Chapter 601

Chapter 601:

“Actually,” Cade said with an awkward grin, “I meant Brady. It’s Brady who’s in trouble.”

He paused, covering his eyes with a hand, his voice breaking.

Hadley’s reaction was a mix of shock and confusion. Brady in trouble?

“What was that supposed to mean?” Hadley’s voice trembled with a mix of anxiety and annoyance. “What are you trying to say? Am I supposed to just sit here and watch you cry?”

“That’s not what I—” Cade dabbed at his eyes and adjusted his glasses. “Brady was in an accident recently. He’s suffered serious liver damage, and his condition is critical.”

Hadley’s lips twisted into a sardonic smile. “Brady is dying? Well, Cade, it looks like your past is catching up with you.”

Cade tensed, his eyes reddening instantly. “Hadley, you may despise me, but Brady has done nothing wrong. It’s unfair to hold him accountable…”

“He’s innocent? Well, whatever. His fate is none of my concern anyway.” Hadley scoffed.

Noticing the tension rise, Cade leaned forward. “Listen—doctors said Brady urgently needs a liver transplant. With timely surgery, he could recover.”

The news visibly shook Hadley, her body quivering as she stared at Cade in astonishment. “You’re not suggesting I donate my liver to him, are you?”

“Hadley!” Cade exclaimed, grabbing her arm to prevent her from leaving. “Your blood type matches Brady’s, and as his sister, you’re the best match for a donor!”

As Cade spoke, a cold dread spread through Hadley’s chest, sending shivers down her spine. Why did the air feel so bitterly cold?

The man standing before Hadley was the one she was supposed to call father. And look at what he’d done!

Once, Cade had sworn undying love to his wife, whispered sweet promises of forever, and shared the kind of moments that should have been unbreakable. He had been overjoyed at Hadley’s birth, cradling her in his arms as if she were the most precious thing in the world.

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But all of it—the love, the devotion—had been a lie.

One day, everything changed. He abandoned his wife and child for his wife’s sister without so much as a backward glance, leaving them to fend for themselves as if they had never mattered at all.

Not once did he look back. Not once did he reach out.

If the Flynn family hadn’t later taken Hadley in, she didn’t even want to imagine what her life would have become.

And now, after years of silence, after treating her like she didn’t exist, he had the gall to show up and ask her for a favor?

Not just any favor. He actually wanted her liver.

Hadley’s lips curled into a sharp, humorless laugh.

Did Cade really think she was that easy to manipulate?

Cade remained calm, unfazed by her reaction. His voice was smooth, practiced—like a salesman closing a deal. “Hadley, I wouldn’t ask you to do this for nothing.”

He paused, as if setting a trap. “The house on Maple Street—the one filled with your mother’s memories. If you agree, I’ll sign it over to you. That’s what you want, isn’t it?”

Hadley stilled, her breath catching.

So that was what this was. He wasn’t asking. He was bartering.

The laughter bubbled out of Hadley, sharp and unrestrained, growing louder until it filled the space between them.

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