light sparked

okay, right?”

Heather didn’t lay a finger on her. With Karen watching over her, she didn’t even lose a

about

lips and didn’t

her heart and grabbed his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen

Heather had done to hersell, Dorothy was filled

that Karen had suffered those

her up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of it, Dorothy Come back with me. Who

earlier. By the time he arrived, Everett was already deeply unconscious, being whisked

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

was a sight that shook him to

thought Everett hadn’t

back Kevin, who was dealing with the aftermath,

about him as soon as she