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.

with

Mr. Palmer just suffered a cardiac arrest. We need to decide if it’s time to prepare for the inevitable. Are we waiting for complete organ failure, or

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

“Then speak to his family. They need

clenched his

Peter’s best friend,

his greatest

go would feel like a

if the family decided it was time to pull the plug,

And yet…

to believe Peter would leave like this.

man had a wife, children yet to be born,

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Chapter 0830

Peter had never been one

and walked up to Alden

What happened?” Alden asked

stayed quiet, but her entire body

that look on a doctor’s face

Twice.

when she

she lost her

inhaled sharply, bracing

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

the arms of

know… if you want to keep waiting for complete failure or if –”

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

won’t!”

firm hand on her shoulder before looking at

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