Menantu Pahlawan Negara by Sarjana

Chapter 139

Leslie looked away without saying a word.

Linda poked at his chest. “Oh, my. So there is a time when your words fail you.”

“Mom, if you are going to mess around, I will leave,” he said with resignation.

“Don’t leave. Aurelia is really fragile right now. I can’t rest unless you are with her. Get in there.” She shoved at him and he bumped into the door.

Inside the room, Aurelia sniffed and wiped her tears, before getting up.

When she opened the door, she was surprised by the person who came in. “Mr. Synder, why are you here?”

“Given what is happening with your mother, should he come as her son–in–law?” Linda said and gave Leslie a nudge toward the bed. “Why are you just standing there? Address your mother–in–law.”

Both Leslie and Aurelia fell into silence.

Despite the earlier sorrow she felt, Aurelia felt slightly amused, especially when she saw the hint of shock on Leslie’s face.

didn’t expect Leslie to

my mother hasn’t woken up yet, so she won’t hear Mr. Synder.

home. I’ve arranged

rooms are expensive, and I …”

was running out of money this month after the deduction

Leslie. Leslie reluctantly played along. “My mom has a connection, so we’ll get a discount. Don’t worry.”

After all, when did hospitals start offering discounts?

didn’t think much of it and assumed the hospital offered a cheaper

“Mom, thank you.”

your mother. You can rest assured. You’ve been

nodded and started packing her

struggled to pick up seven or eight plastic bags and two basins from the

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walked out of the ward. At this moment, a figure

hands and then cornered

was holding

weren’t for Leslie, she would have collided with someone else while carrying so many bags and it would be

said, “Thank you.”