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.

this, I’m sure he’ll

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

the Yard twins had grown closer after

felt protective of them at the brink of

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

Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this while

aspect in Anna’s life, but so

her kids, and instead saw them

and he had a rash over his

Anna panicked and began to

light; his

happening was 0.01%, but when it did

disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed into Cooper’s

as he stared at words ‘Graft

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

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

him? Do you have any contagious

related by blood, and

under his own weight had Anna not reached

guess in mind, though it was bold for even either of them to have

would have been overjoyed if whatever they’d guessed

they

hours later, the DNA

that Callum and Cade

they were Cooper and Anna’s biological

but what he did know was that Cade was his biological son, which was why he

to the nightmarish moment when

bent his head, letting the tears

Cade were his biological sons all

was going to have to say goodbye

Callum and Anna had tears spilling

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

was what Jordaine meant when she said she was going to

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