Winner Takes All

It was stormy outside the window.

Yet inside the ward, it was very silent.

Jack sat in his wheelchair couldn't sleep. As he watched over Amber with his eyes red.

Even though she was sound asleep, Amber's brow was knitted tightly, and pain was written on her face.

The loss of a child.

For both Jack and Amber, it was a shocking and horrible news.

All the hard work of carrying a baby for ten months resulted in this.

Not a single soul could have taken this easily.

As a husband, Jack was clear that he had to take care of Amber. No matter it's her emotions or her health.

The exhaustion of a night without sleeping was extremely tiring. But this didn't stop him from being awake and watching over Amber.

Amber's face made Jack's heart as if it was being slashed by a knife.

As her face was already pale, it was also filled with pain, it was even more shrivelled and haggard.

As if she had already aged by a dozen years over the course of the night.

"Sorry..."

Jack murmured a word, his eyes reddened, and his gaze gradually narrowed. There was an endless of coldness from his gaze.

He became ruthless and insane.

In the blink of an eye, it was as if Jack had change into a different person.

His face was extremely cold and stern to the core.

"Kool family, you've harmed my wife and killed my child... you will pay for all of these!"

A hoarse voice squeezed out of Jack's throat

Thump!

Jack's right hand landed on the wheelchair's armrest. And with tremendous force, the armrest that was wrapped with plastic exploded with cracks.

Jack's right hand squeezed the armrest upper part. His veins on the back of his hand looked like gnarled earthworms.

Without even noticing it himself, the veins extended along of the back of his hand and up to his forearm. His veins became slight pale red in colour that was particularly opaque. It looked menacing. The downpour had been quite a while.

And Amber was sleeping soundly.

As the best way for human body to recover was to sleep. Especially when it was exhausted whether it's physically or mentally and when it's extremely weak.

Jack had been watching attentively from the side.

It was until dusk and darkness started to fall that the pouring rain came a abrupt halt.

The sky was as clear as a whisper, and the dusky sun was setting.

Squeak...

The door of the ward was opened softly.

Jack looked up wearily.

Mr. Ward entered first, followed by Steve Knight and his wife, who were full of fear and worry.

And after them, Daisy walked in carrying a thermos container.

As soon as they entered the ward.

Steve and his wife saw Amber laying in the hospital bed. Both their eyes turned red and filled with tears. As they rushed to the bedside.

Jack made a silent gesture, "Mom, Dad, let Amber have some rest. She is very weak now."

"You..."

Steve's face turned red as he glared at Jack in anger. His hand was poise to strike but was stopped by his wife.

Jack had no intent of dodging.

As Amber was the most precious of her parents ever since she was born.

Now that such terrible accident had happened, her parents must be extremely distressed.

Jack was ready even if he got stabbed rather than just a beating. He would not have the slightest resentment.

And what had happened to Amber was a failure of Jack as a husband. As he had failed to protect his wife.

"Calm down, go outside with Jack and talk it over."

Amber's mother held back her tears and snapped at Steve, "Do you think that Jack wanted this to happen? He's more distressed about Amber than either of us." "Thanks mom."This content provided by N(o)velDrama].[Org.

Jack was sincerely grateful.

Only when one had truly experienced it could understand just how tolerant Amber's mother was. At that moment of distress, she was still able to say such words of relief. At the corridor.

Jack pushed his wheelchair against the wall.

Steve was full of anger and turned around brazenly as soon as they exited the ward and closed the door.

Slap!

A slap landed on Jack's cheek.

Jack didn't duck or dodge. Half of his face quickly became red and swollen.

This scene immediately drew the attention of the people at the corridor. Slap!

Without a word, Steve slapped again on Jack's cheek.

The two slaps were so powerful, it made Jack's head moved slightly.

The two slap he gave him.

Only then Steve was able to control his anger, his eyes were red and said, "These two slaps, one is for Amber. You as her husband, how could you ever let her go through this?"

"The other one is for me and my wife. Amber was our precious daughter; we entrusted our daughter to you in the first place. But now, look what you did to our daughter?"

His words were deep and cold. Every word was heart-breaking.

As he spoke, Steve couldn't hold back his tears, as they streamed down his face.

But, at his age, he immediately turned his back to Jack and wiped away the tears at the corner of his eyes with his hands.

He said in a trembling voice, "Do you know? Do you know how long your mother and I have been looking forward to holding our grandchild? As the time draws near, your mother and I have prepared everything for Amber and the baby. But now..."

His voice had slight hint of crying; it was incredibly painful.

Jack's face was filled with agony. The feeling of guilt and self-recrimination surged up within him.

As if there were rocks filling up his chest, chocking him.

Compared to the slap on his face, his heart hurt more at that point. It hurt so much that the pain on his face could be ignored.

It felt as if he was being stabbed right through the heart with a sharp, red-hot knife.

Steve's words, every word was on point. Even as a parent his words were unbiased, and he had maintained the utmost restraint.

"I am sorry Dad. It was my fault. I couldn't protect Amber."

Guilty to the core, Jack bowed his head to Steve and said it with a tearing up voice.

"Whoosh..."

Steve who had his back to Jack exhaled heavily. He then turned around with a stern look on his face, "Who did this?"

When the couples received the phone call from Director Lansing. They were both extremely shocked and panicked on the spot.

Director Lansing didn't give any details.

The two of them packed their bags and rushed over as fast as they could.

As for what had happened, Steve still didn't know the details until now.

"The Kool family!"

Jack said in a deep voice. At that moment, his face was cold and his eyes were filled with murderous intent, "Steve, this big hatred, I will personally revenge for Amber and the child!"

"The Kool family?"

Steve's body shook and his eyebrows frowned.

But suddenly, he felt a vicious chill came over and enveloped his whole body.

He glanced at Jack in shock. At that moment, Jack was radiating a chilling feel and even he felt creep out.

Why did Jack have such an overwhelming feeling?

Steve was stunned but he forced himself to suppress the feeling, and said in a deep voice, "This Kool family, do you know anything about them?"

Jack froze for a moment.

"Dad, you don't know either?"

He explicitly spoke about the Kool family. As he thought that Steve, who travelled across the international market, should know something about the prestigious families in the whole world. He was hoping to get some information about the Kool family from Steve.

But from Steve's reaction, it made Jack disappointed and confused at the same time. How mysterious was the Kool family?

"I don't know, I've never heard of them."

Steve shook his head and said with a sober and stern look on his face, "But there are many powerful families in the world that are exposed to the public. And there are some that are hiding in the shadows and keeping a low profile."

After a pause, Steve's gaze became determined.

"Investigate! Use all your resources to find out the Kool family!"

"My precious daughter, I could not even beat her even once since she was young. But now she has been hurt like this, I will make the Kool family pay even if I have to give up all of my fortune!"

Faced with Steve's indignant momentum, Jack only responded coldly with a single word.

"Kill!"000000000☐☐☐☐☐