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Ethan moved with blinding speed, subduing the attacker with a single powerful blow. The man crumpled to the floor, the knife clattering from his hand. In seconds, Ethan had him pinned, his knee pressing into the man's back as he secured his wrists.

"Maxwell!" Ethan barked into his phone. "Get in here now. And bring Dr. Bennett."

With the attacker secured, Ethan rushed to Emma's side, his movements transforming from violent to gentle in an instant. He knelt beside her, his large hand carefully examining the wound.

"Daddy..." Emma whimpered, looking up at him with tear-filled eyes. "Emmy hurts so much. Is Emmy going to die?"

The word "Daddy" from Emma's lips sent a sharp pain through my chest. Ethan had no biological claim to this child, yet he responded to the title with more tenderness than he'd ever shown our own daughter.

"Be good, don't be afraid," Ethan soothed, brushing Emma's hair from her forehead. The doctor will be here soon. Daddy is here, Emmy will be fine."

His voice carried a warmth I'd forgotten he possessed. A gentleness reserved exclusively for Victoria and her daughter.

The front door burst open as Maxwell Chen entered, followed closely by Dr. Harold Bennett. The Stone family's personal physician for twenty years, Dr. Bennett had attended Ethan since he was a pup.

His gaze landed on me briefly, noting my position on the floor where Ethan had roughly discarded

sharply. "Come here, Emmy

not sparing me a second glance as his focus remained entirely on Victoria and her daughter. The doctor hesitated, his eyes moving between

the floor, my head still spinning slightly from when Ethan had shoved me. No

with practiced efficiency. "Let me see, young lady." he

“It hurts so much!"

of Moonberry Fever Reducer from his bag, measuring a small dose into a syringe. "This will help with the pain," he explained to Emma, his

then carefully cleaned and stitched the

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enough to require stitches-yet everyone treated it like a

never left Emma's side, murmuring comforting words and gently stroking her hair. "You're so brave," he praised as Dr.

stro

little girl."

Lily's final days-how she had suffered through far worse pain with no father to comfort her, How she had endured countless needles and procedures without

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