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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?”

out before she could

man blinked. Then moved toward her without a

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

murmured, more

voice was low and smooth–soothing in an

The Cause of ster

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guy shows up and I’m fine?! Okay,

but a flicker

That voice–wasn’t spoken.

It was inside.

real deal! I’m saved! I almost died from that stomach pain, but this

He listened in silence.

That voice again

as if she’d whispered it

He hadn’t misheard.

could hear

reason, he found

rugged at the corner of his

his cold, refined face, it

sister well. In fact, he didn’t know her

barely any memories

was young, and then dove headfirst into medicine. He was

was, he

ice, a mother always away… and siblings who barely

family. It

found warmth only later–through patients,

As for Jean

home when

think he’d ever seen her

and begged him to

him

“Samuel?”

him

him with big watery eyes

brows furrowed as she said

The

some rare disease?! I haven’t even spent all my money yet. I just started

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Jean stared at

with calm

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