Novel & Cerita Contracted Hearts

But as the scent of her hair hit me—something soft, like vanilla and old books—I felt a jolt of something that wasn't in the contract. The "Cold Heart" was starting to thaw, and that was the most dangerous betrayal of all.

"When I took over the company at twenty-four, it was haemorrhaging money. I renegotiated every supplier contract I could to survive the quarter. Halden's was one of them." "You cut them." "I cut the terms my father never should have offered in the first place, by every reasonable business standard," Damien said. "Except I didn't do it carefully. I didn't warn them, didn't give them time to adjust, didn't consider — because I was twenty-four and terrified and drowning in numbers that all pointed toward the company collapsing on my watch — that Halden had built their entire operating model around those generous terms for over a decade. The renegotiation broke them within four months. They coul

“As you may already know, Miss Vanessa, the patient should avoid intense emotional stress. We observed a significant spike in his heart rate and unstable breathing patterns. Adam experienced emotional shock that triggered a flare-up of his condition.” “What condition?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper. The doctor looked at me, slightly puzzled, then continued. “Adam was diagnosed with mild hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in his early teens. It’s a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, and under high stress, it can lead to dangerous arrhythmias.” My head felt suddenly heavy, as if the words alone had weight. “Is it... serious?” “It’s very serious. This condition can’t

the doctor asked them. "We are his colleagues, we don't know who his family is," Kristina approached the doctor. "You better contact his family. The patient suffered heart failure. He had cardiomyopathy," the doctor said. "What do you mean by that illness doctor, kindly elaborate as I can't understand some terms," Kristina asked the doctor. She was so shocked by Luther's condition. "Cardiomyopathy is a condition that causes the heart's muscles to harden or grow weak. In layman's terms, there is an incident that triggers his anger causing him to have a heart attack," the doctor declared to them before leaving them.

“Manageable with medication, monitoring, and lifestyle adjustments. We’ll run more tests to see the extent. But it’s serious. We need to be careful with physical activity for now. No more pushing until we have a full plan.” Nicholas's hand found mine. His fingers wrapped around mine, like he'd been holding his hand out for a second and I'd only just reached for it. I held on hard. "What's hypertrophic..." Valeria's voice came from behind Spencer. "whatever he said." "It means one part of Aiden's heart muscle grew a little too thick," he said quietly. "Like if one wall of a room got too wide. It makes it harder for the room to do its job."

The heart is the central organ of blood circulation, which in the lower body is simply a dilation of a vessel, and in the upper body is muscular, contractile, and has two, three, or four chambers that adequately support its function. However, on the other hand, there is something that will never help and is quite clear: the intermittent pain felt in response to words that tear apart. That's how the heart felt, whose beats were screaming to stop. His brown gaze remained fixed on that spot where Katherina was before she left and uttered those words.

But instead, they seemed to mirror the thoughts within him, it's light reflecting his thoughts. He had spent years building walls around his heart, guarding it fiercely against any potential hurt or disappointment since the demise of his wife. Yet, Mitchell had effortlessly broken those barriers, leaving him exposed. It was a feeling he hadn't experienced in a long time. It was a mix of fear, excitement, and a longing for something he couldn't quite define.

I found a part of me that wanted to fight and face this moment, I was not going to abandon my feelings anymore or try to suppress them. I decided to open myself up as much as I could to the feelings that were flooding through me. I kept alternating between opening and contracting physically and emotionally. I didn’t know if I opened up to these feelings if they would ever stop, but instinctively I knew it was a better choice than curling up in an immobile ball in the corner and ignoring them or her again. With all this happening my heart and her heart were the only thing I could hear beat rapidly at the same speed.

“Then that's the one I am talking about, wait..!, you didn't know about her heart condition” My jaw dropped and my eyes widened in shock as I heard the doctor's words. My body felt weighed down by the crushing news. I stumbled back, trying to balance, a wave of weakness washed over my legs, leaving them trembling. “Doctor, can you please explain more”, Liam asked. “Mia has a very rare heart condition, Anxiety induced Cardiomyopathy, a condition where chronic anxiety and stress can lead to weakening of the heart muscle, which sometimes leads to heart failure”.

"I won't ask if I already know. I'm not someone who pretends to be foolish," Gerald snapped. "Yes, but it seems like you enjoy pretending to be drunk in front of a woman with a heart condition. Why? To make her anxious and die in front of you?" "He-heart condition?" Gerald stuttered momentarily. "What do you mean by that?" he asked, confused. "Yes. Your wife has a congenital heart disease. She suffers from atrial fibrillation, a condition where the heart beats faster and irregularly," the young doctor explained.