Rosalineâs face sank. âAbel! Donât bother offering yourself. Those ingrates wonât be grateful anyway!â
Juliannaâs eyes widened in anger. âRosaline! Who did you call an ingrate?â
âWho, I wonder?â Rosaline retorted. âAbel wants to save Hesperus, and thatâs the treatment he gets?â
âAbel is only twice removed! Do you think he may be a match?â Julianna said.
âIâll be happy if heâs incompatible! I wouldnât want my son to go through the pain of bone marrow extraction!â Rosaline said.
âItâll be hopeless anyway! You donât have to feel sorry for him.â Julianna scoffed. âTake your dear CEO son and leave. Iâll find some way to help my own grandson!â
Rosaline took Abelâs hand. âLetâs go, Abel. Whatever happens here is none of our business!â
Abel frowned. âI canât do that. Stop bickering. Iâm not doing this for anyone other than Star!â
Alana added, âBut Abel, Iâve heard that the bone marrow extraction process is very painful. Itâs not very likely youâre compatible anyway. I donât think you should try.â
Abel seemed determined. âIâm not going to give up any hope to save Star, as impossible as it might be!â
He took Emmelineâs hand and gazed into her eyes deeply. âWait for me, Emma. Iâll get tested now!â
Emmeline shook her head. âYou shouldnât bother. Itâs impossible.â
âYou wonât know unless you try,â Abel said before turning around and heading into the lab.
Alana quickly turned around and sent a message to Cristopher.
âHeâs going into the lab. Tell them not to conduct any tests other than bone marrow compatibility! Even if itâs a match, emphasize that itâs a sheer coincidence!â
Christopher replied, âDonât worry, Alana. Itâs hard work deceiving so many people though. How are you going to repay me?â
âD*mn it!â Alana cursed.
âDonât say that. Iâll go bald if Iâm sad,â
Cristopher replied.
âll go to your house tonight. Just do what youâre told!â
âThatâs good news. Iâll be waiting for your company, Alana. Donât worry, Iâll take care of everything!â
Everyone was shocked by the results of the compatibility test.
Julianna blushed in embarrassment. She did not dare to face Rosaline.
In a miraculous coincidence, Abelâs bone marrow was a perfect match with Hesperus!
âWhy must it be Abel?â
âI didnât expect him to be a match!â
No one could figure out an explanation.
âItâs nothing unusual, really,â Alana said. âI read on the Internet some time ago, there was a case where an old man needed a liver transplant, and his daughter-in-law turned out to be a compatible match!
Even his son wasnât a patch.â
âIt doesnât matter who it is, as long as my grandson is saved!â Landen said. He took Abelâs hands and said seriously, âAbel, I owe you one!â
âDonât mention it,â Abel said, âWeâre family after all.â
Oscar said to Adam, âSee that, Adam? Now, do you know why I chose Abel over you? Look at his demeanor!â
Adam lowered his head sullenly.
It did not matter to him why his grandfather chose Abel over him. All that mattered was that Abel was sitting in his position!
Emmeline was dumbfounded. She stared at Abel while the question repeated over and over in her mind. Why is it him? Why is it him?
Rosaline was also pondering something.
Hesperus was allergic to kiwi fruits, just like Abel. Earlier, at the banquet, Julianna said that Timothy should have been one of Emmelineâs quadruplets. Today, Abelâs bone marrow was found to be compatible with Hesperus.
Why were there so many coincidences between Abel and Emmelineâs children?
Rosaline frowned hard. Something seemed to be amiss.
Abel held Emmelineâs hands excitedly. âThereâs hope for Hesperus! I didnât expect myself to be compatible!â
Emmeline buried her head into Abelâs chest and began to sob. âLooks like I was right to look for you!â
âYouâre right, Emma!â Abel caressed her hair lovingly.