Chapter 420. Suffocating

ASHER

I sat frozen at the edge of the patient’s bed, feeling like a child playing hide-and-seek—only this time, the stakes were terrifyingly high, and I wanted nothing more than to remain unseen. Unlike the playful innocence of childhood, fear gripped every inch of me. My body trembled uncontrollably, my heart pounded as though it might burst, and every breath I took felt shallow and labored.

I need to leave. I have to get out of here.

But something told me this wasn’t just a random visitor or a family member. Everything about the figure screamed suspicion—the way he was covered from head to toe, almost as if he didn’t want anyone to recognize him. His movements, too, carried a weight of secrecy, as though he had something to hide.

What if it’s Enrique? I thought, the possibility sinking in like a stone in my chest. Or worse… what if it’s Collin’s reincarnation?

He began pacing back and forth in front of Kade’s bed, his gloved hands gripping his