Chapter 2

“Liam? Liam?” Julia cried out as she stared at her son's unconscious body on the ground.

With a sense of urgency coursing through her veins, she stormed to her feet and rushed towards the highway, carrying him in her arms. She swiftly stopped a taxi and, climbing into it with tears in her eyes, she gave the driver directions.

“Take us to the hospital!” she declared.

With a swift nod, the driver ignited the engine and zoomed off, heading to the hospital faster than anyone could ever imagine.

The second they arrived, Julia didn't hesitate to pay him for his services. Carrying her son out of the taxi, she rushed into the hospital.

“Someone help! Please help my son, I don't know what is wrong with him… please!” she cried bitterly. First, it was a divorce, then the revelation that she had slept with someone else before her wedding, and now her son's sudden sudden collapse.

At the sight of Julia and Liam, the nurses brought out a stretcher and conveyed him immediately to the emergency unit.

“You can't go in yet, ma'am. You'd have to wait!” one of the nurses informed Julia, making her halt right before the emergency doors.

Julia panicked at this moment, her mind slamming with a thousand thoughts about her son's safety. She began to bite hard on her fingernails as she paced around the hallway in the hospital.

All she wanted was the news that her son was okay and healthy now.

Just as she kept pacing back and forth, a sudden call from behind halted her right in her tracks, making her turn around immediately. To her surprise, she found Logan fuming with rage and her despicable, cunning sister, Amelia.

“What have you come here to do?” she snapped, thinking they had gotten the news that her son was now in the hospital.

“Stay calm, puppet… we aren't here for you, and we don't care why you are here. We have our own business to attend to, you know…” Amelia snarled as her hand reached for her tummy, catching Julia's attention.

“Amelia is pregnant for me, Julia…” Logan let out as he turned to her and kissed her right on her forehead. “And unlike yours, this child is mine… I'll do whatever it takes to protect my baby!”

Logan declared like he was having a showdown with Julia. She didn't want to care, but no matter how much she tried to push it out of her mind, she definitely couldn't.

“Mrs. Julia?” The doctor's voice rang from behind her, making her turn to look at him.

“Come with me.”

She didn't hesitate to follow him, ignoring Logan and his mistress because they couldn't give her son the life she prayed for.

The second she got into the room where her son was placed, Julia rushed over to his bedside, embracing him tightly as tears trailed down from her eyes.

“Mommy… I didn't mean to make you worry about me,” he said softly, his tone carrying a tender touch.

“I'm sorry.” Those were the only words she could mutter as she held him in her embrace at this point.

“Mrs. Julia, I am sorry to cut in, but I think this is important.” The doctor paused for a second, making Julia snap her focus toward him.

“What's wrong?” she asked, noticing the worried look etched across his face.

“Liam, your son, has leukaemia and he needs a bone marrow transplant immediately!” the doctor blurted out.

“Wait, what? How?” She panicked, her eyes bulging out with shock as she asked for more details.

“I'm not sure, but that's the case, and we need to carry out the surgery as soon as possible! I am not sure the temporary treatment will hold him that long,” he asserted, adding to the chaos she was facing.

“Fine… take me… I should be a…” Just as she was going to say, the doctor shook his head.

“I am your doctor, remember? You are not fit to give him yours. How about his father?” he suggested, freezing Julia in her tracks for a split second.

As it stood, she desperately needed to find Liam's father. At least, to know who she had slept with five years ago before her wedding.

“Julia?” The doctor called out one more time just to pull her out of trance, seeing that she was lost.

“I… I will inform him about it. Thank you so much.” She bowed to him, her brown hair covering her face briefly as she lied. She didn't even know who Liam's father was.

“And that reminds me, you need to pay the bills for the emergency today… you wouldn't want to owe the hospital. That's all I can say… regards!” He turned on his heels and left the room.

Julia felt more bitter than she did in the first place. She turned to her son and, seeing how pitiful he looked on the bed, she couldn't help but cry.

“Don't cry because of me, Mommy. I will be fine. Remember, I am a superman who would save mommy!” he said, making Julia chuckle in pain.

Just as she reached for his hair, caressing it softly and gently, her phone rang out, pulling her out of her thoughts immediately.

She reached for it in her pocket and, pulling it out, she placed it on her ear.

“Julia? You need to come to the company right away! The CEO is back and he wants every staff member present!” Sandra, Julia's best friend from high school, announced, halting Julia in her tracks.

“But today is my free day.” Julia argued, trying to make Sandra understand.

“That's the CEO's orders, and I heard he can't be disobeyed. You wouldn't want to lose your job, would you? I'll save a seat for you. Get here as fast as you can!” Sandra commanded as she ended the call.

Her last words made sense to Julia, and she couldn't stop thinking about it. Julia was broke, and if there was anything she needed to do to save her son, it was to work and save up. She couldn't lose her job, not now that things were this way.

“Mommy will be back soon, okay? Just stay here… please!” she begged as she leaned closer to Liam and kissed him right on his forehead.

She turned around and was going to leave, but Liam's grip on her index finger held her back.

“Don't worry, Mommy… I promise to find you a handsome and rich husband since Logan doesn't want us anymore!”

Liam's words made a smile spread across her lips, and with a nod, she left the room, heading right for the company.

Julia sprinted through the corridors of the hospital, her footsteps echoing against the tiled floors. The urgency in her movements was evident as she neared the exit, her heart pounding in her chest.

Just as she reached for the door handle, she collided with a tall man. He had a head of black, curly hair meticulously styled, and he was dressed impeccably in a navy blue suit adorned with subtle red accents at the cuffs. 

His Italian leather shoes gleamed under the hospital lights as he instinctively reached out to steady Julia, who stumbled and fell to the ground.

"Shit!" Julia exclaimed, her frustration evident as she looked up at him briefly. "Watch where you're going!" Her voice was sharp with urgency and irritation. 

Before he could respond, she scrambled to her feet, her eyes briefly meeting him before she turned sharply on her heels and dashed out of the hospital exit.

He paused in thought as he watched Julia leave.

“Why does she look and smell familiar?” His heart raced as he couldn't quite place a finger on what had just happened.

“Sir Caspian, are you okay?” Caspian’s assistant, Dominic, asked, wondering why he had kept staring in a particular direction.

“You see that lady that just bumped into me? Find out who she is. I want every tiny detail about her. Is that clear?” Caspian Michaelson, CEO of Global Tech Company, commanded as he turned to Dominic.

Just then, Liam walked out of his room and sighting Caspian, a delightful smile spread across his lips. 

“Daddy! I have finally found you!” Liam exclaimed as he ran towards him and embraced him tightly. 

“Daddy?”