The nurse shook her head grimly. "It must be a family member of the patient. No one else can sign on their behalf."If you know the patient's family, please contact them as soon as possible! Otherwise... the surgery can't proceed. And if we miss the window, the patient's life will be at risk.""Then let us sign on their behalf!" Natalie's heart raced after hearing the nurse's words. It seemed Celine was in a very grave situation."You can't sign on their behalf... If anything goes wrong, you won't be able to bear the responsibility, nor will the hospital." The nurse couldn't afford to take any chances."Then... what should we do?" Natalie turned to Henry.Henry was also frowning. He was considering whether or not Natalie could sign the consent form. After all, at such a critical hour, he had to first consider Celine's safety. If Celine missed the window and didn't make it out safely…What's more, Natalie might one day find out about her relation to Celine. And when that happe
Natalie was afraid that she wouldn't be able to control her emotions. So, she quickly lifted her head and blinked hard, fearing that her tears would fall."How did you find out about this?" Natalie tried to steady her voice."When Celine donated her blood to you, I found it too coincidental that you both had the same blood type. Later on, when news of Celine abandoning her daughter for her selfish dream came out, I felt that something was off."So, I immediately had someone look into Celine's background. But what surprised me was the picture of Celine when she was young," Henry began.Upon hearing this, Natalie slowly turned toward him.Henry continued, "You really look so much like her younger self. Combined with various clues later on, and Celine's strange reactions every time she saw you... I could almost guess your relationship."After hearing this, Natalie fell silent again.Henry then gently took her hand. It was as cold as ice, but Henry knew that her heart felt even cold
However, Celine seemed to not have heard Natalie. But the moment she laid eyes on Henry, her gaze was completely drawn to him."Mr. Chase, could you do me a favor? See it as repaying me the favor of saving your wife and your child. Won't you help me? Please?" Celine pleaded.Normally, Natalie wouldn't have thought much about her words. But at this moment, Henry unconsciously glanced at her first before saying anything.Natalie had lowered her gaze, so it was difficult for him to discern her emotions. But he could still sense that Celine's words had touched a nerve."Your wife and your children." Those were such cruel words.Natalie was nothing more than Henry's wife to Celine. It was as if Celine had no idea about their blood relation.But how could that be true?From Celine's strange reactions every time she saw her, surely she'd known about their relationship all along.But Celine had something else she wanted to protect and keep. No wonder Celine avoided her like the p
Upon learning of Jonah's release, Lavender felt a mix of surprise and relief and wasted no time in heading to the police station to pick him up.The ordeal seemed to have taken its toll on Jonah when she arrived to fetch him—his head hung low, and he appeared depressed.Lavender's sadness only deepened upon witnessing the state he was in. Even upon returning home, Jonah's condition remained bleak."Jonah... It's all behind us now. We're home now, so please don't dwell on this anymore. Let's move forward, okay?" she gently comforted him.But then, Jonah suddenly mumbled, "I'm sorry…"Lavender thought that Jonah was apologizing for being sent to the police station, so she quickly shook her head. "Everyone makes mistakes. This..."But before she could finish speaking, Jonah's next words left her speechless."I never got you that beautiful wedding dress..." Jonah quickly glanced at her, his tone tinged with guilt.Lavender froze, at a loss for words. Was that the reason for his
Moreover, Natalie wouldn't dare to fake being a family member to sign a consent form, would she?At the thought of this, Celine finally lost her composure.Confused by Celine's reaction, she asked, "You know, your daughter? You didn't know?"Her 'daughter'? The nurse's words were a massive shock to Celine, and she pressed for answers, "Who… Who told you that she's my daughter?"The nurse was even more bewildered now. She shook her head and mumbled, "I'm not entirely sure about the details…"Celine hung her head in confusion, her heart pounding violently at her speculation. Could it be that… Natalie already knew about their relationship?But Celine hadn't noticed anything out of the ordinary about her when she was in the ward yesterday!Perhaps there was truly no such thing as keeping a secret. Did Natalie find out about this after all?Celine felt uneasy and sad about this, but she still didn't want to accept her speculations and continued clinging onto some hope.She
Harry hesitated. He wanted to say something to salvage the situation, but he couldn't find the words."Later on, I finally decided to let go of my grudges and give our relationship another chance… We had another child, and I even gave birth to him this time. "But I still couldn't hold onto our peaceful happiness." As she spoke, Shirley's eyes finally welled up with tears, and a bitter smile tugged at the corners of her lips. "Harry, I'm scared… I don't have the courage to continue living like this anymore. Maybe, I should accept that I'm fated to never have a child in this life."Upon hearing this, Harry was heartbroken. He pulled Shirley into his arms and pleaded, "No! Shirley, we'll have another child! As long as we want to, it will happen! It definitely will… Don't say that, and don't hold onto such a pessimistic attitude, okay?"Shirley didn't push Harry away, but she didn't return the hug either. Instead, she calmly said, "Harry, I'm tired. Is it okay if I leave this
After bidding farewell to Harry in her heart, Shirley quickly turned and left.If she didn't leave now, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to bring herself later on.She had known Harry for so many years, and she didn't regret meeting him despite all the disappointment and anger she'd gone through.…When Harry woke up, the first thing he did was to grab his phone to check the time.It was already 6 am! Did Shirley go to the airport?Just as Harry was about to rush to the airport in a panic, the person beside him piped up, "Sir, you don't need to go to the airport.""What? Why?" Harry was confused."Ms. Shirley's flight took off last night," the person said.Harry was stunned. Did the flight take off last night? Shirley's flight was last night?Harry's heart sank. So, she didn't even want him to see her off? Did she hate him that much?But after all the pain he'd put her through, wasn't it expected for her to hate him?…Mother's Day was coming up in two days.
Henry's decision was something Natalie couldn't wrap her head around.She looked at him with a puzzled expression and could vaguely guess that he was hiding something from her."Why don't you want to investigate it? Henry, do you know something that I don't?" Natalie quickly pieced it together. "It was Cesar, right? Is he the killer?""Natalie!" Henry grabbed her shoulder as fear flooded over him in an instant. "Even if you think that, throw that thought away right now! "Don't make a reckless guess without any evidence! And don't do anything impulsive either!"If Cesar had dared to take Jackson's life, he wouldn't hesitate to take Natalie's too. And Cesar had harbored this idea from a long time ago as well.Natalie had narrowly escaped death the last time, and now that Henry had finally made a deal with Cesar, he didn't want another bloodbath to happen so soon."How can we get any evidence if we don't investigate it? Without evidence, there wouldn't be any justice!" Natalie eye