Chapter 438
Chapter 438
Zac sat on the sofa while a nurse drew his blood.
Just then, the hospital room door opened. Dominic walked in and stopped short when he saw the scene. A second Later, he shut the door behind him, unable to hide the excitement and relief on his face.
He strode over to Zac, then turned to glance at Chris.
After that, he let out a long, heavy breath.
Richie finally had a chance.
No one in the room spoke.
After the blood draw was finished, the nurse pressed a cotton swab against the inside of Zac’s elbow to stop the bleeding.
“I can do it myself,” Zac said, taking the swab from her.
The nurse gathered her things and left the room.
“Does it hurt? Want me to blow on it for you?” Dominic leaned closer to Zac’s arm.
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Zac pressed his other hand against Dominic’s face and pushed him back. His tone was calm. “No. Breath carries bacteria p>
“You’re disgusted by me now p>
Dominic hadn’t actually planned to blow on it. The room was just too quiet, and the atmosphere was too tense. Standing there felt awkward, so he had only been trying to say something.
After Zac pushed him away, Dominic walked over to the bed instead. He looked at Chris’s bloodless face and sighed silently.
Great. Richie’s situation finally had a little hope, and now he had to worry about this man again.
“Can the blood they just drew be used to save the kid directly?” Dominic asked. He didn’t really understand how Richie’s treatment worked.
“No.” Zac explained it to him in the simplest terms possible.
Dominic understood. “All right. Then let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Let’s just hope nothing goes wrong p>
Zac looked at Chris, who was leaning against the headboard with his
yes closed, silent.
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Logically, now that they had found a possible bone marrow match for Richie, Chris should have shown some sign
of relief. Even though he had always been hard to read, he shouldn’t have looked this weighed down.
If he looked like this, it could only be because of Winter.
“When are you planning to tell Winnie?” Zac asked.
The man on the bed slowly opened his eyes and frowned slightly.
“You’re engaged now,” Chris said.
“Change the way you address her p>
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Dominic glanced at him, wanting to say something, but it was already too late to stop him. He could only tum to Zac and say, “It’s not like this is your first day knowing hi compromise p>
When it comes to possessiveness, he doesn’t
Zac pressed his lips together, then changed his wording.
“You’ve hidden this from her for so long. She’s going to find out
ventually p>
“When the child was at his weakest, she, as his mother, didn’t even know he was still alive. She couldn’t stay by his side or take care of him. Have you thought about which pain would be worse? The guilt of not being there for her own child, or the pain of knowing the child suffered in her place p>
Chris lowered his eyes and looked at the wound between the thumb and forefinger of his right hand.
It was in the same place as Winter’s scar.
Back then, he had fired the shot himself and hurt her.
And that was far from the only time he had hurt her.
Some of it had happened without her knowing, but harm was still harm.
He had never thought of defending himself.
There was nothing he could say in his defense.
Just when Zac and Dominic thought he would stay silent as usual and speak in a voice that sounded almost like he was talking to himself.
everything inside, they heard him
“If I tell her now, she’ll have to bear both kinds of pain p>
He paused. A shadow fell beneath his eyes.
“If I tell her later, she’ll only blame herself for not being there with Richie. Even if she hates me for it, I’ll accept it p>
Dominic frowned.
There really was no good answer.
Especially now that he knew Winter had suffered severe postpartum depression after the induced labor and had almost died because of it.
They truly couldn’t tell Winter that Richie was still alive right now. Setting aside whether Zac’s stem cells could actually be used for Richie, if Winter saw Richie in his current condition, she would definitely start asking questions.
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