The Substitute Bride He Could Never Replace

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of my hand to my nose. Blood dripped between my fing

t of the tub, wrapped a towel around myself and picked up the first clothes I could get. I was shaking so mu

tissue was already wet... the blood

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bed with an IV taped to the back of my hand. There was a

hear me?" she asked,

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plied. "Just a b

ut she didn't say anything. She took my pulse,

ortly to go over your res

thing. I was not fine. I hadn't been feeling well

d comes in with a folder under his arm and already his

it by my bed, "Neriah," he

promise," I said, doing

open and scanned through the pages of numb

d. Your kidney function is down again, so is your

quietly

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ened. "What h

other's trust fund money has been used - months ago -

t about your dad? Is he involve

eard the question. "Let's di

ria

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though he wanted to go deeper into the

, the damage will begin to spread to your other organs

mo

't make me feel better. It had been a thing I knew for years since I was a

I asked. "Any other option? To get the mon

ve referred patients to them before; it's competitive but your case is severe enough that you hav

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name, and an email address for contact, and patted my

while, I just looked at the car

e blood stains there - smeared along the rim of the tub, and a few drops on the tile floor. I knelt down and slowly bega

clean, I sat on my bed with m

financial situation. I explained my treatment and the need. I took my laptop out, read

llows and shut my eyes, I ho

rom my thoughts by

stuck her head in. "Your father is ca

r. "Me? Did he

id to come right

led me to his study. That man acted like I didn't exist 90% of

ht," I

own the stairs, my brain buzzing with all sorts of possibilities of why he

en I went in, I saw Elara sitting in one of the chairs, looki

s I came in, but d

d, without raising h

he empty seat n

head and thrust a folder over

ements and revenues and debts for a while before I understood it. I got m

o him. "The company is in an

d with a flat

nother document, handing it to me in the same manner

n't fully grasp: clauses on capital injection, ownership stock, terms of agreement. In

age t

? What is the reason for investment

e has asked one condition to be met: "Someon

is?" I

to marry your s

ter, who was staring at her nai

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