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.

about this, I’m sure

as if Cooper’s blood had done something magical to him—like

and the Yard twins had grown closer

albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at the brink

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

know that Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this while that Cooper might dislike them, knowing that the twins had Jordan’s genes

aspect in Anna’s life, but

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

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

panicked and began to consult

his medical report returned

was 0.01%, but when it did happen, the fatality rate was at

seeing the fatality rate of this disease, Anna

was in utter disbelief as he stared at words ‘Graft

there was medical evidence to suggest that blood relation between the donor and the recipient could increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why hospitals refused

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

you related to him? Do you

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

sway, and he would have buckled under his own weight had

though it was bold for even either of them to

past, Cooper and Anna would have been overjoyed if whatever they’d guessed turned out to be

now, they

couple of hours later, the DNA test results were

Callum and Cade were indeed

Cooper and

Cade was his biological son, which was why he had developed chronic GvHD after

if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment when he

results and bent his head, letting the tears roll

were his

he was

one side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling

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

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