Chapter 3 Heartache

Hector had barely finished his sentence when the patient monitor began to beep.

Matthew replied, “I heard you, Grandpa. I’ll marry the eldest daughter of the Wade family.”

He wanted to reassure his grandfather.

Nicolas and some hospital staff had arrived then and began giving him emergency treatment. They eventually wheeled Hector to the ICU.

Meanwhile, Elizabeth frantically peppered the ICU staff with questions.

“When can my daughter leave the ICU? Can I go in to accompany her?”

Her anxiety was palpable, and her eyes reddened, threatened by a fresh wave of tears.

The nurse answered, “She needs to stay in the hospital overnight for observation. You can come back in twenty-four hours. We’ll take good care of her.”

going to leave the hospital without her

the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse

is my grandfather

in a critical condition, Mr.

close friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years.

explanation with a nod.

and he noticed that a woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her head buried between her knees. It

his coat and draped it over

her gaze fixed on his broad back.

I don’t know who’s ill, but you should keep yourself healthy while taking care

was out of character for Matthew.

elevator doors closed, Matthew smirked and shook his

pulled his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual warmth of

the faint, pleasant scent lingering on

the elevator doors opened and out walked two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and

uniform and cap trailed him, a pair

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