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.

just a minor surgery.” she reassured both her parents. “They caught

her tears,

and cut off blood flow to his heart. The solution was to place stents to

going to be a big operation?” Daisy

the doctor assured Daisy when she asked about surgery. “No need to cut him open. We’ll do it with localized anesthesia, but he’ll need to be in the

to Jocelyn and her voice choked, “We’ll do

follow the doctor’s lead. No one

Jocelyn asked. Urgency crept into

After

swiftly. Jocelyn read it carefully and then to Calvin,

was left was the waiting-the longest part.

suggested Daisy get some rest, but she wouldn’t budge. Instead, Jocelyn fetched a couple of

so they could sit

she dozed off leaning on Jocelyn. Jocelyn, eyes fixed on

dare miss

She turned to find Melvin, whose face

know to come?” Jocelyn asked,

whispered, careful not to wake

head, “We’re lucky to have even this. Some people are out

stood

Jocelyn asked, gripping

see if I can pull some

times of crisis. It’s not what you know, but who you know.

wanted

proceed with the surgery. Melvin took the bills without a second thought. Jocelyn didn’t

was wheeled away, Jocelyn and Daisy took their place outside the operating room. The minutes stretched into an eternity when the hospital director, Wesley, a friend of

staff. “The patient will have the best care and a private room after the surgery.”

exchanged a grateful handshake with Wesley. In times like these, it was

in the ICU

“Got it.”