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

had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth an incandescent

seemed as if Cooper and the Yard twins had grown closer after

his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them

the line ‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like

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

important aspect in Anna’s life, but

Cooper wouldn’t hurt her kids,

He’d been resting in the hospital when he came down with a fever, and he had a rash over his skin. These were

and began

cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis for Graft versus Host Disease, otherwise

was 0.01%, but when it

the fatality rate of this disease, Anna

Cooper was in utter disbelief as he stared at

and 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 from those who

His eyes then turned to the papers clutched in his hand, and he read the report once

Do

not related by blood, and I have

under his own

in mind, though it was bold for even either

this had been the past, Cooper and Anna would have been

now, they feared

of hours later, the DNA test results

that Callum and Cade were indeed Cooper’s

Cooper

was that Cade was his biological son, which was

was transported back to the nightmarish moment when he

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

his biological sons all

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

and Anna had tears spilling

were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text

this was what Jordaine meant when she said she

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