The Unwilling CEO’s Love Game

Chapter 166

It was the dead of night. Jocelyn’s phone buzzed with urgency on her nightstand. It was Daisy, her voice a cocktail of panic and fear, setting Jocelyn’s heart racing.

Without a moment’s hesitation, she fumbled for her jeans, grabbed her keys, and hailed a cab to the hospital,

“Mom!” she gasped, bursting through the ER doors to find Daisy beside a makeshift bed in the hallway. Calvin, her father, lay there weakly with an IV dripping life back into his veins. “What the hell happened?”

“It was out of the blue, honey.” Daisy managed between sobs. “He woke up shivering, drenched in sweat, looking as pale as milk. He kept saying it’d pass and didn’t want to come here. Then the doctors…they said it’s a heart attack.”

Calvin, now sedated, was less in pain but still a worrying shade of gray.

“What did the doctors say?” Jocelyn asked, her eyes scanning the chaos of the ER-families huddled in grief, the relentless beeping of machines-it was overwhelming.

“They were talking about a surgery.”

“Then let’s do it.” Jocelyn said with a resolve that left no room for doubt.

Daisy wiped away her tears. “The doctor came by, asked us to sign the consent forms. I didn’t understand half of what he said, so I called you.”

“I’ll talk to them.” Jocelyn said, her voice steady but her mind racing. She needed to hurry up to save her

father’s life.

She cornered a nurse, who told her the doctor would explain everything shortly.

Standing beside her father, Jocelyn’s eyes welled up despite her best efforts to stay strong.

“How are you feeling, Dad? Does it still hurt?” she asked, her voice barely a whisper.

“It’s better now,” Calvin replied weakly.

Jocelyn fought back tears as she saw the toll the night had taken on her father. She quickly turned away, not wanting to cause him any more concern.

both her

back her tears, but the floodgates were

and explained that Calvin’s arteries were blocked in three places and cut off blood flow to

be a big operation?” Daisy

to cut him open.

voice choked, “We’ll do

like these, it was best to follow the doctor’s lead.

we do it?” Jocelyn asked. Urgency crept into her

brings it. After that, we’ll schedule the surgery.” the doctor said and

swiftly. Jocelyn read it carefully and

paperwork done, all that was left was the waiting-the longest part.

she wouldn’t budge. Instead,

so they could sit

finally overtook Daisy, and she dozed off leaning on Jocelyn. Jocelyn, eyes fixed on the

miss a

her shoulder. She turned to find Melvin, whose

to come?”

the surgery board.” Melvin whispered, careful not to

“We’re lucky to have even this. Some

and stood

going?” Jocelyn asked, gripping

see if I can pull

especially in times of crisis. It’s not what you

She too wanted the best for her dad.

doctor announced they were ready to proceed with the surgery. Melvin took the bills without a

away, Jocelyn and Daisy took their place outside the operating room. The minutes stretched into an eternity when the hospital director,

Wesley said, having already spoken to the hospital staff. “The patient will have the best

Wesley. In times like these, it was the little acts of human

his head. “It’s okay. But given the patient’s condition, he’ll need to be in the ICU

“Got it.”