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Chapter 65 The Cause of Her Illness

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Jean’s mind was still swimming in a fog.

She could barely make out the doctor’s voice. Everything was fading again.

Her eyelids drooped shut, her stomach twisting in renewed pain that clawed through her nerves like fire.

Somewhere in the haze, she thought she heard the muffled sound of footsteps.

Her eyes fluttered open a crack.

She caught a glimpse of Sienna’s face. And Dominic’s too…

They stood at her bedside, tense and pale, lips moving as if trying to speak to her-

But Jean couldn’t hear a thing.

Her fingers twitched weakly. Her eyelids were too heavy, like lead weights pulling her back into the dark.

Her thoughts scattered like torn paper in the wind

Then-

A sliver of light spilled through her lashes.

Her eyelashes trembled. She fought to lift them.

It took everything in her.

When she finally managed to open her eyes again, she was still in the same white hospital room.

But

now.

v. she wasn’t alone.

Standing silently beside her bed was a tall man in a crisp white coat

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He was elegant in a quiet, dignified way–sharp jawline, pale skin, striking features, and a cool refinement that seemed etched into every line of his face.

His narrow eyes and thin lips were calm, almost too calm under the soft glow of the overhead lights. A pair of gold–rimmed glasses rested perfectly on the bridge of his nose.

Jean stared at him blankly for a moment.

Then blinked.

Wait was that..?

“Samuel?”

name slipped out before

Then moved toward her

gently tugging down her lower eyelid in a practiced motion–his touch

murmured, more to himself

smooth–soothing in

The Cause of

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doctor said they couldn’t figure it out. This guy

a flicker passed

That voice–wasn’t spoken.

It was inside.

saved! I almost died from that stomach pain, but this man pulled me back from the

He listened in silence.

That voice again

as clear as if she’d

He hadn’t misheard.

hear her

reason, he

faint smile rugged at the corner of his

his cold, refined

sister well. In fact,

barely any memories of the

young, and then dove headfirst into medicine. He

he felt nothing

empty house, a father with eyes like ice, a mother always away… and siblings who barely

didn’t feel like a family. It was a collection of strangers

warmth only later–through patients, through

As for Jean

home when she was

didn’t think he’d ever seen her with his

panic and begged him to come–he wouldn’t be standing here

him

“Samuel?”

soft voice pulled him out

at him with big watery eyes and asked carefully, “What

brows furrowed as

The

might be gone now, but what if I’ve got some rare disease?! I haven’t even spent all my money yet. I just started

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