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.

Kenneth crouched, gently wiping the rain from her cheeks with the corner of his jacket. “Don’t you see? Every time you and Everett come close, disaster follows! Without him, your life might be dull, but at least it’s stable. Without you, he’d still be the

untouchable and proud Mr. Everett Lopez!”

seared into Dorothy’s heart.

making it hard to breathe, tears

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

not interesting to Kenneth. His sole concern was to persuade

herself and return.

for him here. As soon as

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

was covered in wounds, and now drenched in the rain for so long. It was a miracle she hadn’t gone into

in her voice, but the word “no” came out with undeniable clarity. “He hasn’t woken up yet… I have to

not for anyone else, think about

Chapter 458

her

okay,

With Karen watching over her, she

what about Karen?”

lips and didn’t answer

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

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

that Karen had

parents picked her up to take care of her Kenneth quickly reassured her. “You’re the one who got the worst of

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

him. Following the scent, he stumbled

sight that shook

Everett hadn’t made it.

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

about him

she stayed by the dacr all

weakly.