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

was still unconscious thanks to the anesthetic. And she still looked pale from the agony she felt earlier. The girl might be unconscious,

something melting

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

little touched. She’s gonna be thrilled when

told them about the dos and don’ts after the appendectomy, and Amelie listened intently so she

heart skipped a beat, and he frowned as the nurse

presence, the nurse missed the spot, forcing her to

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 this was even worse than pulling out and restarting the process. If Bria

feel pain, Leo couldn’t take it anymore. Seeing the nurse’s clumsy operation of the needle angered

hit her, the nurse paled, and

“Out,” he hissed.

burying her face

room, she

whipped his phone out. “Mr. Lang, I

came the hospital’s director. He tucked his pen into his coat’s pocket and approached Leo. “What seems to

me with it.” Leo pointed at

cardiologist, and you expect me

was

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