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Chapter 40
Author: Mel Hope
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Without a word, Antonio shifted his focus back to Matilda.

How could he even begin to respond to a question like that?

The moment was too fragile, too critical. There was no room for theatrics.

His focus stayed fixed on Matilda. Her skin was pale as snow, lips tinged with blue, and a thin stream of blood still seeping from the wound along her side.

Florence stepped forward, “You’re not even supposed to be touching her! You’re not staff, you’re not licensed, and this is a critical case! Is this how low you’ve sunk—using a dying child to win your new girlfriend's affection now that your ex-wife is done with you?”

Florence's fury was written all over her face.

Antonio’s hand jerked, the needle trembling for a half-second before he clenched his jaw and steadied it.

He looked up slowly, his dark eyes flashing with disdain.

“If you two geniuses,” he said icily, “have a better way to stop her internal bleeding and stabilize her without losing her within the next ten minutes—b
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