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.”

hospital without her daughter, though

arrived at the ICU

is my

and replied, “ Hector is still in a critical condition, Mr. Hilton. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours. The director has prepared a

friend of their director, Nicolas, and he had visited his grandfather at the

acknowledged the nurse’s explanation

the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with

over the woman before heading

broad back. She called out, “Thank you! How should

into the elevator. Right 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

doors closed, Matthew smirked and

reveling in the residual warmth

in the faint, pleasant scent

walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried a long,

wearing a gray and white-striped baseball uniform and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in his

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