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.

finds out about this, I’m sure he’ll turn green with

Cooper’s blood had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth an incandescent glow from

as if Cooper and the

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

the point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like a

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

important aspect in Anna’s life, but so

at ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids,

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

and began to consult

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

but when

this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and

was in utter disbelief as he stared at

the donor and the recipient could increase the risk of the latter developing GvHD. It was the reason why hospitals refused to allow

clutched in his hand, and

related to him? Do you have

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

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

them had a likely guess in mind, though it was

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

now, they feared

the DNA test

that Callum and Cade

Cooper and

behind this mishap, but what he did know was that Cade was

as if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment when he watched Sophia

DNA test results and bent his head, letting the tears

Cade were his biological

he was going to have to say goodbye to one of

side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling down their

a sudden thought seized Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she

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