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

melting his heart. He could see that the child was

Bria on the bed, 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

She’s gonna be thrilled when she knows

the dos and don’ts after the

watching the nurse as she hooked Bria up to the IV infusion. His heart skipped a beat, and he frowned as the nurse injected the

the spot, forcing her to pull

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 this was even worse than pulling out and restarting the process. If Bria were awake, she would’ve

nurse’s clumsy operation of the needle angered him.

might hit her, the nurse paled,

“Out,” he hissed.

nurse ran away, burying her face in her

came back to the room, she saw the nurse running

his daughter’s hand and whipped his phone out. “Mr. Lang,

Leo. “What seems to be the matter?” he asked kindly. Of course, he was kind. Leo was one of the biggest stakeholders of this

Help me with it.”

cardiologist, and you expect me

thought it was a bit too

the director said nothing. He approached Bria and quickly hooked her up to the IV infusion. Oh, the previous nurse must have messed up. He then appointed the most

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