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

blood had done something magical to him—like it had brought forth

if Cooper and the Yard twins

be his own, albeit subconsciously. He felt protective of them at

‘I’m his stepfather’ felt

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

aspect in Anna’s

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

foreseen what 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

and began

didn’t take long before the root cause of Cade’s condition came to light; his medical report returned with a diagnosis

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

this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled and collapsed

he

and the cause 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

clutched in his hand, and he read the report once more in bewilderment. His mind was completely blank, save for

to him? Do you have

by blood, and I have no

have buckled under his own weight had Anna not reached

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

Anna would have

they

the DNA test results were

turned out that Callum and Cade were indeed

fact, they were Cooper and Anna’s biological

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

transported back to the nightmarish moment when he watched Sophia

up the DNA test results and bent his head, letting the tears

Cade were his biological sons

with them, and now, he was

and Anna had tears

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

meant when she said she was

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