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…”

heart plunged into an abyss of despair, the world around him falling deathly silent

darkness as if he were falling off a cliff, only to be yanked back at

now like a lion in fury, released The doctor with a shove and stormed into the OR, heedless of any protocol.

floor in a gruesome testament to

drop that fell. His heart

never realized a person could bleed that

back, frozen at the threshold, his imposing frame reduced to a picture of solitary dread. In that moment, he felt

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

forehead slick with sweat, switched clamp after clamp in a desperate bid to save her. The flatline on the monitor, however, signaled a grim reality. With a heavy heart, he ordered the

to cease its relentless flow, Dr. Marcus knew the battle was lost. After a solemn pause, he ceased his efforts.

caught sight of Bernard -once sturdy and unyielding-now shaking uncontrollably