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 other carefully lifted Emma from Helena's arms,

utmost care.

minutes, the sound of helicopter blades reverberated overhead as a sleek chopper descended through the smoke and chaos. Its side door slid open

a tray 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

her heart in her throat. She clutched Emma's limp hand like a lifeline, silently begging any deity that would

the Hospital. Emma was immediately rushed inside, Helena hurrying anxiously alongside

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

answered. "There's been an emergency - an attack in

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

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

distress.

in two long strides,

voice. She

She murmured groggily.

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

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

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

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

sounded from the doorway and a harried Jonathan rushed in, his practiced mask of stoicism nowhere in evidence "Where are they? Helena?

unhurt before he descended on Emma, clasping her shoulders and gazing deep into her eyes for reassurance that she was indeed whole. Only

argument. "But first - have

finally lifted his head from Emma's shoulder to gaze beseechingly at the gaggle of staff who'd averted their eyes during the family's emotional reunion. One particularly brave nurse stepped forward, her

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

him. "And what of the reason for

nurse froze for a split second, opening her mouth to reply - just as the door opened once

results right here.