The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 181

Chapter 181: Pregnant

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!"

told twice, the guards sprang into action. One called for emergency evacuation while the other carefully lifted Emma

utmost care.

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

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 while she took off

throat. She clutched Emma's limp hand like a lifeline,

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

a private treatment room, Helena pulled out her phone and

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

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she rapidly filled 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 there right now. Don't let them do anything

treatment room doors less than fifteen minutes later. His usual cool poise and control was utterly shattered,

distress.

at her bedside in two long strides, stroking back

open at his voice. She

on...?" She murmured groggily.

embrace, burying his face in the crook of her neck. His powerful frame shuddered with

in a choked whisper, raining desperate kisses over her

but soothed by the enveloping warmth of his

with unshed tears. "I think the fearsome Richard Madison may have shown his softer underbelly today." Chapter

harried Jonathan rushed in, his practiced mask of

before he descended on Emma, clasping her shoulders and gazing deep into her eyes for reassurance that she was indeed whole. Only when she smiled bemusedly up at him did some of

stated in a tone that brokered no argument. "But

at the gaggle of staff who'd averted their eyes during the family's emotional reunion.

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

it for him. "And what of the reason for her loss of consciousness? Has that been

froze for a split second, opening her mouth to reply - just as the

large. "I have the test results right here. Aside from some