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 rain from her cheeks with the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett

Mr.

words 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.

yourself, even after what Heather did, the Lopez

not interesting to Kenneth. His sole

herself and return.

wait for him here. As

positioned the umbrella over her. As he reached to lift her he

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

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

for anyone else, think about your children! Abigail and

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her gaze with a different light sparked

she’s okay, right?”

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

what about

his lips and

heart and grabbed his sleeve, urgent with worry, “Is Karen badly hurt? Did Heather do

the thought of what Heather had done to

had

her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of it, Dorothy Come

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

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

that shook him

Everett hadn’t

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

him as