No Strings Attached

After a thorough discussion, the medical team decided to prioritize saving the baby. Clara's injuries were not fatal. However, if the baby wasn't delivered soon, its chances of survival were slim. Forty minutes into the surgery, the baby was born.

Upon seeing his child for the first time, lan's tears flowed once again. He stared at the tiny figure in the doctor's hands. The small being had its eyes closed, and brows furrowed tightly as if in great discomfort. lan immediately asked, "How's the baby?"

The obstetrician replied, "It's too early to say. We need to stabilize the baby first and then see."

lan clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his neck bulging visibly. His heart was tense as if he was walking through an abyss without a glimpse of light.

Another hour passed. Ian was informed that the baby had been stabilized but, due to being premature, needed to be placed in an incubator.

Clara had two broken ribs and, along with significant blood loss, was currently unconscious. Casey had suffered severe head trauma, potentially leaving him in a vegetative state.

Hearing this, lan felt like he himself had turned into a vegetative state, sitting motionlessly on a chair.

Clara and the baby were safe, but Clara's beloved father might never wake up again. To be with lan, Clara had almost lost her child and her own life, and her father almost fell into a coma.

find more reasons to keep Clara by his side, the reality was staring him in the face, and he had to admit that all he had brought Clara was

May her life

Clara to much injustice and harm, nearly costing her life several

end up in a vegetative state because of

doing. If Clara hadn't been with him, her life

accident might never have happened if he had heeded

his love for Clara, unwilling to part with her, yet in the end, he had

on this, lan clasped

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the best way to protect Clara

outside the

sorrow. "Ian,

lifted his head. His eyes were alarmingly red, and his voice was choked with emotion as he said,