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.

I’m sure he’ll

to him—like it had brought forth

as if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after the

albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink of a crisis, just as he

point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’

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

be an important aspect in Anna’s life, but so were her

her kids,

one could have foreseen what happened next. 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

this, Anna panicked and

condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis for Graft versus Host

but when it did

of this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed

in utter disbelief as he stared at words ‘Graft

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

hand, and he read the report once more in bewilderment. His mind was

him? Do you have any contagious

not related by blood, and I

body sway, and he would have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached out

mirrored 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

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

now, they feared

couple of hours later, the DNA test results

Callum and

fact, they were Cooper and Anna’s

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

as if he was transported back to the nightmarish

and bent his head,

his

was going to have

side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling down

thought seized Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text

Jordaine meant when she said she was going to