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

Cooper’s blood had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth an

and the Yard twins

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

own. She had been worried all this while

aspect in Anna’s life, but so

Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids, and instead saw them as his

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

and began to consult

condition came to light; his

when it did happen, the fatality rate was at

fatality rate of this disease, Anna grew faint.

he stared at words ‘Graft versus

and the cause 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.

hospital room. His eyes then turned to the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report

related to him? Do

not related by blood, and I

he would have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached out to steady

both of them had a likely guess in mind, though it was bold for even either of them to have thought of

past, Cooper and Anna would have been overjoyed if whatever

they

the DNA test results

Callum and

they were Cooper and

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

Cooper felt as if he was transported back to the

and bent his head, letting the tears

and Cade were his biological sons all

reconciled with them, and now, he was going to have to say

one side, Callum and Anna had

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

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

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