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

magical to him—like it

it seemed as if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer

taken the twins to be his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink of a

stepfather’ felt like a declaration that was long

She had been worried all this while that Cooper might dislike them, knowing that the twins

might be an important aspect in Anna’s life,

mind was at ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids, and instead

came down with a fever, and he had a rash over

this, Anna panicked and began

take long before the root cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis for Graft

was 0.01%, but when

this disease, Anna grew faint. She

he stared at words

increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why

clutched in his hand, and he read the report once more

you related to him? Do

his stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and

would have buckled under his own weight had Anna not

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 of it in

been the past, Cooper and Anna would have been overjoyed if

now, they feared

of hours later, the DNA test

out that Callum and Cade were indeed Cooper’s biological

they were Cooper and

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

felt as if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment when he watched Sophia rot away in his

test results and bent his head,

Cade were his biological sons

was going to have to

and Anna had tears spilling down their

red as she thought about Dana’s text

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

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