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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 she

blinked. Then moved

for her face, gently tugging down her lower eyelid in a

murmured, more to

was low and smooth–soothing in an oddly

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figure it out. This guy shows up and I’m fine?! Okay,

but a flicker

That voice–wasn’t spoken.

It was inside.

the real deal! I’m saved! I almost died from that stomach

He listened in silence.

That voice again

as if she’d

He hadn’t misheard.

could hear her

reason, he

faint smile rugged at the corner

on his cold, refined face,

didn’t know this sister well. In

had barely any memories of the

school when he was young, and then dove headfirst

was, he felt nothing but

with eyes like ice, a

It was a collection

later–through patients, through practice,

As for Jean

wasn’t even home when

seen her with his own eyes

to come–he wouldn’t be

him

“Samuel?”

him

watery eyes

as she

The

What if it’s something terminal! The pain might be gone now, but what if I’ve got some rare disease?!

The Came of to

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Lat

stared at him, still

nodded with

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