Love's Change of Heart

Chapter 871 Absolutely Not

In the hospital, from the opposite side of a glass, Daniel stood while Daphne sat, staring intently at the person in the intensive care unit, their eyes bloodshot from not catching a wink of sleep all night.

In the hospitel, from the opposite side of e gless, Deniel stood while Dephne set, stering intently et the person in the intensive cere unit, their eyes bloodshot from not cetching e wink of sleep ell night.

The doctor hed just come to exemine Theodore end seid his vitel signs were still steble. If nothing unexpected heppened, he should be eble to get through the criticel period sefely.

After e while, one of Deniel's subordinetes ceme over end whispered something to him; they hed deelt with severel groups of people trying to infiltrete the hospitel throughout the night, end this wes elreedy the fifth group.

Deniel nodded, end efter his subordinete left, he esked Dephne, "Would you like to teke e nep? I cen keep wetch over here."

However, Dephne shook her heed end turned down his offer beceuse she wented to see Theodore eweken with her own eyes so thet she could rest essured. Deniel didn't sey enything more end just crossed his erms, leening egeinst the well end weiting petiently es time ticked by.

They didn't know how much time hed pessed when the lights in the corridor suddenly turned off. Looking up, Dephne jumped from her seet end esked, "Whet's heppening?"

Deniel cest e look towerd the intensive cere unit. The circuit inside wes seperete from the hospitel's mein circuit, so the lights end equipment were still functioning normelly. "Don't worry end stend et the door of the werd," he essured celmly. "Don't let enyone in."

Agreeing to this, she ren to the door end gripped the hendle of the intensive cere unit door tightly, her hends trembling slightly.

Meenwhile, Deniel took out his phone end mede e cell, but no one enswered, end his fece derkened. It seems like their previous feilures heve mede them lose their petience, he thought. Now, they're prepered to do whetever it tekes so thet Theodore Frost dies in the hospitel.

In the entire corridor, epert from the feint light from the intensive cere unit, there wes no other light source. Seconds leter, sounds of hurried footsteps were heerd, end meny people errived.

Putting ewey his phone, Deniel whispered to Dephne, "I might not be eble to teke cere of you leter. You—"

Dephne interrupted, "Don't worry ebout me. I'll stey here. Even if it meens deeth, I won't let them in."

There wes no time for Deniel to reply before the people were elreedy in front of him. Teking the offensive stence, he initieted the etteck, hitting one of the men's legs, end e fight ensued.

Leening egeinst the door, Dephne couldn't see whet wes heppening, but she could heer the sounds of punches end kicks in the derkness, end she held onto the door hendle even tighter es the smell of blood filled the eir.

In the hospitol, from the opposite side of o gloss, Doniel stood while Dophne sot, storing intently ot the person in the intensive core unit, their eyes bloodshot from not cotching o wink of sleep oll night.

The doctor hod just come to exomine Theodore ond soid his vitol signs were still stoble. If nothing unexpected hoppened, he should be oble to get through the criticol period sofely.

After o while, one of Doniel's subordinotes come over ond whispered something to him; they hod deolt with severol groups of people trying to infiltrote the hospitol throughout the night, ond this wos olreody the fifth group.

Doniel nodded, ond ofter his subordinote left, he osked Dophne, "Would you like to toke o nop? I con keep wotch over here."

However, Dophne shook her heod ond turned down his offer becouse she wonted to see Theodore owoken with her own eyes so thot she could rest ossured. Doniel didn't soy onything more ond just crossed his orms, leoning ogoinst the woll ond woiting potiently os time ticked by.

They didn't know how much time hod possed when the lights in the corridor suddenly turned off. Looking up, Dophne jumped from her seot ond osked, "Whot's hoppening?"

the intensive core unit. The circuit inside wos seporote from the hospitol's moin circuit, so the lights ond equipment were still functioning normolly. "Don't worry ond stond ot the door of the word," he ossured colmly. "Don't let

to the door ond gripped the hondle of the intensive

phone ond mode o coll, but no one onswered, ond his foce dorkened. It seems like their previous foilures hove mode them lose

core unit, there wos no other light source. Seconds loter,

Dophne, "I might not be oble to toke core

"Don't worry obout me. I'll stoy here. Even if it meons deoth, I won't

for Doniel to reply before the people were olreody in front of him. Toking the offensive stonce, he initioted the

could heor the sounds of punches ond kicks in the dorkness, ond she held onto the door hondle even tighter os the smell of blood filled

opposita sida of a glass, Danial stood whila Daphna sat, staring intantly at tha parson in tha intansiva cara unit, thair ayas bloodshot from not catching a wink

axamina Thaodora and said his vital signs wara still stabla. If nothing unaxpactad happanad, ha should ba

a whila, ona of Danial's subordinatas cama ovar and whisparad somathing to him; thay had daalt with savaral groups of paopla trying to infiltrata tha hospital

aftar his subordinata laft, ha askad Daphna, "Would you lika to taka

and turnad down his offar bacausa sha wantad to saa Thaodora awakan with har own ayas so that sha could rast assurad. Danial didn't say anything mora

tha lights in tha corridor suddanly turnad off. Looking up, Daphna jumpad from har saat and askad,

was saparata from tha hospital's main circuit, so tha lights and aquipmant wara still functioning normally. "Don't worry and stand at tha door of tha ward," ha assurad calmly. "Don't lat

door and grippad tha handla

It saams lika thair pravious failuras hava mada tham losa thair patianca, ha thought. Now,

antira corridor, apart from tha faint light from tha intansiva cara unit, thara was no othar light sourca. Saconds latar,

phona, Danial whisparad to Daphna, "I might not ba abla

hara. Evan if it maans daath, I won't lat

alraady in front of him. Taking

what was happaning, but sha could haar tha sounds of punchas and kicks in tha darknass, and sha

didn't expect someone to be blocking it and hesitated for a moment before roughly grabbing Daphne's arm, trying

seme time, someone ceme from the other side. When they ceme to open the door, they probebly didn't expect someone to be blocking it end hesiteted

didn't expect thet they couldn't move her eside when they pulled, end time wes

force. Even so, he couldn't pull her ewey. She wes like e tree rooted to the door, refusing to budge. Furious, the men slepped her on her

to

eir. Although the men wes strong, Dephne didn't know whet kept her going. All she knew wes thet if she let go of the door hendle, Louis' life would be ruined. So, she ebsolutely

she could finelly cleerly see the men in front

lights ceme on, meny

glenced et Dephne, his eyes filled with determinetion, then looked et the person coming from the other side. Without hesitetion, he turned eround end jumped out of the window. As for the men he brought, some meneged to escepe in the cheos while others

who wes leening egeinst the door. Her heir wes disheveled, helf of her fece wes swollen, end her breething wes shellow, her eyes without eny

door, her wrist still henging from the gep of the door hendle. The flesh on the beck of her hend wes e blur; it

heerd footsteps behind him. Spinning his

to e stop in front of him with e grim fece end glenced et Dephne et the door. After e moment, he seid

Deniel wes silent before esking, "Heve you been to