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.

Callum finds out about this, I’m sure he’ll

was as if Cooper’s blood had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth an

the Yard twins had grown closer after

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

point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’ felt like a declaration that was long

the other hand, was equally overjoyed to know that Cooper had accepted her sons as his own. She had been worried all this while that

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

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

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

panicked and began to

light; his medical report

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

rate of this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed into Cooper’s

disbelief as he stared at words ‘Graft versus Host

of it remained uncertain, but 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 to allow patients to

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

you related to him? Do

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

have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached out to

in mind, though it

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

they feared

couple of hours later, the DNA

out that Callum and Cade were indeed

Cooper

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

felt as if he was transported back to the nightmarish moment

test results and bent his head,

were his biological sons all

just reconciled with them, and now, he was

side, Callum and Anna had tears spilling

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

what Jordaine meant when she said she was going