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.

her parents. “They caught it

tried to hold back her tears,

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

it going to be a big operation?” Daisy asked nervously.

assured Daisy when she asked about surgery. “No need to cut him open. We’ll

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

it was best to follow the

soon can we do it?” Jocelyn asked.

the IV. Then sign the consent form when the nurse brings it. After that, we’ll schedule the

consent form arrived swiftly. Jocelyn read it carefully and then to

the paperwork done, all that was

wouldn’t budge. Instead, Jocelyn fetched a

they could sit

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

miss a

weighed on her shoulder. She turned to find Melvin, whose face was

you know to come?” Jocelyn asked,

saw Calvin’s name on the surgery board.” Melvin whispered, careful not to

to have even this. Some people

frowned and stood up, “Wait here.”

are you going?” Jocelyn asked, gripping his hand.

if I can pull some strings.”

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

didn’t stop him. She too wanted the best for her

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

the operating room. The minutes stretched into an eternity

spoken to the hospital staff. “The patient will have the best care and a private

with Wesley. In times like these, it was the little acts of human kindness that kept hope alive.

“It’s okay. But given the patient’s condition, he’ll need to be in the ICU for a few days. You have only two fixed hours

“Got it.”