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.”

the ICU entrance, where

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files in her hand and replied, “Old Mr. Lowen is still in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We need to observe

Kevin, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily

explanation with

of the room. She hugged herself, with her toes curled

it over the

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

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

out of character for Patrick. He was surprised by his

the elevator doors closed, Patrick smirked and

his coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual warmth of his

in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on

young boys. The boy walking in front wore

a gray and white-striped baseball uniform and cap

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

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