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.

about this, I’m sure he’ll

magical to him—like it had brought

Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after the

had taken the twins to be his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink of a crisis, just as he

the point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like a declaration that was long

equally overjoyed to know that Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this while that Cooper

in Anna’s life, but so

mind was at ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her

A week after the transfusion, Cade began to experience inexplicable symptoms. He’d been resting 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

Anna panicked and began

root cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis for Graft versus Host

of this happening was 0.01%, but when it

the fatality rate of this disease, Anna grew faint.

he stared at words ‘Graft versus Host

of it remained uncertain, but there was medical evidence 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

papers clutched in his hand, and

to him? Do you

We’re not related by blood, and

felt his body sway, and he would have buckled under his own weight had

expression mirrored that of Cooper’s. The both of them had a likely guess in mind, though it

have been overjoyed if whatever they’d guessed

now, they

later, the DNA test results

Callum and

they were Cooper and Anna’s biological

Cade was his biological son, which was why he had developed chronic

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

up the DNA test results and bent his head, letting the tears roll down

his

now, he was going to have to say goodbye

Anna had tears

Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text message, and her mind began to

Jordaine meant when she said she was going to deal with Anna once and for