Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 886: He Truly, Deeply Loves You

Serena took Hayden Crawford’s pulse.

Actually, seeing Hayden’s current physical frailty, Serena already guessed it was the consequence of pulling out the Sky Sword. Currently, heart failure remains a significant unsolved problem in medicine, with no cure available.

Hayden’s pulse was extremely weak and chaotic, just as she expected, but very soon, her slender white fingers paused, revealing a look of shock and astonishment.

Serena suddenly looked up at Hayden, "Mr. Crawford, did you perhaps take some kind of strong medication?"

Hayden slowly curved his thin lips, "Yes."

"This strong medication once had a life-saving effect on your heart failure, but obviously, the treatment was interrupted midway, which accelerated your deterioration."

Hayden nodded, "That’s right, there was once a person who gave me a dose of strong medication, but due to unforeseen circumstances, the treatment was interrupted. Later, I was saved by Justin, and those medical professors only managed to dissect a few elements from the strong medication to make a placebo to keep me alive, but the ultimate formula of that strong medication, no one has been able to decipher it to this day."

Serena’s eyes brightened, "Who is that person? Mr. Crawford, who is the person who gave you that strong medication? As long as... as long as we find him, you have hope!"

"Moreover, heart failure remains a great unsolved mystery, who on earth is this person, who could have such a brilliant and enchanting grasp on this mystery!"

Hayden looked at Serena, she was a healer, and now her clear eyes were shining like dazzling gems, full of light.

Hayden gently shook his head, "Serena, that person... is no longer with us, he passed away months ago."

What?

Serena was stunned.

Hayden slowly took out something and handed it over, "Serena, this is for you."

What’s this?

Serena, being a healer, looked down and quickly realized it was a... medical manual.

This medical manual seemed to have been used for a long time, but the cover was clean and tidy, its owner must have been a person of elegance and rigor.

For some reason, Serena suddenly felt this medical manual was very... familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, even... she seemed to know its owner.

Serena’s face turned pale, she looked at Hayden, "Who... who is he?"

"Serena, this medical manual is for you, once you read it, you will know who he is." Hayden softly said.

Now the room was very quiet, so quiet that Serena could hear her own breathing, which seemed to be starting to tremble.

"Serena, why aren’t you taking this medical manual, are you afraid?" Hayden knew she already had an inkling, his Serena was exceptionally smart and unmatched, otherwise how could she make the men of the Crawford family fall head over heels for her their whole lives?

Serena looked at the medical manual, she slowly shook her head, her hands retreating slightly, "I’m not feeling well, I should go..."

She got up to leave.

But Hayden’s large hand reached out, grabbing her slender wrist.

Serena immediately struggled, wanting to break free from his hold, "Mr. Crawford, let me go! I don’t want to see, I don’t want to see anything!"

Hayden looked at her, her clear bright eyes were slowly turning red, a layer of crystalline mist swelling within them.

She pleaded at him, not wanting to see.

"Serena, I think... this was left to you by him, so you must look." Hayden placed her cold little hand onto the medical manual.

Serena couldn’t escape, she could only reach out and tremulously turn the first page of the medical manual with her fingertips.

Soon, she saw that familiar handwriting.

Just as the handwriting is as the person, Zane Crawford’s writing was clear and elegant, imitated by none.

With a snap, Serena heavily closed the medical manual, she no longer had the courage to continue reading.

Her long eyelashes drooped, trembling anxiously, she didn’t know why her eyes burned hot, as if flints were scorching them, it hurt.

The crystalline tears fell in the next second, like a string of beads breaking, tumbling down wildly.

Serena went soft all over and collapsed onto the soft wool carpet, Zane Crawford... so it was Zane Crawford!

She had already guessed just now.

The person capable of overcoming a medical challenge like heart failure must have been brilliant and dazzling, who could compare to the second son of the Crawford family, Zane Crawford?

But...

But it shouldn’t have been like this...

Hayden sat in the wheelchair, looking at the weeping Serena, he softly said, "Serena, you’re so smart, you already guessed it was Zane, didn’t you?"

Serena raised her head, her face full of tears, blurred with emotion, "Why... why was it him?"

"Serena, who do you think... was it that pulled out the Sky Sword for you?"

Serena froze, her pupils constricting, "Was it... Zane Crawford? Impossible, it can’t be, Zane couldn’t be of child blood, only those with child blood can pull out the Sky Sword!"

"Yes, Zane and I are brothers by blood, so Zane forced the heavens to change fate for you, becoming of child blood, it was he who replaced me to pull out the Sky Sword for you."

Serena’s breath stopped, she never imagined, could he have gone mad? He actually... made himself become... child blood?

"Serena, all of this was part of Zane’s plan, he deliberately stabbed me once, the knife grazed my heart, making me seem dead, he also developed the strong medication for heart failure to keep me safe, he defied heaven and changed fate for you, taking my destiny in your place."

"Serena, that last call between Zane and I, he once said, he wanted to trade half a lifetime of radiance for your carefree years, to never part, nor sorrow, he achieved it, he always loved what you loved, he always gave his everything to love you, Serena, he really, really... loved you very much."

-- A daily story by the Crawford family

First time holding hands 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Jude Crawford and Isabelle Willow wandered the streets like a regular couple, back then, the nights in Argentis were adorned with stars, the gentle breeze was refreshing.

Jude took his hand out from his pocket, let it hang by his side, his fingertips wiggled, wanting to hold the small hand of the girl beside him.

Yet, 19-year-old Jude had no dating experience, the two had just confirmed their relationship, it always felt too abrupt.

Just then, the girl beside him suddenly stopped.

Jude paused, asking softly, "What’s wrong?"

Isabelle pitifully extended her cold little hands to him, "My hands are so cold, Jude, warm them for me."

It’s early summer, how could her hands be cold?

In the girl’s eyes full of stars, Jude held her two little hands, her hands were... so soft and warm.