Bella froze. She slowly turned and met the man's dark eyes as her heart thudded heavily inside her chest.

Justin clenched his fists beside him, and Bella could feel the tension radiating off him.

"Oh... Justin."

Grant cleared his throat to explain himself, as if they were guilty of hiding something from him. "Don't overthink this. I just came across Ms. Thompson at the hospital entrance. I wasn't feeling well, and I asked her to help me upstairs."

"Dear brother, pray tell, what could I be overthinking?"

Justin's lips curled in an attempt to smile. However, it came across as a grimace. "You're my big brother, and Bella is your sister-in-law. We're family. She was only doing her sisterly duty."

As he said this, he strode over to Bella and gently took over the wheelchair handles. "Let me take care of this."

"Thank you, Justin," Grant said with a tight smile.

Justin bent down and whispered into his ear, "You're my big brother. It's the least I can do."

was anxiously discussing Carrie's condition with the attending

his wheelchair but desperately

well. Why did you come here so late at

so I came to check on her. I happened

his eyebrows. "Dad, how is

face wrought with tension, as Justin gripped her

your sister. But we can't carry on like this. Carrie was already depressed. After receiving such a big shock, I'm

father's distress. After careful consideration, he suggested. "In the worst-case scenario, we'll have to resort to

and Paul looked at each other

doses of electric currents to the patient. When I served in the peacekeeping forces, many soldiers

the thought as

lingering side effects?"

as time passes, she will lose some triggering memories.

method," Grant countered, frowning and shaking his head. "Is erasing memories the only way

in shock. She never expected this man to

two brothers locked eyes, as if two invisible forces were

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