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.”

times and pleaded,

herself to imagine the worst possible outcome.

footsteps drifted from the hospital entrance. A group of suit-clad men entered the hospital. The

ironed to perfection, making him seem even

and a pair of piercing, black eyes, the man exuded a mysterious aura. He pursed his lips tightly, giving off a commanding and unapproachable

instinctively moved back to clear a path for him as he

the cashier. They bumped into each other, and Elizabeth teetered, losing her balance. With a

met each other’s gaze, and Elizabeth shivered involuntarily

the chill. Why am I shivering under

Hilton righted Elizabeth to her feet and said coolly, “Please watch your step,

She collected her wits then and turned around, shouting, “Watch your own

one who bumped into me. What a

turned his gaze to her, only noticing that her bare

to the old-fashioned pajamas she wore, her swollen, tear-streaked

door closed, cutting short his

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