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

my grandfather

is still in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We

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

the nurse's explanation with a nod. “I

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

and draped it over the woman before heading for the

broad back. She

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

out of character for

doors closed, Patrick smirked and

coat tighter around herself, reveling in the

in the faint, pleasant

boy walking

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

to their chiseled features, both boys were extremely handsome. They looked so alike

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