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.”

her daughter, though she still nodded and said,

arrived at the

is my

still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has prepared a lounge

a close friend of their director, Nicolas, and he

explanation with a nod.

woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and

over the woman

gaze fixed on his broad back. She

before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I don’t know who’s ill, but you should keep yourself healthy while taking care

of concern for this stranger was out of character for Matthew. He was surprised by

elevator doors closed, Matthew smirked and shook his

his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual

breathed in the faint, pleasant scent

walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and

and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in his

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