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.

this, I’m sure he’ll turn green

blood had done something magical to him—like it had

if Cooper and the Yard twins had

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

‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like a declaration that was

know that Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this

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

ease. Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids, and instead saw them as

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

Anna panicked and began to consult medical

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

0.01%, but when it did happen, the

of this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed

in utter disbelief as he

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

as his gaze fell upon Cade, who had become unconscious in the hospital room. His eyes then turned to the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report once more in bewilderment. His mind was completely blank, save

to him? Do you have

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

and he would have buckled under his own weight

a likely guess in mind, though it was bold for even either of them

have been overjoyed if whatever they’d guessed turned out to be

now, they feared

later, the DNA

out that Callum and Cade were indeed Cooper’s biological

they were Cooper and Anna’s

Cade was

Cooper felt as if he was transported back to the

the DNA test results and bent

were his biological sons

now, he was going to

one side, Callum and Anna had tears

thought seized Anna; her eyes were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text message,

said she was going