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!"

called for emergency evacuation

utmost care.

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

secured Emma onto a tray of some kind and whisked her up into the aircraft before any of the remaining assailants could

her heart in her throat.

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

room, Helena pulled out her phone and dialed Richard's

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

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him 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

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

distress.

at her bedside in two long strides, stroking back her

his voice. She blinked slowly, taking in Richard's panicked

She murmured

she intended to ask was swallowed up as Richard crushed her against his chest in a searing embrace, burying his face in the crook of her neck. His powerful

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

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

over-bright with unshed tears. "I think the fearsome

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

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

the full story," he stated in a tone that brokered no argument. "But first - have the doctors looked you over? You took

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

present, but I can assure you she's in no danger. We're just waiting

it clear her response didn't quite cut it for him. "And what of the

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

have the test results right here. Aside from