Chapter 61

He went to look for Amelie? S-So he heard everything I said to her?

Laura felt her mind go blank. Her legs buckled and she almost fell, but she managed to hold onto the wall just in time.

“Leo!” A silvery voice sounded.

Amelie! Laura stared at her boss and Amelie, but they didn’t run into each other. Instead, Amelie was getting further away.

The next moment, Elyse showed up. A smile curled her lips, and her gaze was filled with love-love for Leo. She approached him and held his arm tightly. Oh, so it was just Elyse. The boss almost ran into Amelie, but he

missed her.

A sigh of relief escaped her lips. Look at me, getting scared out of my wits.

“Why did you bring me here, Leo?” asked Elyse quietly. She remained smiling, though there was confusion in her eyes.

Leo patted the back of her hand. “Just a checkup, that’s all.”

“I just did a full-body checkup, though.” She put on her best elegant smile.

measure.” Leo stared into

The doctor told him the donor was a girl named Amelie, but the doctor in Quinn Town told him the one who consulted him about living donation was someone called Elyse. He only knew one Elyse, and that was Elyse Clayton. She was the one who donated her cornea to him. Leo chalked the inconsistency between the doctors’ testimonials as a slip of the tongue.

and gleamed all the time. When she met Leo’s eyes-ones that were also filled with love-she would put on

cornea to him. That

Leo had with the doctor, so

donor is? Dammit. Laura stood around and waited until Elyse had gone

you, can

of machines that were built to check one’s eyesight. The ophthalmologist was already waiting for her. The old Elyse would have flown into a rage just from this call, but now she had to make herself out to

up!” said Laura quickly.

the microphone on her phone and apologized to the ophthalmologist,

polite. She was a top celebrity who had starred in popular dramas and appeared in many ads. Most celebrities like her would be arrogant and insufferable, but not her. Thanks to that, the ophthalmologist was willing to give her

approached the window

a deep breath. “Elyse, Mr. Alston is looking for

Well,

was racing. “The donor is a high school girl, and it

Alstons did put up a huge bounty for it. Some people would even sell their kidneys for that kind of money. A cornea’s nothing. Going blind in one eye is a lot better than losing a kidney. The donor is a teenager,

affair, so all

must have spent enough money to keep the donor away from them permanently. They have no reason to

eye checkup every year, and Laura has shown me the results. They’re all

do, just make Mr. Alston think your eyesight’s gone bad. Really bad,” suggested Laura. She might be Leo’s assistant, but she was also Elyse’s confidant. She was the one who

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