He was terrified that if he was gone, she would be left defenseless, an easy target for anyone who wanted to hurt her.
Remembering all of this, Anastasia suddenly broke down, tears streaming down her face, soaking into Harrison’s shirt.
Harrison had no idea why she was crying; he only felt her hot tears burning into his chest, searing straight through to his heart.
“Ana, what’s wrong? Who hurt you?” His voice was thick with worry and barely concealed menace. If she so much as whispered a name, he would make sure that person vanished from the face of the earth.
“No one… No one’s hurting me,” Anastasia sniffled, shaking her head, her voice muffled.
She looked up at him. “Lauren…”
“I didn’t agree to her plan,” Harrison said firmly, gently wiping the tears from her lashes. “If you don’t want her treating me, then I won’t let her. Simple as that.”
A sharp pang twisted in Anastasia’s chest.
He didn’t even know the truth yet. In his mind, Lauren was probably the only person who could save him. And yet, just because she cried, he refused treatment without a second thought.
How did she get so lucky? To be loved so fiercely by this man?
Anastasia tried to hold back her tears. “No—you still need to be treated. But not by Lauren. Let me do it, darling. Let me take care of you myself.”
Logan, who had only just walked in, and even Harrison, both froze in surprise.
“Ana, what did you just say?”
Anastasia wiped her nose and looked up at him with a watery, determined smile, her eyes shining. “I told you before, remember? I can cure you. Did you forget?”
Harrison was all too aware how difficult his illness was. The best doctors from both sides of the Atlantic had told him he had, at most, three years left.
As she spoke, Marcus exited the elevator.
He had caught the tail end of Anastasia’s words and nearly burst with excitement, rolling his wheelchair over at top speed. “That’s right, Harrison! After today, I’ll be able to walk! Do you realize how incredible Anastasia is? She’s a medical genius, I swear!”
Anastasia smiled at Harrison. “I’ll go get my needles—just wait, I’ll prove it to you.” With that, she dashed upstairs.
Marcus, who’d been holding this secret in for weeks, could finally let it all out. He couldn’t stop talking, singing Anastasia’s praises to the heavens, so giddy he looked about ready to kneel and worship her.
Harrison listened, brow furrowed. Every word made sense, but somehow, together, they felt impossible to believe.
Logan opened his mouth, then closed it again, at a loss. Was his sister-in-law really that amazing?
Just then, Anastasia reappeared at the top of the stairs, silver needles in hand.

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