Chapter 2 Hector Hilton Awakens

Six years later, Elizabeth sped to Mistwood’s Ferguson Hospital in her secondhand Carter. It was ten o’clock at night.

She hastily parked her car in front of the hospital entrance despite the security guard’s warnings.

Elizabeth lifted her daughter from the front passenger seat and dashed into the hospital.

The security guard failed to stop her from entering the hospital, and he barked, “Just wait till I clamp your car. Let’s see what you’ll do then!”

Bare-footed and still clad in her pajamas, Elizabeth couldn’t think straight. She could hardly hear a thing. Instead, she ran to the emergency department with her daughter in her arms. Her whole body shook with anxiety.

“Doctor, please, you have to save my daughter. Her temperature is so high that she’s seizing up!” Elizabeth pleaded tearfully.

A doctor hurriedly took the child from her arms and reassured her, “You can wait outside. We’ll treat her right away.”

Then, a nurse led Elizabeth out of the emergency room and said, “You can make payment first. Here’s the receipt. Your daughter will need to be warded for observation, possibly in the ICU.”

and pleaded, “Okay. Please save my

can’t be sick. What if the fever damages her brain? She could not bring herself to imagine the worst

group of suit-clad men entered the hospital. The

a black coat ironed to perfection, making him seem even more imposing and

piercing, black eyes, the man exuded a mysterious aura. He pursed his lips tightly, giving off a commanding and unapproachable

clear a path for him as

Elizabeth teetered, losing her balance. With a slight frown, the man extended a long arm and

each other’s gaze, and Elizabeth shivered involuntarily at the sight of his

chill. Why am I shivering under his gaze? What

and said coolly,

in shock until Matthew entered the elevator. She collected her wits then and turned around, shouting,

the one who bumped into me.

her from the elevator. He turned his gaze to her,

the old-fashioned pajamas she wore, her swollen, tear-streaked eyes,

door closed, cutting

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