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The hospital room was a chorus of celebration over the miracle match.My dad stood off to the side, wiping away theatrical tears. "Thank goodness we finally tracked him down. Otherwise, what would have happened to my boy?"My wife, Tessa Laurent, gripped my half-brother Levi Cole's hand, tears of relief streaming down her face."Levi, you're finally going to get your health back," she whispered. "You'll never have to be trapped in this hospital bed again."Levi let out a soft hum of agreement, shooting me a sharp, mocking look from across the room.That was the exact moment I finally found my voice."I'm not doing it."Tessa whipped her head up, stunned.After carefully smoothing down Levi's blanket, she marched right over to me.Her hand came down hard across my face, the blow landing with a vicious crack.My left cheek burned with blinding agony, and the metallic taste of blood flooded my mouth.Tessa glared down at me, her voice dropping into a dangerous, icy hiss."Say

The words that followed next, however, plunged me straight into a freezing abyss."Levi was the one who reminded me to bring this for you."Look at him, always thinking of your well-being. Can't you open your heart and treat him a little better in return?"I stared down at the scraps floating in the thin broth, a sickening wave of nausea rolling through my stomach."Tessa, you're feeding me Levi's leftovers. Do you even have a heart?"Or what, has it been six years and the Laurent Group is about to go bankrupt? You can't even afford a single bowl of fresh broth?"Tessa snapped to her feet, her face flushing with furious embarrassment as she splashed the hot broth in my face."Why do you have to be so vicious with your words? Are you still holding a grudge because I shoved you back then?"I was only trying to protect you! If you had actually stabbed Levi, you would have ended up in prison. What was I supposed to do?"I spent six whole years looking for you! Can't you find it in

Tessa recoiled a step, startled by the fierce, savage look in my eyes, but she quickly forced herself to stand tall and push back."Aiden, stop acting like the good guy here!"Mrs. Morgan was only fired because of you, anyway. Who told you to be so disobedient?"I whipped my head around to face my dad. "Dad, is that what you think, too?"To save the man who killed your wife, you're willing to have your own son's kidney cut out! Are you even human?!"My dad's face drained of color under my roar, and he pointed a shaking finger right at my nose, red with furious embarrassment."You ungrateful monster! Shut your mouth! Levi is my son, too!"Tessa snapped. She pointed straight at me, her expression twisted into pure cruelty."Aiden, even if you have to die today, that kidney is staying with Levi! Guards! Tie him up and drag him back!"Mrs. Morgan tried to step forward and help me, but a single threat from Tessa froze her in her tracks."If you dare take one more step, I'll make s

Dr. Matthews flinched under the sheer fury of Tessa’s presence but pressed on and repeated himself with a trembling voice."Miss Laurent, the donor had already shown no signs of life before the surgery even began."His heart had stopped, his pupils were dilated, and his body was already starting to stiffen."I was about to inform you of this, but you explicitly instructed me to ignore unnecessary matters and just do my job."Tessa's pupils dilated in pure horror. "What do you mean he had no signs of life when he was brought in?"He was literally screaming and fighting with me back at the house, his voice louder than anyone else’s. How could he possibly be dead?"…The harsh, hysterical screech echoed down the corridor, drawing sharp stares from passing nurses and family members.My dad heard it, too.He charged forward, grabbing Dr. Matthews by the collar of his white coat with a bloodshot, wild look in his eyes."What kind of insane bullshit are you spewing?! How could my so

"I did all of this for you, and you still have the nerve to blame me?"Levi, you're nothing but a heartless ingrate!" Tessa spat.With all pretenses shattered, Tessa and Levi tore into each other, screaming and pointing fingers right in each other's faces.Once the explosive argument finally burned out, Tessa drove back to the house to pack up her belongings and leave.Only then did her eyes fall upon the blood-stained divorce papers resting on the nightstand.The signature across the page was entirely my own.Every stroke of my name was pressed so hard that the ink bled through the back of the paper.Looking at it felt like peering through the fragile page straight into the heart of a man who had already been shattered beyond repair.A belated realization hit her like a physical blow. Six years ago, that night when I vanished, we had never actually signed any divorce papers.The first thing I did when I was dragged back into her world was cut all ties with her, vowing never t