My Dreamy Old Husband

Anna tried her best to keep herself from falling apart, but she was still shaking all over. Her trembling hands were stained with Cade’s blood, which still felt warm on her skin.

She thought about the time when Cade was kidnapped as a child. The men who had taken him wanted to throw him down to his death right before her eyes.

Anna remembered distinctly the fear that gripped her when she saw Cade’s little body being lifted high above the ground, about to be brought down to his death at any given moment.

She could still picture the scene clearly, as if it had been ingrained into the deepest recesses of her mind. The memory still haunted her to this day.

Just then, a strong pair of arms encircled her, pulling her into a comforting embrace. Cooper held her close and murmured, “It’s okay. He’ll be alright. Nothing’s going to happen to him.”

There was an intense ringing in her ears. Her lips trembled, and she found herself unable to word out whatever it was that she was thinking.

Then, an urgent voice resonated next to her, saying, “We’ve removed the bullet and he’s no longer in danger, but he’s lost a lot of blood. He needs a transfusion immediately, but we’ve received too many patients today, and right now, we’re short on supply for blood type A.”

Cooper answered hurriedly, “That’s my blood type. Let me do the transfusion.”

“Are you related to him? Do you have any contagious diseases?”

“I’m his stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and I have no contagious diseases.”

“Then follow me, please.”

Without a second thought, Cooper hastily traipsed after the nurse.

It didn’t take long for the transfusion to be done, and after Cade woke up, the three of them made their way back to Ronney City.

Cade recovered well enough upon their return. There was color in his cheeks now, and he looked happy, too.

Cooper had given him a blood transfusion.

He beamed at the thought—Cooper’s blood now runs in my veins!

This means that I’m practically related to Cooper by blood.

He couldn’t be happier or more honored about this.

However, he couldn’t help but feel disappointed at the same time. It would be perfect if Cooper were my biological father.

out about this, I’m sure he’ll turn

had done something magical to him—like it had brought

if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after the

own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective

stepfather’ felt

sons as his own. She had been worried all this while that Cooper might

aspect in Anna’s life,

was at ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her

in the hospital when he came down with a fever, and he had a rash over his skin. These were followed by symptoms of gastrointestinal inflammation two days later, and when the medical report came back, it showed that Cade’s total blood count

Anna panicked and began to

didn’t take long before the root cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with

of this happening was 0.01%, but when

Anna

in utter disbelief as he stared at words ‘Graft versus

to suggest that blood relation between the donor and the recipient could increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why hospitals refused to allow patients to receive blood transfusions from those who were directly related to

crestfallen as his gaze fell upon Cade, who had become unconscious in the hospital room. His eyes then turned to the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report

Do you have any

stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and I have

have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached

that of Cooper’s. The both of them had a likely guess in mind, though it was bold for even either of them to have thought

this had been the past, Cooper and Anna would have been overjoyed if whatever they’d

now, they feared

couple of hours later, the DNA test results

turned out that Callum and Cade were indeed

fact, they were Cooper and Anna’s biological

behind this mishap, but what he did know was that Cade was his biological son, which was why he had developed chronic GvHD after the

uncovered the truth, Cooper felt as if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment

results and bent his head, letting the

were his

was going to have to say goodbye to one of

one side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling down

were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text message,

meant when she said she was going