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

my grandfather

in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We need to observe him for

friend of their director, Kevin, and he

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

coat and draped it over

broad back. She called out, “Thank you!

stepped into the elevator. Right before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I don't know who's ill, but you should keep yourself healthy while

out of character for

closed, Patrick smirked and shook

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

faint,

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

cap trailed

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

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