Chapter 65 The Cause of Her Illness

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Jean’s mind was still swimming in a fog.

She could barely make out the doctor’s voice. Everything was fading again.

Her eyelids drooped shut, her stomach twisting in renewed pain that wed through her nerves like fire.

Somewhere in the haze, she thought she heard the muffled bsound /bof footsteps.

Her eyes fluttered open a crack.

She caught a glimpse of Sienna’s face. And Dominic’s too…

They stood at her bedside, tense and pale, lips moving as if trying to speak to her-

bBut /bJean couldn’t hear a thing.

Her fingers twitched weakly. Her eyelids were too heavy, like lead weights pulling her back into the dark.

Her thoughts scattered like torn paper in the wind

Then-

A sliver of light spilled through hershes.

Her eyshes trembled. She fought to lift them.

It took everything in her.

When she finally managed to open her eyes again, she was still in the same white hospital room.

But

now.olliv. she wasn’t alone./li/ol

Standing silently beside her bed bwas /ba btall /bman in ba /bcrisp white coat

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He was elegant in ba /bquiet, dignified way–sharp jawlineb, /bpale skin, striking features, and a cool refinement that seemed etched into every line of his face.

His narrow eyes and thin lips were calm, almost too calm under the soft glow of the overhead lights. A pair of gold–rimmed sses rested perfectly on the bridge of his nose.

Jean stared at him nkly for a moment.

Then blinked.

Wait was that..?

“Samuel?”

The name slipped out before she could bstop /bit

The man blinked. Then moved toward her without a word.

His slender fingers reached for her face, gently tugging down her lower eyelid in a practiced motion–bhis /btouch cool and clinical

“She’s conscious,” he murmured, more to himself than to her.

His voice was low and smooth–soothing in an oddly distant way.

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“Whoa. That’s magic. Thest doctor said they couldn’t figure it out. This guy shows up and I’m fine?! Okay, this man is legit A walking miracle.

Samuel didn’t react, but a flicker passed through his gaze.

That voice–wasn’t spoken.

It was inside.

“He’s the real deal! I’m saved! I almost died from that stomach pain, but this man pulled me back from the abyss”

He listened in silence.

That voice bagain /b

In her mind–but as clear as if she’d whispered it in his ear.

He hadn’t misheard.

He could hear her thoughts.

For some reason, he found that strangely amusing.

A faint smile rugged at the corner of his mouth.

Barely there–but on his cold, refined face, it was noticeable.

Samuel didn’t know this sister well. In fact, he didn’t know her at all.

He had barely any memories of the Ginger household.

He left for school when he was young, and then dove headfirst into medicine. He was rarely home.

And when he was, he felt nothing but suffocating coldness.

An empty house, a father with eyes like iceb, /bba /bmother always away… and siblings who barely spoke.

The Ginger family didn’t feel like a family. It was a collection of strangers under the same roof.

Samuel had found warmth onlyter–through patients, through practice, through medicine.

As for Jean

He wasn’t even home when she was born.

He didn’t think he’d ever seen her with his own eyes until today.

If Sienna hadn’t called him in a panic band /bbegged him toe–he wouldn’t be standing here now, watching her bblink /bup at

him

“Samuel?”

Jean’s soft voice pulled him out of his thoughts.

She looked up at him with big watery eyes and asked carefully, “What exactly bwas /bwrong bwith /b

Her brows furrowed bas /bshe said it.

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“Oh bno/b. What if it’s something terminal! The pain might be gone now, but what if I’ve got some rare disease?! I haven’t even spent all my money yet. I just started making money. This is so unfair-

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“Really?” Jean stared at him, still uncertain.

He nodded with calm certainty.

bJean /bfinally exhaled, her body rxing slightly.

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She blinked again and asked, “But what caused it? Why did it suddenly hurt like that? I didn’t feel anything strange before it hi

Samuel’s expression darkened slightly.

He looked at her, voice still gentle but bnow /bcarrying more weight.

“At first, the other doctors couldn’t identity anything. All your scans came back clean. Then they describied your symptoms to me–and I realized something wasn’t bright/b.”

He paused.

His eyes filled with quiet bsympathy/b.

“It wasn’t illness. I believe you ingested something toxic.”

Jean bfroze/b.

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“You’ve got to be kidding me. Someone tried to poison me? Thank God my miracle doctor brother showed up–if he hadn’t, I’d be toast.”

Samuel reached out and gently patted her bshoulder/b.

“I ran a test to be sure,” he said calmly. b“/bbAnd /bthe results confirmed it.”

Jean didn’t speak.

Her mind was spinning. Her stomach–well, not literally anymore–but the shock of it made her feel sick all over again.

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“This is nuts. First I get kidnapped, now I get poisoned?! Can I get break? Hello, universe, are you trying to delete me?”

Samuel’s brow twitched

Kidnapped

That hadn’te up.

Sienna hadn’t told him that.

He looked at Jean, gaze growing bdarker/b.

So bmany /bthings had happened to her in such a short time.

Too many

But his voice remained bsoft /bbas /bhe said, “I already flushed the toxins from your system. You’re safe now.”

Jean bstared /bat him.

She believed bhim/b.

Because when he said it–it actually felt like the truth.