A Second Chance at Forever

Chapter 1465

Bernard leaned heavily against his knees, his upper body hunched forward as he awaited news from the operating room. The sterile white walls of the hospital corridor seemed to close in on him when the doctor’s voice, laced with urgency and regret, broke the heavy silence.

“There were complications… The mother suffered severe hemorrhaging as soon as the surgery began. We fought to save her, which meant the baby was deprived of oxygen for too long. When we finally managed to deliver, there was… there was no breath.”

The words hit Bernard like a freight train, igniting a dangerous glint in his eyes that could only be described as murderous intent. In a flash, he was on his feet, his rage manifesting in a physical force that lifted the doctor by the throat and slammed him against the OR’s double doors.

“What did you say?!” Bernard bellowed, his grip tightening.

The doctor dangled helplessly, his legs kicking at the air as he struggled under Bernard ‘s iron grasp. Despite his fear, he forced himself to speak again.

“The mother is bleeding out… we can’t stop it… The baby’s heartbeat is faint, no respiration, it’s… it’s dying…”

an abyss of despair, the world around him falling deathly silent except for the ringing in his ears-a

his vision blurring into darkness as if he were falling off a cliff, only to be yanked back at the last moment by an unseen hand.

released The doctor with a

chaos. Blood streamed from the operating table, pooling on the floor in a gruesome testament to the struggle

constricting with each drop that fell. His heart no longer ached;

person could bleed that much. It seemed

dread. In that moment, he felt forsaken by the world, his courage slipping through his fingers like

resuscitate the breathless child while Dr. Marcus battled to save the mother. Blood flowed without restraint, from her womb, from her

save her. The flatline on the monitor, however, signaled a grim reality. With a heavy heart, he ordered the team to attempt CPR, even though he knew survival was a fleeting

its relentless flow, Dr. Marcus knew the

doorway, he caught sight of Bernard -once sturdy and unyielding-now shaking uncontrollably and sliding to the