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!"

twice, the guards sprang into action. One called for emergency evacuation while

utmost care.

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

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

her throat. She clutched Emma's limp hand like a

like an eternity before they were touching down on the helipad of the Hospital. Emma was immediately rushed inside, Helena

soon as she was ensconced in a private treatment room, Helena

heavens," she gasped out the moment he answered. "There's been an emergency

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restrained emotion. When she reached the part about Emma's still undetermined condition, his anguished voice cut her off

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.

two long strides,

relief, Emma's eyes fluttered open at his voice. She blinked slowly, taking in Richard's

She murmured

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

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

enveloping warmth of his ironclad embrace. Over

softly and teased, though her own eyes were over-bright with unshed tears. "I think the fearsome

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

into her eyes for reassurance that she was indeed

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

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

you she's in no

him. "And what of

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

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