Sweet Subterfuge by Trina Duo

Chapter 421

Overwhelmed with heartache, Larissa bent down and held him tightly in her arms.

She rushed Aster out of the kindergarten and to the miilary hospital nearby registering as an outpatient at the pediatrics department.

The millary hospital was usually crowded with patients, especially the pediatrics department.

Aster had never had serious health issues belere. He’d only had mild cases of colds and fevers that could be easily treated at home with over-the-counter medication.

Larissa had hardly ever brought Aster to the hospila. before, so they were unfamiliarwith the anxiety of waiting in long queues to see the doctor at the hospital,

She didnt mind waiting if she were the one who was sick. However, Larissa couldn’t bear to wall for even a second longer when it was Aster who was II.

She feared that any delay would worsen Aster’s condition

Her heart pounding. Larissa paced up and down restessly. She wished to rush into the culpatient canic that instant, but she knew that all the parents waiting outside felt the same anxiety.

In the end. Larissa suppressed her impatience and waited patiently.

on a

of patients as she listened intently for Asters number to be called over the broadcasting

was drawn to a

up tightly in a long-sleeved

had the collar of their coat pulled up to cover their neck from being

the silhouette. it seemed

gaze on the ground and kept her prolive

was riding the escalator from the top floor to the

the angle where Larissa sat, she could see that woman’s face, even though only her eyes could be

taken aback. That suspicious woman was none

of being recognized by Lana, she quickly lowered her head and obscured Aster’s profile with her

worries

even make eye contact with anyone. She got off the escalator

after Lana left, Aster’s number

young

two minutes to write a prescription

the way back home and prepared to give