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    “Please, Alexander, just pick up already—it’s important!”


    Typically, Katrina’s urgencies revolved around Joyce. Anything less seemed to barely stir her.


    His phone rang yet again, and this time, Alexander couldn’t ignore it.


    He answered, barely getting a word out before Katrina’s anxious voice spilled through.


    “Alexander, I’m terribly sorry to call sote, but I’m really at my wit’s end. I need your help.”


    “What’s going on?”


    Katrina’s response was a flood of tears, her voice cracking with emotion.


    “Alexander, Joyce had a prenatal check-up today, and the doctor fears there might beplications with the baby’s heart. They said it might need immediate surgery after birth to survive!”


    Her voice broke as she continued, the sobs shaking her.


    “Alexander, it’s my curse to be stuck with someone as cold and soulless as Caiden. All I have left in this world is Joyce, my sweet daughter. If she’s taken from me, I don’t think I’d have the strength to keep living this wretched life!”


    Alexander was hardly in the mood to entertain Katrina’s theatrics. He went straight to the point, his voice cutting through the tension.


    “Just tell me what you want from me!”


    Katrina paused, her tears momentarily forgotten as she considered her plea.


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    What she truly desired was for Alexander to intervene in Joyce’s predicament. The me, in her eyes,y squarely with Dani. If not for her, Joyce would have been Alexander’s wife by now, uniting their families and sparing her this torment.


    Fueled by a resolute desire to see Dani held responsible, Katrina implored, “Alexander, your group operates a healthcarepany, doesn’t it? Could you possibly find out if there’s a top specialist capable of performing such a surgery? Or maybe there’s a way to treat the baby without surgery? It’s heartbreaking to think of the baby facing a lifetime of medication after surgery.” Alexander fell silent, absorbing her words.


    Thoughts of Dani flickered through his mind, along with Dreamscape’s cutting-edge medical solutions.


    Typically, such innovations would need official approval, clinical trials, and extensive marketing—a process spanning at least a year.


    But time was a luxury the child did not have.


    A sliver of hope emerged as he considered whether Dani might be persuaded to grant an exception for Joyce. When Alexander confided in Richard, his response was fierce and immediate.


    “Stay out of it, Alexander! This mess isn’t worth ruining yourself over! Dani haspletely severed ties with the Harper family. What business is it of yours to interfere? Think about it—if they mend fences and Dani ends up backed by the Harpers, given our past run-ins with Katrina, do you seriously believe she’d make peace with us? And what about Joyce? How will you face…”


    The more Richard pondered the situation, the more his disapproval grew.


    “Just let Dani and the Harpers go their separate ways! Offering help is generous, but choosing not to is your decision. Nobody can fault you for that. Listen carefully, Alexander, don’t even think about getting involved in that mess! You don’t need to sort this out. Leave it to me,” Richard insisted, his voiceden with concern that Alexander might be toopassionate for his own good. Dani was a treasure too valuable to let slip into anyone else’s hands.


    With a firm resolve, Richard muttered, “I’ll call Katrina myself. Why the hell are you always dragged into their mess? You’re not even family! They’re just using you like a damn tool!”


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