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!"

emergency

utmost care.

helicopter blades reverberated overhead as a sleek chopper descended through the smoke and

a tray of some kind and whisked her up into the aircraft before any of the remaining assailants could regroup.

in the sky, the 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 begging any deity that would listen to make sure her daughter-in-law would be

touching down on the helipad of the Hospital. Emma was immediately rushed inside, Helena hurrying anxiously alongside the flurry of

treatment room, Helena pulled out

moment he answered. "There's been an emergency - an attack in broad daylight

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in on the harrowing details, she could hear Richard's breathing go harsh with barely restrained emotion. When she reached the part about Emma's still undetermined condition, his anguished voice cut her off abruptly. "I'm coming there

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

distress.

strides, stroking back her hair urgently." Sweetheart, can you hear

at his voice. She blinked slowly, taking in Richard's panicked face with a

She murmured groggily.

swallowed up as Richard crushed her against his chest in a searing embrace, burying his face in the crook of

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

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

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

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

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

that brokered no argument. "But

of staff who'd averted their eyes during

you she's in no danger. We're just waiting for the results from her panels and scans to come

response didn't quite cut it for him.

just as the door opened once more to admit a tall, graying doctor in

room at large. "I have the test results right here.