The Billionaire's Mistake

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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!"

for emergency evacuation while the

utmost care.

reverberated overhead as a sleek chopper descended through the smoke and chaos. Its side door slid open and a team of experts rappelled

of some kind and whisked her up into the aircraft before any of the remaining assailants could regroup. Helena adamantly refused to be separated from her, leaving Jonathan to coordinate with the guards

team worked swiftly 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

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

soon as she was ensconced in a private treatment room, Helena pulled out her phone and dialed

she gasped out the moment he answered. "There's been

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details, she could hear Richard's breathing go harsh with barely restrained emotion. When she reached the part about Emma's

his word, Richard burst through the treatment room doors less than fifteen minutes later. His usual cool poise and

distress.

two long strides,

eyes fluttered open at his voice. She

She murmured groggily.

chest in a searing embrace, burying his face in the

he rasped out in a choked whisper, raining desperate kisses over her face and hair. "When they told me...I thought I'd

by the enveloping warmth of his ironclad embrace. Over Richard's shoulder, she shot Helena a

her own eyes were over-bright with unshed tears. "I think the fearsome Richard Madison may have

from the doorway and a harried Jonathan rushed in, his practiced mask of stoicism nowhere in evidence

for

in a tone that brokered no argument. "But first - have the doctors looked you over? You took quite the

who'd averted their eyes during

no danger. We're just waiting

him. "And what of the reason for

second, opening her mouth to reply - just as the door opened

the test results right here. Aside from some bumps