I LAID MY FEVERISH DAUGHTER ON A BRAIN-DEAD MAFIA BOSS’S CHEST TO COMFORT HER — THEN HE OPENED HIS EYES AND SAID HER NAME
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Chapter 3: The Dead Man Opened His Eyes
Chapter 3: The Dead Man Opened His Eyes
The first sound was the monitor.
Beep.
Beep.
Then a violent spike.
The nurses rushed inside.
“What happened?”
“Get the child away from him!”
A nurse reached for Lily.
Then Roman moved.
His hand shot upward.
His fingers wrapped around the nurse’s wrist.
The entire room froze.
After three weeks of silence…
Roman Vale opened his eyes.
His voice was weak.
But his authority remained.
“Don’t touch her.”
Nobody moved.
The doctors stared.
The impossible had happened.
The brain-dead man had awakened.
But Roman wasn’t looking at the doctors.
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He was looking at Lily.
Like she was the only thing in the world that mattered.
