No More Yielding Chapter 03 Only ten hours remained until the overseas online interview. A sudden rainstorm struck in the night, tripping the power in the officers’ housing compound and plunging everything into a dead, silent darkness. The moment darkness fell, a muffled thud came from Isabella’s room. My heart jolted violently, and I rushed
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No More Yielding Chapter 02 Arthur didn’t come home all night. The next morning, he sent me text message. “I have already withdrawn Lily’s early decision admission slot. “I’m bringing Margaret and Isla over this afternoon to pick up Lily’s study materials, so don’t give us any attitude.” Looking at this self-righteous command, I didn’t
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No More Yielding Chapter 01 On the day our daughter secured the early decision admission slot for the Architecture Department at the University of Toronto, my husband, a Lieutenant-Colonel in Canadian Army, came home to cook—a rare occurrence. But that night, standing outside the study door, I heard him on the phone with the admissions
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 08 Dad buried his face in his hands, too overcome with guilt to speak. Jacob couldn’t bring himself to yell at him, so he turned all his rage onto Victoria instead. “What else have you been hiding from us? Spit it out!” Victoria flinched at the roar, shaking
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 07 I didn’t care about the curses she hurled at me. Even though I hated her, there was nothing I could do to her now. It wasn’t until the next day that Mom and Dad seemed to suddenly remember my things were still piled up in the utility
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 06 The nurse’s words hit them like a sledgehammer, leaving their minds buzzing. “How is that possible? Why would she give up treatment? We clearly already found a donor for her…” The nurse hadn’t intended to engage, but hearing this, she couldn’t help but retort, “Your so-called ‘finding
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 05 The air suddenly went dead silent. Everyone froze. Dad, however, instinctively shot back, “What death certificate? What are you talking about?” “Are you an actor she hired? Is she cursing herself like this just to trick us into going back?” I don’t know why, but ever since
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 04 When I came to sense again, I had already been taken to the hospital. There was no one by my side. I dragged my weak body out of bed, intending to leave the hospital. But as I passed the adjacent ward, I saw Mom, Dad, Jacob, and
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 03 After being discharged from the hospital, I went back home alone, only to find that the villa had changed completely. The family portrait in the living room had been replaced by one featuring Victoria and my family. My bedroom, which my parents had specially designed and Jacob
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I Gave Up Treatment Not Them Chapter 02 Everyone in the room froze for a moment. Jacob’s voice tightened as he instinctively shot back, “How is that possible?” I stared at their reactions and enunciated every word. “If I don’t get this surgery, I won’t survive. Are you willing to let Victoria undergo the surgery
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