Zayne felt his nose getting sore, and he hugged Josie tightly in his arms. However, the hollowed-out feeling of powerlessness in his body gave him a strong sense of contradiction. He quickly pushed Josie away while almost begging her, "Forget about me, Jose. Find a man to marry in the future. Find someone who's in good health and who can make money. You need someone who can share your worries with you so that you don't have to work so hard."
Josie grabbed his shoulders, shaking them vigorously i n a stirred up manner. "No way. No one will ever love me and Joseph more than you. I'll never be happy around any other man."
Zayne began to bawl out loud like a child. "How can I leave peacefully if you're being like this, Jose?"
Josie said, "I won't let you go anywhere. I'll give you the kidney so that you'll live."
Zayne resisted fiercely. "Impossible! Do you know why I hid my condition and refused to let any of you know, Josie? It's because I know that my wife and sister are the kindest women in the world. They'd give me their kidney without so much as a blink. But how can I allow you women to live your life with such a frail body? Stop stirring up trouble, Jose. You must listen t o me this time around. Otherwise, I'll be unwilling to stay alive."
When Angeline heard how much Zayne was stubbornly rejecting their plan to donate their kidney, she looked at Jay helplessly. "What should we do now, Jaybie?"
Jay said, "It’s not like your kidneys are the only ones that'll be a match for Zayne in this world. Rest assured. Zayne, this rascal, won’t have such a short life. Give me some time. I'll help him find a suitable kidney.”
Josie became slightly wiser and looked at Zayne while questioning, "Since you already knew about this disease earlier on, you must’ve been looking for a kidney that suits you. It's just that you haven’t found one yet, right?"
Zayne was dumbfounded. He never expected Josie, who had always been carefree, to be so keen regarding this.
Zayne’s eyes seemed dark, but he pretended to be relaxed as he replied, "Oh! Now that you reminded me, I forgot that a kidney transplant can save my life."
Josie was so angry that she grabbed him and shook him violently. "How could you forget about this kind o f thing?"
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