My Stand-In Groom Is A Secret Tycoon by Lydia Pierce

Audrey froze for a moment, her eyes trembling slightly.

But Miles was already at the edge of breaking down. As soon as he finished speaking, he buried his head in his knees, his thin frame curled in on itself as he cried silently.

A pang of sympathy shot through Audrey's chest. 'So this is the woman I've never met... my mother,' she thought, feeling a bittersweet ache settle deep within her.

Audrey hesitated, then reached out slowly, touching Miles's back gently. "It's okay. It'll be okay," she whispered.

Medicine was so advanced, and there still would be a chance.

But her words only seemed to undo Miles further. Tears streamed down his face, releasing all the helplessness and bitterness he'd been holding back.

On the third floor of the hospital's inpatient wing, Audrey and Miles rushed toward his father, Peter. He was clutching a doctor's hand, begging desperately.

Peter was desperate, clutching the doctor's arm with both hands, his voice breaking. "Doctor, please, you have to do something. My wife... she needs more time. She hasn't even lived to see her kids grow up." "Dad..." Miles' voice cracked as he rushed forward, grabbing Peter's trembling arm.

The doctor, visibly uncomfortable, gently pried Peter's grip loose but couldn't hide the pity in his eyes. "Mr. Harper, I'm really sorry, but there's nothing more we can do here. The best thing you can do is bring her home and let her rest peacefully." When Peter and Miles heard this, their eyes revealed a trace of pain simultaneously.

voice breaking as he pleaded, "There has to be something, please. She's

pity, but he held firm. "Mr. Harper, as hard as it is to hear, any surgery at this point would

weight of despair.

just want to save my wife. Why does it have to be so

there's another option. You could try St. Johnson Hospital in Riverdale. Dr. Grant, the head there, is one of the best specialists in this field." Peter

hospital, and the costs are four times higher than ours. And Mr. Fletcher is very well-known; even an average appointment could take months to schedule. In your situation, you may not

lit up with a glimmer of

promise a cure, but Dr. Grant is the best oncologist in the country. If anyone can give you

transfer her. Right now,"

for their release had already been prepared, as the hospital had planned

they were discharged, Audrey overheard a conversation between Peter and

of money,

that. Even if I have to sell everything, I'm not giving up

you been skipping school? No matter what happens, you still need to focus on your studies. Once we settle your mom's transfer, you'll go back to class and stay on track." Miles

the heart to tell his father that he'd gone to find Eliza. Neither Peter nor Jessica could handle