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.

see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster

Mr. Everett

words seared into Dorothy’s heart.

if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to hurt him…” She would rather be the one dying!

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

become of Heather was not interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern

herself and return.

here. As

As he reached to lift

undergone surgery and was covered in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a

the word “no” came out

not for anyone else, think about your children! Abigail and Langston are waiting for you. They’re your kids with Everett!”

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the mention of Abigail and Langston, Dorothy finally settled her gaze with a different light sparked in her eyes.

she’s okay,

Heather didn’t lay a finger on her. With Karen watching over

about Karen?”

his lips and didn’t

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

what Heather had done to

that Karen had

alright, better than alright! Her parents picked her up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of

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

entering, the smell of blood hit him. Following the scent, he

that shook

thought Everett hadn’t made

with the aftermath, that

about him as