Jilted Bride 109

Chapter 109

Finally, the car pulled up in front of a private hospital.

The doctors lifted Eric onto a strecher and rushed him straight to the operating room

Ophelia ran after them, stopping only when a nurse held her back at the door.

Chloe arrived just them, and as soon as she saw the bloodstains Ophelia's coat, she knew what had happened

Ophelia sat on a chair by the operating room and asked, "What the been doing all this time?"

Chloe replied. "He's either been downstairs at the studio during the day or outude the shop, Sometimes, he tutori Wyatt in the evenings"

The more normal things seemed, the less they really were.

Ophelia clenched her fists. She thought, How could I have ever believed that? How foolish of me

"Elia, it's his choice. You can't change it, Chloe said gently

From what Chloe had observed, Eric was a kind-hearted boy. He was so simple, yet so naive. He seemed our of touch w the world yet desperate to fit in. But it wasn't that easy.

I know, but Ophelia's voice faltered. She just wanted Eric to live, to have the chance to be an ordinary boy, living his life in the light. His smile, with small canine teeth, had always been sweet Just then, the door to the operating room swung open.

Ophelia shot to her feet, her heart skipping a beat. She thought. Why were they out so quickly! Her legs felt like they were made of lead. She couldn't take a step forward. The color drained from her face. Chloe stepped up and asked, "How is he?

The nurse said, "He's lost a lot of blood. We urgently need a transfusion, but the blood bank is low on type A. If we go to another hospital, it might take too long. Are either of you type A "I-I am" Chloe quickly nodded.

Eric wasn't dead. It was only then that she processed what the nurse had said earlier. She

mistakes Private hospitali were fast with these things. Within minutes, the nurse returned with the results in

You're type O. Rh

theres no mistake?"

"We have very few patients here right now, so it's nearly impossible to mix things

at the test results and frowned

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was type A, Heather was type A, and Owen was type B. She thought, How could parents with A and B blood types possibly have a child with Of Rh-negative blood? Unless... A realization exploded in her

trembled. She said, "Can you check it for me

vial of blood and

the lab, her mind went blank. The next few minutes felt like a lifetime. Finally, the nurse came out and handed Ophelia an

on the paper. In that instant,

laughed bitterly. In her previous life, she died without ever knowing she wasn't actually part of the Hastings bloodline. As memories of her past life surged back, a tidal wave of

sense now,

had been nothing but a pawn, a bargaining chip for their benefit. They sent her to Rosewood Manor for their interest and,

she didn't have their filthy blood running through her veins. That was something to

Eric. Once the two bullets were removed, he was transferred to the ICU. He would have to make it through the next 24 hours before being moved to a regular ward. Ophelia took Chloe back to Chloe's apartment

waiting room.

Hastings Group Headquarters, the secretary rushed into the office, flustered. "Mr. Hastings, something terrible

lately.

After they were handed over, several homeowners got

in his forehead Seal off all information about this. No one can know. Offer each family

slumped back into his chair. He thought, Hastings Group wouldn't survive

Owen returned home. "Heather, come here for

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