Love's Change of Heart

After Leanna was done feeding the boy, Aidan took him away.

Reminded of what happened earlier, she said, "Don't bully him."

Aidan said, "That should be the other way around."

He then took the boy to the garden.

The boy lay on Aidan’s back, staring at his mother melancholically.

Naomi said, "Don't worry.He knows what he's doing."

Leanna looked away and smiled.

"I know."

Aidan was a softie, and he wouldn't say what he was really feeling out loud.

After breakfast, Leanna was about to do the dishes, but Waylen coughed.

"Umm, come with me.We need to talk."

"We'll talk after..."

Naomi took the dishes from Leanna.

"Go.I'll handle this."

She went into the kitchen.

Leanna looked away and wiped her hand, then she followed Waylen out.

She muttered, "What's wrong?"

Waylen rubbed his neck.

"Sorry if I said the wrong thing."

Leanna smiled.

"It's alright."

Waylen said, "But I was serious about you guys getting another kid.An infant's cord blood is filled with stem cells, and those are the seeds of life.They can turn into all kinds of cells the human body needs—blood cells, nerve cells, bone cells, you name it."

He continued, "And there are hematopoietic stem cells in cord blood too.It can build the immune system, and it'll be great for the boy's treatment.Maybe you'll get something more out of it too."

for a

"Is that true?"

Waylen nodded.

tried everything else but

with hope, but the next second,

in the

we can find a matching one, it won't do much good

hung her head low and whispered, "You need the cord blood of someone related to

Waylen nodded.

"That's the idea."

mysteriously asked, "Is this because of Aidan? Tell me.I'm

like a scam to me.She forced

that.When I was pregnant with the boy, the doctor

Waylen frowned.

so? Give me your hand.I

hand and Waylen checked her pulse, then a frown

frown, Leanna knew what

later, Waylen pulled

game of chance here.If you nurse your health

"How?"

injections, workouts, early sleep schedule, work less, don't stress yourself

long is that going

a single day, that's for sure.Can't tell you the exact time frame

"No.I can do this."

at her family

is the only thing I can do

come up with a prescription,

Leanna looked away.

Aidan just yet.I'll look for a chance to bring this up to

is going to take

looked at the

the boy

Leanna nodded.

"Okay."

a while before going back to her room.She took out her draft book and flipped through the

she closed up the book and stood beside

in the garden while Aidan was crouched down beside him, the look

to be paying attention to the boy, but every time the

was running

was falling, he would lean on Aidan's legs and adjust his position before

heartwarming scene, but it looked fine nonetheless.It was the kind of bond only Aidan and the boy would have.She smiled and took her phone out to make