When I Was A Wallflower

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.”

Well, if he insists. She let him pay for the surgery. Amelie stood by his side, biting her lip. She didn’t stop him because she recalled Bria talking in her sleep last night and thought Bria would love it if she found out her father was showing concern for her.

out of the emergency room. But she was still unconscious thanks to the anesthetic. And she still looked pale from the agony she felt earlier. The girl might be unconscious, but she still

his daughter, he felt something melting his heart. He could see that the child was his. She resembled him. It’s

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 be, placing her on the bed like

be thrilled

after the appendectomy, and Amelie listened

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

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

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

anymore. Seeing the nurse’s clumsy operation

Leo might hit her, the nurse paled,

“Out,” he hissed.

nurse ran away, burying her

When she came back to the room, she saw the nurse running away in tears, while Leo stood around looking incensed. What

out. “Mr. Lang, I

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

an IV infusion. Help me with it.”

a cardiologist, and you expect me to do

was a bit

quickly hooked her up to the IV infusion. Oh, the previous nurse must have messed up. He then appointed the most professional nurse they had to take care of