A Replacement Bride

Chapter 252

At this moment, Joaquin came over and sat down beside Noah. He carried her, placed her on his lap, and hugged her tightly. "It's true, Noah. We have the cure for your illness. You'll recover soon."

Noah was over the moon when she heard the news, but her smile quickly turned upside down. "But I remember that I had leukemia. I heard that I needed someone with the same bone marrow as mine to help me. Also, only my family, who is related to me by blood, would have the same bone marrow as mine."

At this point, she lowered her head slightly. The light in her gaze dimmed, and her tone became a little muffled as she added, "Mom, your bone marrow is different from mine, so you can't help me. And my daddy..."

Joaquin felt his heart pang when he saw Noah's downtrodden expression. He parted his mouth and wanted to tell her the truth right there and then. But, on second thought, Noah might be having the surgery soon, and she should be calm before she enters the surgical suite. Hence, he pursed his lips and forced the words down his throat.

He took a deep breath and comforted her, "Noah, you don't have to worry about this. Just remember that we will be with you at all times. We'll do our best to cure your illness." He wrapped his big palm around her little hand as he spoke and squeezed it gently. His voice became even more sympathetic, and encouragement filled his eyes.

"Don't worry. Your mom and I will be here with you. All you have to do is be strong, okay?"

When Noah heard his uplifting words, she raised her head to look at Katherine, then Joaquin, and then nodded solemnly. "Okay. Mom, Daddy, don't worry. I'll be strong. I believe in you and also myself."

Katherine felt a surge of warmth in her heart when she saw this scene before her. There was a hint of fondness in her usually stern gaze.

Right then, Keith strode to them with the test results. "Kathy, all the indicators of Noah's condition are within a stable value. She can go into the operating theater now."

Katherine nodded lightly upon hearing this. The longer the toxin stayed in Noah's body, the more dangerous it would become. She knew she could not delay the treatment any longer, which was why she asked Keith to bring the antidote to the hospital today.

operating room, followed by Keith and

her. "Kathy, you should rest. I assure you that the antidote is fine, and Noah will not be in pain during the process. I'll send Noah back to you, fully cured. In the meantime, you should

Joaquin was Noah's biological father, the bone marrow of the parents might not be

on forcing herself into the operating room. Instead, she watched helplessly as Keith walked into the room that held

at her tense side profile. "Don't

sharply and nodded lightly but

any time soon, so he squeezed her fingers and said gently, "Wait here. I'll go to the doctor to do a bone marrow match. The faster

never leaving the

...

Keith came out of the operating room, followed by doctors, nurses, and Noah lying on the mobile

jolted up from the bench, scurried over, and went straight to Noah. She frowned when she saw Noah's

Kathy. I promised you that I would bring Noah out intact, and now

the bone marrow test and would receive the results in two days. His eyes were filled with worry when he glanced at Noah's tightly shut eyes. "When will she wake up? Has the poison in

chin proudly.

already been injected. The dose of the antidote is relatively large

awake yet?" Joaquin pressed for