the pool of blood staining Adaline's skirt, and the expression behind

ath her knees and the other behind her shoulders, li

through the heavy odor of antiseptic. In the midst of her severe panic and physical agony, the searing warmth of his chest and the steady, powerful rhythm of his

scent that had enveloped her in the pitch-black hotel room seven months ago. But before

and strode into the hallway, his l

tral nursing station. "Notify the blood bank for O-

e at the rare sharpness in the lead surgeon's vo

began to roll at high speed down the restricted corridor,

deon said, his low baritone sli

sciousness. Adaline's fingers reflexively tightened around

he disconnected call screen on his phone, his handsome face darkening slightly. The call duration showed several mi

ly put on a mask of deep, sisterly concern. "Clifton, Adaline was on the line? Did she hear

, obedient wife. She meticulously planned his nutritious meals, coordinated his tailored suits for every occasion, and stayed up to take care of him no ma

one. "Why don't you go back to her side? She has always believed she was our parents' biological daughter. If she finds out she was just adopted fro

surged back. He let out a cruel, dismissive sneer. "Comfort her? She brought this upon herself. I won't just make her give up t

egnant Jacquelyn to leave the country and wander helplessly. Therefore, the cold

y too kind-hearted, my love. At Dotty's birthday banquet tonight, I am going to officially announ

o hide, but her tone remained artificially worried. "But what a

Now that she knows the child isn't mine, she'll probably throw it in the trash right away just to come back and please me. I want her to stand there t

on followed. Under Gideon's rapid, precise commands, the shrill alarms

nurse reported, letting out a breath. "

rd bin. He walked over to the stainless-steel sink and washed his hands wit

her vision cleared, revealing the tall, broad-sh

" she whispered, he

er bed, looking down at her with a calm, unreadable expression

s," Gideon said, his voice measured. "If you had arrived five mi

over her stomach. "I know. I was careless. But it won't

tion erupted from the hallway outside the trauma ward. A

ant to Clifton Pace. My boss ordered me to bring his wife to