Page 469 of Billionaire Temptations

“You’re going to make a damn good mother one day.” He smiled.

“Thanks.” I took my coffee from him.

“And a damn good big sister.”

“I’m really excited for the baby. It will be challenging for my parents since they haven’t raised a kid in a number of years.”

“You’ll be there to help them out.” He ran his hand down the back of my hair.

“You know, you don’t have to stay,” I spoke.

“Chloe, I’m here for both of you, and I’m staying.”

A doctor walked into the waiting room, asking who was with Willie. Sebastian and I stood up.

“We are,” I spoke.

“Willie has pneumonia and a pretty bad case of it. It seems he’s had it for a while. Because his lungs were inflamed for a period of time, his oxygen levels dropped, which caused kidney damage. Not only that, but the bacteria spread into his bloodstream and, from what we can tell, has infected his heart. It’s good you got him in here when you did.”

“Is he going to be okay, doctor?” Sebastian asked.

“We aren’t sure.” He looked down. “We’re pumping him full of antibiotics right now, but only time will tell.”

As the doctor was standing there talking to us, someone came on the overhead speaker.

“Code blue, room 104. Code blue, room 104.”

“That’s his room,” the doctor spoke as he turned and ran down the hallway.

Sebastian and I ran behind him and watched through the window as they used the defibrillator and then CPR. Sebastian wrapped his arm around me and pulled me close.

“Time of death, three forty-five,” the doctor spoke as he looked at the clock on the wall.

“No.” Tears started to stream down my face as I buried my head in Sebastian’s chest.

“I’m so sorry, baby.” He tightened his arm around me as his other arm wrapped around me and softly rubbed my back.

The doctor walked out of the room and looked at us. “I’m sorry. We did everything we could.”

“Can we go in there and say goodbye?” I asked.

“Yes,” he spoke as he walked away.

While Sebastian held me, we walked into the room.

“Hey, Willie.” I placed my hand on his. “You’re home now and won’t have to suffer anymore. You’ll always be warm, and you’ll never be hungry. Pretty cool, huh?”

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Sebastian bring his hand up to his face. Oh my God, he was wiping away a tear. I didn’twant to embarrass him or make a big deal of it, so I ignored it. My heart, which was full of sadness over Willie, was also full of happiness that Sebastian was finally able to shed a tear.

“Well, I think funeral arrangements need to be made,” Sebastian spoke as he cleared his throat. “We’re going to give him a proper burial, no expense spared.”

“Really? You’re going to do that for him?” I asked as I looked into his sad eyes.

“Of course. He wasn’t only your friend, Chloe.”

“Right.” I gave a small smile. “Shall we head to the funeral home and make the arrangements now?”

“Let me call them first and make sure they can accommodate us today.”

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