A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 396

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Amber POV

Jason still hadn’t opened his eyes when the president of Sum arrived at the hospital.

By then, I had stopped looking at the clock. Time had become something measured by the rise and fall of Jason’s chest, the quiet beeping of the monitors, the nurses coming in to check his pupils and blood pressure, and the doctors watching the swelling from the blow to his head. Every time the door opened, I looked up expecting another medical update, and every time someone said my name, some part of me braced for news I wasn’t ready

to hear.

So when Pamela stepped into the room and told me the president was here, it took several seconds for the words to register.

“The president?”

She nodded. “With the secretary of defense.”

I looked toward Jason. “Why?”

“Officially, to check on his condition.” Pamela paused before adding, “Unofficially, they found something.”

Of course they had. There was always something else waiting beneath the last horrible thing we uncovered.

I looked down at Jason’s hand inside mine. His fingers hadn’t moved again since that tiny twitch earlier, but I hadn’t let go. I kept my thumb resting over his wedding ring as if that small point of contact could somehow remind his body that I was still here.

“Bring them in. I’m not leaving him.”

“I didn’t expect you to.”

A few minutes later, the president of Sum entered with the secretary of defense and two members of his security detail. The hospital floor was already heavily protected, but their arrival turned the corridor outside Jason’s room into something resembling a military command post.

The president’s attention immediately went to Jason. There was no practiced smile, no formal greeting meant for cameras, and thankfully, there were no cameras anywhere near the floor.

“How is he?”

“Alive,” I answered.

The word still hurt.

“The doctors say the head injury doesn’t require surgery right now. He’s severely dehydrated, he lost blood, and toxicology is still trying to determine everything they gave him. He hasn’t woken up.”

The secretary of defense looked toward Jason, his expression hardening. “I’m sorry.”

I nodded once.

The president stepped closer, though he kept a respectful distance from the bed. “We’ve increased security here

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and at the castle. Additional officers have also been placed at the mine entrances and the command center.”

“Good,” I said. “Because someone already got close enough to sabotage the rescue.”

His expression changed.

“That’s part of why we’re here.”

I straightened slightly.

Pamela moved closer with her tablet in hand.

“What did you find?”

The secretary of defense answered. “A technician attached to the mine command infrastructure.”

My grip tightened around Jason’s hand. “Attached by whom?”

“He was brought in as a civilian systems specialist when the search expanded into the older tunnel network. His credentials checked out.”

“Yes,”

“Good.”

The secretary of defense continued. “He started cooperating almost immediately after we showed him the system logs and financial records.”