The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 181

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Helena shot him a withering look, even as her hands trembled against Emma's unnaturally pale cheeks. "She's fading fast - we must get her medical attention immediately!"

"Emma stay awake!" Helena shouted at the top of her lungs but Emma could barely register

the words she said.

Try as she might, Emma's eyes slid shut, the pull of blissful oblivion growing too strong to resist any longer.

Just before the darkness fully claimed her, she felt the whispers of air current against her face and the piercing oscillation of helicopter blades somewhere overhead. Then nothing but silence and enveloping black reigned.

Helena watched in mounting horror as Emma's eyes fluttered shut and her body went completely limp in her arms.

"Emma?" She shook her daughter-in-law urgently, panic gripping her chest. "Emma, stay with me!"

But Emma didn't respond, her head lolling back in a way that made Helena's heart lurch. Nearby, the guards were engaging in a ferocious gunfight with the mysterious attackers, but Helena blocked it all out. Her sole focus was on the deathly still young woman cradled against

her.

'Guards! Over here, now!" She screamed over the deafening din of the battle. "Emma needs medical attention immediately!"

Two of the nearest guards broke off, racing over with their weapons raised protectively. Their eyes went wide at the sight of Emma's unconscious form.

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"Is she hit? I don't see any blood..." one of them said in a harsh whisper.

Helena shook her head tersely. "I don't know, she simply lost consciousness. But we can't wait to find out - get her to the hospital right away before it's too late!"

One called for emergency evacuation while the

utmost care.

sleek chopper descended through the smoke and chaos.

into the aircraft before any of the remaining assailants could regroup. Helena adamantly refused to be separated from her, leaving Jonathan to

stabilize their unconscious patient as Helena watched on with her heart in her throat. She clutched Emma's limp hand like a lifeline, silently begging any deity

seemed like an eternity before they were touching down on the helipad of the Hospital. Emma was immediately rushed inside, Helena hurrying

a private treatment room, Helena pulled out her phone and

thank heavens," she gasped out the moment he answered. "There's been an emergency -

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restrained emotion. When she reached the part about Emma's still undetermined condition, his anguished voice cut her off abruptly. "I'm coming there

minutes later. His usual cool poise and control was utterly shattered, his face etched

distress.

two long strides, stroking back her hair urgently." Sweetheart,

She blinked slowly, taking in

on...?" She murmured groggily.

crushed her against his chest in a searing embrace, burying his

God," he rasped out in a choked whisper, raining desperate kisses over her face and hair. "When they told

but soothed by the enveloping warmth of his

softly and teased, though her own eyes were over-bright with unshed tears. "I think the fearsome Richard

Jonathan rushed in, his practiced mask of stoicism nowhere in evidence "Where are they?

eyes for reassurance that she was indeed whole. Only when she smiled bemusedly up at him did some of the

that brokered no argument. "But first - have

at the gaggle of staff who'd averted their eyes during the family's emotional reunion. One particularly brave nurse stepped forward, her

are still underway at present, but I can assure you she's in no danger. We're just waiting for

didn't quite cut it for him. "And what of the reason for her loss

mouth to reply - just as the door opened once more to admit a tall, graying doctor in a Madison

offered the room at large. "I have the test results right here. Aside from some bumps and bruises from today's...unpleasantness,