Chapter 2 Hector Hilton Awakens

Six years later, Elizabeth sped to Mistwood’s Ferguson Hospital in her secondhand Carter. It was ten o’clock at night.

She hastily parked her car in front of the hospital entrance despite the security guard’s warnings.

Elizabeth lifted her daughter from the front passenger seat and dashed into the hospital.

The security guard failed to stop her from entering the hospital, and he barked, “Just wait till I clamp your car. Let’s see what you’ll do then!”

Bare-footed and still clad in her pajamas, Elizabeth couldn’t think straight. She could hardly hear a thing. Instead, she ran to the emergency department with her daughter in her arms. Her whole body shook with anxiety.

“Doctor, please, you have to save my daughter. Her temperature is so high that she’s seizing up!” Elizabeth pleaded tearfully.

A doctor hurriedly took the child from her arms and reassured her, “You can wait outside. We’ll treat her right away.”

Then, a nurse led Elizabeth out of the emergency room and said, “You can make payment first. Here’s the receipt. Your daughter will need to be warded for observation, possibly in the ICU.”

pleaded, “Okay. Please save my

damages her brain? She could not bring herself to imagine the worst possible outcome. Instead, she headed to the cashier, tears blurring

entrance. A group of suit-clad men entered the hospital. The tallest of the

a black coat ironed to perfection, making

pair of piercing, black eyes, the man exuded a

a path for

continued rushing to the cashier. They bumped into each other, and Elizabeth teetered, losing her balance. With a slight frown, the man extended a long arm and wrapped it around her slender waist, stopping her from

Elizabeth shivered involuntarily at

the deep of winter, and I can hardly feel the chill. Why am I shivering under his gaze? What the heck is he made of? Pure

feet and said coolly, “Please watch your

Matthew entered the elevator. She collected her wits then and turned around, shouting,

bumped into me. What a

from the elevator. He turned his gaze to her, only noticing that her bare feet were red from

the old-fashioned pajamas she wore, her swollen, tear-streaked eyes, and her messy

door closed, cutting short

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