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!"

to be told twice, the guards sprang into action. One called for emergency evacuation

utmost care.

a sleek chopper descended through the smoke and chaos. Its side door slid open and

aircraft before any of the remaining assailants

sky, the team worked swiftly to stabilize their unconscious patient as Helena watched on with her heart in her throat.

the Hospital. Emma was

treatment room, Helena pulled out her phone

gasped out the moment he answered. "There's been an emergency - an attack

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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

through the treatment room doors less than fifteen minutes later. His usual cool poise and control was

distress.

was at her bedside in two long strides, stroking back her hair

his voice. She blinked

She murmured groggily.

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

he rasped out in a choked whisper, raining desperate kisses over her face and hair. "When they

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

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

in, his practiced mask of stoicism nowhere in evidence "Where

assured her husband she was unhurt 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

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

Emma's shoulder to gaze beseechingly at the gaggle of staff who'd averted their eyes during the family's emotional reunion. One

assure you she's in no

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

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

large. "I have the test results right here.