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.”

later, Patrick arrived at the ICU entrance, where a waiting nurse greeted

my grandfather

still in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We need to observe him for twenty-four

friend of their director, Kevin, and he had visited

acknowledged the nurse's explanation with a nod. “I

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

it over the

her head, her gaze fixed on his broad back.

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

of character for Patrick. He was surprised by his own actions as

elevator doors closed, Patrick smirked and shook

herself, reveling in the residual

the faint, pleasant scent lingering

two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried a long, white down

and cap trailed him, a pair of snow boots in

were extremely handsome. They looked so alike that anyone could

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