Chapter 415 Why Didn’t You Wake Me
And so, the long wait outside the emergency room began.
No one spoke. Everyone sat quietly, lips pressed into tight lines, but beneath their calm exteriors surged a storm of anxiety and dread.
This was life and death.
Jean started off standing, pacing the hallway aimlessly. Eventually, she took a seat on one of the benches.
After running around all day, she was exhausted.
With her eyes downcast, she soon dozed off in her seat.
Her mind slipped into a haze, and everything that happened afterward faded into a blur<b>–</b>until she suddenly jerked awake, her head snapping up from a deep nod.
Jean blinked rapidly, disoriented and groggy.
As her senses gradually returned, she realized Sienna and Dominic were nowhere to be <b>seen</b><b>. </b>
She looked down and noticed a jacket draped over her shoulders<b>. </b>Jean pinched the edge of the fabric between her fingers-
. It was Winston’s jacket.
Quickly, she lifted her head and found Winston standing nearby.
He leaned against the wall, eyes downcast, lost in thought.
As soon as he sensed her stirring, Winston turned his head, and their eyes met.
He lifted his lids slightly and asked in a low voice,/“You’re awake?”
Jean touched the jacket and asked drowsily, “You covered me with this?”
Something about her sleepy, soft expression made Winston’s heart unexpectedly soften. His voice came quiet and steady. “Yeah. You fell asleep all of a sudden. I didn’t want > catch a chill.”
“Aren’t you cold?” Jean yawned, her voice slightly muffled with a trace of nasal fatigue.
“I’m fine,” Winston replied with a small shake of his head. “I don’t get cold easily.”
Hearing that, Jean didn’t rush to return the jacket. Her eyes scanned the hallway, brow furrowing. “Wait, Where’s Mom and Dominic?”
“They’re in the ICU,” Winston replied casually.
Jean’s eyes widened. She caught on immediately, a hopeful light shing across her <b>gaze</b>. “<b>Does </b>that <b>mean </b>Samuel’s okay? They moved him out of the ER and into the ICU?
Winston nodded. Though his face remained calm, there was noticeably <b>less </b><b>tension </b><b>between </b><b>his </b><b>brows </b>“While you were asleep, the doctor came out and told us they managed to <b>stabilize </b><b>him</b>. <b>They’ve </b><b>moved </b>him to the ICU.”
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Chapter 415 Why Didn’t You Wake Me
<b>“</b>I wanted to go too,” he added, his gaze resting on Jean with a fleeting <b>trace </b><b>of </b><b>warmth</b>, but <b>you </b><b>were </b>out cold. I stayed here to watch over you.”
Jean frowned, her tone rising in mild frustration. “Why didn’t you wake me? You should’ve woken <b>me </b><b>the </b>second Samuel was moved!”
“You looked like you were sleeping pretty soundly,” Winston said. “I didn’t want to disturb <b>you</b><b>! </b>
Jean immediately shot up from the bench. “Let’s go check on him now. We don’t even know how <b>he’s </b>doing.”
That was exactly what Winston had been waiting for. He had nned to head over <b>as </b>soon as <b>she </b><b>woke</b>.
Without another word, the two headed straight for the ICU.
Normally, visitation to the ICU was tightly restricted–too many people could interfere with <b>patient </b>recovery. But Samuel had been ced in a private ICU, and the Ginger family <b>wasn’t </b>just <b>any </b><b>family</b>.
So Winston and Jean were waved through without issue.
As soon as they stepped inside the critical care unit
They heard Sienna’s voice.
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