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

to him—like it had brought

if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after

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

stepfather’ felt like a declaration

her sons as his own. She had

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

her

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 Cade’s

Anna panicked and began

cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical

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

Anna grew faint.

he stared at

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

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

related to him? Do you

stepfather. We’re not related by blood, and I have

body sway, and he would have buckled under

guess in mind, though it

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

they feared

of hours later, the DNA test results were

Callum and Cade were indeed

they were Cooper

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

if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment

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

and Cade were his biological sons all

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

and Anna had tears spilling down their

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

when she said she was going to deal with Anna once

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