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 turn green with

to him—like it had brought forth an incandescent glow from

it seemed as if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown

be his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink of a crisis, just as he did when

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

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

in Anna’s life, but so

Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids, and instead

in the hospital when he came down with a fever, and he had a rash over his skin. These were followed by symptoms of

panicked and began to consult

of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned

of this happening was 0.01%, but when it did happen, the

rate of this disease, Anna grew

disbelief as he

recipient could increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why hospitals refused to allow patients to receive blood

the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report once more in bewilderment. His mind was completely blank, save for the snippet of the conversation from the hospital

you related to him? Do

not related by blood, and I have no contagious

buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached out

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

have been overjoyed

now, they

later, the

turned out that Callum and Cade were indeed

were Cooper

was that Cade was his biological son,

back to the nightmarish moment when he watched Sophia rot

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

were his

had only just reconciled with them, and now, he was going to have to say goodbye to one

one side, Callum and Anna

Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she thought about

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

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