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.”

arrived at the ICU entrance, where a waiting

is my grandfather

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

a close friend of their director, Kevin, and he had visited

acknowledged the nurse's explanation with

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

removed his coat and draped it over the woman before heading for the

head, her gaze fixed on his broad back. She called out, “Thank you! How

stepped into the elevator. Right before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I

of character for Patrick. He was

the elevator doors closed, Patrick smirked and

herself, reveling in the residual

breathed in the faint, pleasant scent lingering on the

out walked two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker,

cap trailed him, a

They looked so alike that anyone could tell they were twins at first

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