A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 407

Fifteen Minutes

Amber POV

By lunchtime, I was tired enough to admit that bed rest might not be the completely unreasonable torture I’d accused my doctor of prescribing.

Jason had finished physical therapy that morning and was pretending it hadn’t exhausted him. I had spent more time than I was supposed to reviewing reports, which meant Pamela had already threatened to confiscate my tablet twice.

A nurse entered carrying our lunch trays.

I recognized her immediately. She’d been attending Jason since he’d arrived at the hospital. She wasn’t his only nurse, but she’d been around often enough that neither of us paid much attention when she entered anymore.

“Food,” she announced as she set the trays down. “And before either of you complains, I don’t cook it.”

Jason inspected his plate. “Convenient excuse.”

“I’ll tell the kitchen you’ve recovered enough to insult them.”

She checked my blood-pressure monitor, adjusted Jason’s IV and began organizing supplies around the room while we ate.

There was nothing unusual about her staying. She was constantly finding something to check or straighten whenever she was in the room.

I ate about half my lunch before giving up.

Jason looked at my tray. “That’s all?”

“Don’t start.”

“Your doctor said-”

“If you become responsible now, I’m divorcing you.”

“Too late.”

I smiled and reached for my water.

About fifteen minutes later, the words on my tablet blurred.

I blinked.

They didn’t clear.

“Jason.”

He looked at me immediately.

My glass slipped from my fingers and hit the floor.

“Amber?”

My arms felt heavy. My head fell back against the pillow, and when I tried to lift it again, my body barely responded.

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Something was wrong.

Nooked toward the nurse.

She wasn’t coming toward me.

She was moving toward Jason.

Her hand disappeared into her pocket.

When it came out, there was a syringe between her fingers.

My hand searched blindly beside the mattress.

The alert button.

I found it and pressed.

“Jason-”

Then everything disappeared.

Jason POV

Amber went limp. 1

“Amber!”

I threw the blanket aside and tried to stand on instinct.

My legs immediately reminded me that I couldn’t.

My right knee buckled before I was fully upright, and I dropped back against the mattress hard enough to send pain through my hip. I caught the bed rail and tried again, but my legs were already trembling.

“Amber!”

She didn’t respond.

The nurse should have gone to her.

She didn’t.

Instead, she walked toward me.

For half a second, my brain tried to make the situation normal. I knew this woman. She’d been part of my care team since I’d been brought into the hospital. She had checked my vitals, changed dressings, helped with medication and watched me argue with physical therapists.

Then I saw the syringe.

“Check my wife.”

“I will. I need to give you this first.”

“No.”

She stepped closer.

That was her mistake.

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I couldn’t chase her. I couldn’t fight her. I could barely stand without someone beside me.

But I could still use my hands.

When she reached toward the IV port, I caught her wrist with both of mine and pulled it against the bed rail.

My arms shook from the effort.

“Mr. Sun, let go.”

“What is that?”

“Your medication.”

“Then put it down.”

She tried to pull away.

I couldn’t overpower her.

The moment she realized that, she pulled harder.

My shoulder screamed as my grip began slipping.

“Let go!”

She twisted her wrist.

The needle moved toward my IV line.

I used my weight instead of my strength, dropping backward onto the mattress while keeping both hands locked around her wrist. The sudden movement pulled her off balance and slammed her forearm against the rail.

The syringe fell onto the bed.

She reached for it.

I slapped it away.

It hit the floor.

Then the door burst open.

Security came through first, followed immediately by medical staff responding to Amber’s alert.

Two officers seized the nurse and pulled her away from me.

“Get off me! I’m his nurse!”

“Amber!” I shouted. “She collapsed!”

The medical team went directly to her bed.

One doctor checked her airway while another called for monitors and blood work.

I tried to stand again.

A nurse pushed me firmly back.

“Mr. Sun, stay down.”

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“My wife-”

she’s breathing.”