Loved You First.

Ethan agreed there and then.

Relaying the news to others had been much more easier than he had expected, and since everyone that Jordan's presence in the city might affect was present in the hospital at that moment, they were able to give their unanimous agreement all at once. Not like Ethan wouldn't have found a way to force any of them that might have wanted to disagree.

Even as he watched Jordan and Krystal together with the team of doctors he had previously assembled carrying out an overall check on Shikera for the fifth time that day, his nervous system was still on high alert to react if anything suddenly went wrong.

"She'll be awake in a few hours," Jordan's words, directed to Krystal, had Ethan releasing his first breath of relief in 27 hours.

'She'll be awake in a few hours,' he repeated, effectively reassuring himself inwardly.

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