Chapter 111

“Acute appendicitis. She needs to undergo surgery immediately. The doctor pulled his mask down.

Whew. Amelie felt a weight lifted off her shoulders, and she slowly relaxed. Just appendicitis. Not something terminal. She felt her strength coming back to her.

“Arrange the surgery right away, doctor,” said Leo.

A nurse came to them with a consent form, and Amelie signed it. Then the nurse took it back. “Make your payment at the counter. The surgery will begin soon after.”

“I’ll do it,” said Leo.

“It’s alright. I’ll do it,” Amelie declined politely and tried to pay for the fees herself.

A frown furrowed Leo’s brow. “I am her father as well.”

Amelie stared at him in surprise for a moment. That’s the first time he’s calling himself her father out of kindness.

Leo whipped his phone out. “Online transaction works faster. We won’t have to line up, and Bria can go through the surgery faster.”

because she recalled Bria talking in her sleep last night and thought Bria would love it if she found out her father was showing

the emergency room. But she was still unconscious thanks to the anesthetic. And she still looked pale from the agony she felt earlier.

something melting his heart. He

but Leo stopped him. “I’ll do it.” He bent over and carefully took the girl in his arms, worried he might pull on her wound. He was trying his best to hold her as steadily as he could. One hand was holding her back, and the other held her feet. He was as gentle as he could

she felt a little touched. She’s gonna be thrilled when she knows that her father showed her this much

and don’ts after the

hooked Bria up to the IV infusion. His heart skipped a beat, and

his presence, the nurse missed the spot, forcing her to pull the needle out and restart

face turned black as thunder, and it didn’t help the nurse. Once again, the nurse missed the spot, but this time, she had not the courage to pull the needle out. She kept turning the needle around in the girl’s flesh, trying to find the right position. But

anymore. Seeing the nurse’s clumsy operation of the needle angered him. “Enough!”

hit her, the nurse

“Out,” he hissed.

ran away, burying her

just seen the doctor off. When she came back to the room, she saw the nurse running away in tears, while Leo

out. “Mr. Lang, I need you here right now. My

pocket and approached Leo. “What seems

me with

you expect

Amelie thought it was a bit

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