Chapter 680:

He had taken that bullet for her, hadn’t he?

The more she thought about it, the heavier her limbs felt, her legs weighted down as if they no longer belonged to her.

“It’s better if you don’t look,” Jacob said, now in clean clothes. “The hospital staff will keep an eye on him. You need to rest. If anything goes wrong, you’ll be the one who has to notify his family.”

“What’s the likelihood of him pulling through without any complications?” Freya asked, her voice barely above a whisper.

Jacob didn’t sugarcoat the truth. “Less than one in a thousand.”

That single remark sent Freya spiraling into despair.

Less than one in a thousand… It meant Kristian might never wake again—or worse, survive with irreversible damage to his central nervous system.

The very thought was a bitter pill to swallow, even for her—let alone for his family.

she

so anxious. Lawrence is one of the best in the field,” Jacob added, his tone more conversational than usual when speaking to her. “With his prior research, there’s a chance Kristian might actually

certainly made notable strides in both psychiatry

condition… she couldn’t help

standing a short distance away, listened in silence. After letting out a heavy breath, he stepped forward. “Thanks for

you confident you can save

don’t really have any

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Freya remained silent.

He wasn’t wrong.

for Lawrence to prove

up on her behalf. “Be honest, Lawrence. How confident

didn’t want

the truth, the one billion we discussed could

given the amount was still significant, he answered, “Fifty percent. Though I can’t say how long the treatment

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