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 daughter, though she still nodded and said, “Thank

later, Matthew arrived at the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse greeted

my

hand and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe

who Matthew Hilton was. He was a close friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited

nurse’s explanation with a nod. “I

woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself,

removed his coat and draped it over the woman

her gaze fixed on his broad back. She called out, “Thank you! How should I

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

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

closed, Matthew smirked and shook his

herself, reveling in the

faint, pleasant scent lingering on the

The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried a long, white down

boy wearing a gray and white-striped baseball uniform and cap trailed him, a pair of

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