Chapter 0830

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Alden held Celeste tightly as she wept, her body trembling against his. It felt like a part of her was being ripped away. It had already been a week, and still, there were no signs of Peter waking up.

The swelling in his brain had gone down, but for some unknown reason, there was no neurological activity.

Then, out of nowhere, the machines connected to Peter started blaring.

Alarms.

Warning signals.

Alden immediately rushed out to call the nurses and doctors. Within seconds, a team stormed into the room. The medical staff ordered everyone to clear the area, forcing Celeste and Alden to watch from the doorway as they began CPR.

Dr. Wagner had been reviewing Peter’s case in his office, desperately searching for any reason why he wasn’t responding. No matter how many tests they ran, they found nothing.

That’s when his phone rang.

A call from the ICU.

He picked up immediately.

“I’m on my way,” he said, grabbing his coat and heading straight to the fifth floor.

Outside the ICU, Celeste and Alden waited anxiously.

The sight of them–pale, exhausted, their hope hanging by a thread–made Wagner’s frustration deepen.

This wasn’t how things were supposed to go.

But life never followed anyone’s plans.

approached him with a

suffered a cardiac arrest. We need to decide if it’s time to prepare for the inevitable. Are we waiting for complete organ

I’ll tell you this–he’s still in there. If he weren’t fighting, he would’ve left

speak to his family. They need

his jaw.

Peter’s best friend,

was his greatest achievement in

would feel like a

it was time to pull

And yet…

believe Peter

had a wife, children yet to be born, a grown

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Chapter 0830

Peter had never been one to

exhaled and walked up

What

her entire

had seen that look on a

Twice.

when she

once when she lost

inhaled sharply,

“Your father just suffered a heart attack. The medical team monitoring him… they don’t believe he’s going

arms of her

if you want to keep waiting

He promised me! And I promised him that I’d be here until the end! I won’t accept nplugging

won’t!”

a firm hand on her shoulder before looking at

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