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.

about this, I’m sure he’ll

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

Cooper and the

protective of them

point, the line ‘I’m his stepfather’

She had been worried all this while that Cooper might dislike them, knowing that

aspect in Anna’s life,

hurt her kids, and instead

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 when the

and began to consult

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

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

of this disease, Anna grew faint. She stumbled

as he stared at words ‘Graft versus

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

was crestfallen 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

him? Do you have any contagious

by blood, and

under his own weight

pained expression mirrored that of Cooper’s. The both of them had a likely guess in mind, though it was

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

they feared

later, the

and Cade were indeed Cooper’s biological

they were Cooper

was that Cade was his biological son, which was why

transported back to the nightmarish moment

and bent his head, letting

Cade were his

them, and now, he was going to have to say goodbye to one

one side, Callum and Anna had tears

were rimmed red as she thought about Dana’s text message, and her mind began

when she said she was going to

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