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.”

hour later, Patrick arrived at the ICU entrance,

my grandfather

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

knew who Patrick Lowen was. He was a close friend of their director, Kevin, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years.

acknowledged the nurse's explanation with a

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

coat and draped it over the woman before heading for

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

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

for this stranger was out of character for

doors closed, Patrick smirked and shook his

coat tighter around herself, reveling in the residual warmth

in the faint, pleasant scent

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

and cap

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

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