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.

hopelessly, his voice breaking as he pleaded, "There has to be something, please. She's only in her forties; she hasn't even

as hard as it is to hear, any surgery at this point would only cause her more suffering. Taking her home might let

as his body sagged, collapsing under the weight of despair. If Miles hadn't been holding him, he

does it have to be so impossible?'

Johnson Hospital in Riverdale. Dr. Grant, the head there, is one of the

said cautiously, "St. Johnson is a private hospital, and the costs are four times higher than ours. And Mr. Fletcher is very well-known; even an average appointment

up with a glimmer of hope. "Can Mr. Fletcher actually cure this

but Dr. Grant is the best oncologist in the country. If anyone can give you

now,"

the hospital had planned for them

a conversation

of money, aren't we?" Miles asked

I have to sell everything, I'm not giving up your mom," Peter

school? No matter what happens, you still need to focus on your studies. Once we settle your mom's transfer, you'll go

that he'd gone to find Eliza. Neither