Requiem of a Broken Heart

Chapter 662:

“Last time we spoke, you mentioned trying to conceive so you could use the umbilical cord blood to help your brother,” the doctor reminded her.

“Yes, I am,” Rachel nodded quickly. “I’m doing everything I can. It won’t take long.”

But to her shock, the doctor shook his head. “You should stop.”

“What?” Rachel’s breath hitched. “What do you mean?”

“I mean… it won’t make a difference,” he said gently but firmly. “Even if you were already pregnant and delivered a perfectly healthy baby, even if the cord blood was a match, your brother wouldn’t have enough time to wait for it.”

Rachel sat frozen, her fingers gripping her hair as if trying to wake herself from a nightmare. She couldn’t accept this. She had braced herself for bad news, but hearing it spoken so plainly made it feel like the end of the world.

her head, her hair was a mess, and her eyes were red and puffy, reflecting her turmoil. She looked as if the smallest

despair threatened to consume her, she clung to a sliver of hope. “Doctor,

enough to receive the treatment. To put it plainly, he has no more than three months. And if complications arise… he may not make it through the

room for doubt. No room for hope. Jeffrey wasn’t going to survive this. How was she supposed to accept that? How could she just stand by and watch her brother

on her chest, making it hard to breathe. Her fingers

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like a cruel nightmare she couldn’t wake up from. She walked in a daze, her mind blank, her steps unsteady as

“Rachel!”

a corner, Jeffrey’s voice reached her

voice hollow, her mind still

She spun around and saw Jeffrey standing there. Panic surged through her, and she rushed toward him. “Jeffrey! Why are you out of bed?”

down. With the door closed, there was no way he could