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The women gasped."Bad news?" Roxanne asked, her heart pounding rapidly. Henry Ford furrowed his eyebrows. He gulped and quizzed the doctor. "What do you mean by bad news?" Doctor Philip glanced at the worried faces. He sighed and replied, "Mr Ford's surgery was successful but he's in a coma. We are not sure if he will wake up or not. It's a fifty-fifty chance."Henry Ford and Roxanne shared a worried look, pain evident in their eyes. In short, their son's life was still in danger and they had no way of knowing if he would survive. "And Claire?" Katherine and Quinn asked at the same time. "Well... she shouldn't have gotten pregnant if she knew she had fibroids. Now she's got a high risk of losing the pregnancy-""She's pregnant?!"They all asked in unison before sharing worried looks as they thought the same thing. How was Claire going to cope with this high-risk pregnancy knowing her husband was in a coma?"Doctor, I too have fibroids but I usually take medication to reduce them a
The news of what had happened at Wesley’s villa spread like a wild forest fire. Soon, his parents got wind of what had happened to him after the police called them to report the situation. Julian Crawford was in the study when he received the news. “What? My son is dead? How? He wasn’t ill... What happened?”Julian was shocked to find out what had really transpired. It turned out Wesley had found out about his brother before Julian could introduce them to each other. Not just that, Wesley had gone ahead and kidnapped Oliver Ford’s wife out of rage. Julian didn’t expect his second son to be that greedy and malicious. Perhaps the apple didn’t fall far from the tree indeed. After all, Julian himself had done a lot of things in the last six years that he wasn't proud of. Finding his wife, Diana Crawford, Julian glanced at her and relayed the news. He glared at her and said, “Are you the one who made Wesley want to fight against his brother? He's dead now and it's all your fought.”At
Roxanne shared worried looks with the other women in the ward. She sat on the other side of the bed and held Claire’s hand. For a moment, Roxanne kept sighing as sadness crept into her. She glanced at Claire and asked, “Sweetheart, did that man… did he…” Roxanne sighed again, unable to voice her words. Would it be too insensitive to question Claire about it? She had been wanting to ask if her kidnapper had disrespected her in any way but refrained from doing so since any trigger could affect Claire's pregnancy. However, she had to know just in case Claire needed a therapist to help her overcome the trauma. “I want you to know that whatever the case, we won’t blame you for things that were beyond your control. We love you and we will support you all the way," Roxanne said and took in a shuddering breath before asking, "Did that man touch you against your will?” Claire gasped and her eyes rounded when she realised they had all misunderstood. She vigorously shook her head and replied
~FLASHBACK TO TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS AGO~Diana and Simone were best friends who had known each other for a long time. However, things between them changed when Simone got married to Diana’s long-time crush, Julian Crawford. Simone had no idea Diana had a thing for Julian. She only got married to him due to their family agreement which led to the merging of their families’ companies. However, as time went by, she learnt to love him and accepted him as her husband fully. Unbeknownst to her, her best friend, Diana, was jealous of the life she was living. Julian loved and pampered Simone since for him, he had loved her from the word go. After Simone had her first child, she struggled with postpartum depression. Being near her husband annoyed her and in the end, they drifted apart. She later recovered but it was hard to restore the spark they once had. So, she thought if she conceived again, they could restore their relationship. But that was where the problems started. Simone failed to c
“Do you still have the same merchandise as back then?” Diana asked on the phone. “I want this to be a clean job. It shouldn’t get detected and it shouldn’t be linked to me.” Silence fell over the phone. The man on the phone sighed and said, “I know I said I would always do whatever you want but this is risky. This man is the most powerful man in the city and he has security surrounding him in the hospital. I risk getting caught. Honestly, I don’t think I love you enough to risk my life for that.” Diana rolled her eyes. She gritted her teeth and replied, “Look, that man holds the key to our success. If we kill him, we will get all the fortune. I’ll have Julian sign off his properties to me and kill him too. We can then leave the Country and live happily ever after just like I promised… I told you to be patient.” “Why haven’t you come to see me in years? After you got married, you forgot all about me,” The man said. “Are you sure Wesley wasn’t my son?” “No, he wasn’t. I told you we n
Jake Norton had been about to turn and leave when he happened to hear Quinn’s phone conversation. From the little bits that he got, he assumed the man who called was Quinn’s editor and he was giving her a hard time about when she would release her book. Jake watched as Quinn sighed helplessly. The woman he had come to know as strong looked so vulnerable in that moment. Knowing with everything that had been going on, Quinn wouldn’t be able to focus on her work fully until her friend was better. Jake thought her editor should have been more understanding, after all, Quinn had made a lot of money for the publishing company through her books. So, after Quinn returned to the ward, Jake took out his phone and called an acquaintance, Josh Collins, who was the owner of the best novel publishing company. He cleared his throat and said, “Hey, Josh. I remember you had asked me to invest in your company and buy some shares. Does that offer still stand?”“Um… well, I-”“Wait,” Jake stopped his
In Oliver's ward, doctors and nurses surrounded his bed. One doctor who was the chief resident, did his best, using the defibrillator to resuscitate him. "Again! Increase the charge a little higher!" The doctor yelled for the defibrillator to be charged before he placed the paddles on Oliver's chest and delivered another shock. Beads of sweat coated the doctor's forehead and he kept panting because the young billionaire's heart was showing no signs of life. "Come on! Again! We can't let him die or the chairman will dismiss us for being careless with his son!" The doctor yelled. "Hurry! We are losing him!" Being the chief, he would have to take responsibility for why they overlooked whatever signs caused the sudden cardiac arrest. "Clear!" The assistant nurse yelled and the chief resident administered another shock to Oliver's exposed chest. Oliver's body jolted up from the bed but the heart monitor still showed a flat line, the constant beep deafening to everyone's ears. Outside
Claire awoke to a handsome face smiling down at her. Immediately, relief washed over her and a smile crossed her lips. “My love... you’re alive,” she remarked, her eyes gleaming with unshed tears as she looked up into familiar cerulean blue eyes. Oliver smiled warmly and cupped Claire’s cheek. He said, “Of course, I’m alive. I have a wife and daughter waiting for me... I would choose living with you... growing old with you... over anything in the world."The couple simply looked into each other’s eyes, sharing a special moment as their eyes relayed what the other was feeling. Just after he woke up, Oliver asked for a wheelchair and his friends helped him to get to Claire's ward. He stayed by her side, watching as she slept for hours all the while ignoring the pain in his chest. Everyone tried to talk him into returning to his ward to rest, but Oliver wanted to see and talk to Claire before sleeping again. He was afraid he might go into another coma and not have the chance to talk