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.

and Everett come

Mr.

seared into Dorothy’s

sudden pain clutched her chest, as if a heavy stone was crushing her, making it hard to breathe, tears streaming uncontrollably. “I never meant to

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

to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade Dorothy to

herself and return.

As soon as I

was running on 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 he recoiled at the scorching heat of her fevered skin.

and now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a miracle

but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity.

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

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settled her gaze with a different light sparked in her

okay, right?”

on her. With Karen watching over

what about

thinned his lips and didn’t answer immediately.

grabbed his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly

Heather had done to hersell, Dorothy was

had suffered those

her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who

earlier. By the time he arrived, Everett was already

blood hit him. Following the scent, he

a sight that shook him to his core!

hadn’t made

held back Kevin, who was dealing with the aftermath, that he learned

Dorothy would ask about him as soon