Hector had barely finished his sentence when the patient monitor began to beep.

Patrick replied, “I heard you, Grandpa. I'll marry the eldest daughter of the Ashton family.”

He wanted to reassure his grandfather.

Kevin and some hospital staff had arrived then and began giving him emergency treatment. They eventually wheeled Hector to the ICU.

Meanwhile, Gwendolyn frantically peppered the ICU staff with questions.

“When can my daughter leave the ICU? Can I go in to accompany her?”

Her anxiety was palpable, and her eyes reddened, threatened by a fresh wave of tears.

The nurse answered, “She needs to stay in the hospital overnight for observation. You can come back in twenty-four hours. We'll take good care of her.”

Gwendolyn was hardly going to leave the hospital without her daughter, though she still nodded and said, “Thank you.”

at the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse greeted

is my grandfather

the files in her hand and replied, “Old Mr. Lowen is still in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We need to observe him for twenty-four hours.

He was a close friend of their director, Kevin, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past

explanation with a nod.

that, and he noticed that a woman hunched over in the corner of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled and her

and draped it over the woman before heading for the

fixed on his broad back. She called out, “Thank you! How should

before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I don't

show of concern for this stranger was out of character for Patrick. He was

elevator doors closed, Patrick smirked and

coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual

and breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on

The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he

white-striped baseball uniform and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in

were extremely handsome. They looked so alike that anyone could tell they were twins

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