Chapter 1123

Jacqueline pursed her lips and said nothing else.

Soon, the van drove off and disappeared on the horizon. It was as if it were never there.

Meanwhile, in a small hospital ten kilometers away from the razed industrial area.

A pleasant-looking young woman in her twenties was entering a ward with a thermal food jar in her
hand.

When the nurse in the room saw her, she smiled at her. “Ms. Rivers, you’re here.”

“Yes. I’ve made some soup for him so that he can drink it when he wakes.” Lucy Rivers glanced at the
man who was in a hospital gown with a pale face. There were bandages around his head, but the
bandages could not hide the fact that he was a handsome man.

At that, the nurse teased, “Ms. Rivers, you’re really sweet to your boyfriend.”

At the mention of him being her boyfriend, Lucy’s heart raced. She blushed, and she lowered her head.
“O-Of course. He’s my boyfriend, after all,” she replied, a trace of guilt flickering past her eyes.

Nevertheless, the nurse did not notice it. She closed the medical records and said, “You’re a very nice
woman, and your boyfriend is lucky to have you. All right. I won’t disturb you and your boyfriend
anymore. I’ll take my leave now.”

“All right, bye.” Lucy nodded.

Once the nurse was gone, Lucy and the man on the bed were the only ones left in the ward.

Lucy breathed out a sigh of relief. After putting the food jar at the side of the bed, she lowered her head
and stared at the man.



She had lied earlier. The man on the bed was not her boyfriend. She had found him by the side of the
river when she was on her way home after visiting her relatives.

She had never seen a man so handsome, so she had fallen for him at first sight. It was then she
brought him into her car and drove him back to the town she grew up in.

She did not know who the man was nor what his name was.

There was nothing on him to identify who he was either, so she could not contact his family.

However, that was good news for her. Although she did not know what brand of clothes he was
wearing, she could tell from the quality that they must be expensive.

In other words, the man was surely someone rich or famous. If she contacted his family, his family
might take him away. That way, she would not be able to see him anymore.

Even though she knew it was selfish to keep him with her, she was fine with it after telling herself it was
for the sake of her love life.

With that thought in mind, she reached out to touch the man’s brows and thin lips. Then, she began
fantasizing about the man looking at her with a gentle gaze as he kissed her.

Overseas, in a hospital.

After a few hours of surgery, Natalie was finally out of danger. The doctors had successfully gotten the
baby out of her as well.

The baby was only six months old and was over half a size smaller than a regular, nine months baby.
Moreover, the baby was completely red, and it was obvious that the child’s limbs had just finished
developing. Even the baby’s cries were like a kitten’s mewls. If they did not strain their ears, they would
not hear it.



Lina and the others stood outside the neonatal intensive care unit, watching the baby in the incubator
through the glass window. Their hearts thumped loudly against their ribcages.

“The baby’s so small. Will he really survive?” Sally mumbled.

Silas cleared his throat. “What are you talking about?”

“I know I shouldn’t say that, but the baby’s so small. He’s almost the size of a kitten. I really…”

Sally could not finish her sentence, but still, Silas and Lina knew what she was trying to say.

Indeed, the boy should have come four months later, but he had come four months earlier. Although
the nurse had told them that as long as the baby was healthy, he would be out of the incubator once he
was nine months old.

However, when they landed their gazes on the fragile baby, confidence was something they did not
have.

If Mr. Shane is gone, and the baby goes with him, I can’t imagine what will Nat become, they thought.

Right then, the sound of two people’s footsteps traveled into their ears.

When the three people turned around, they realized it was Connor and Sharon running toward them,
their hands linked.




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