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.

a bench lacing

low of patients as she listened intently

drawn to a strange

that person was wrasped up tightly in a long-sleeved coat

person had the collar of their coat pulled up to cover their

silhouette. it seemed to

up, that peculiar woman fixed her gaze on the ground

riding the escalator from the top floor to the

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

taken aback. That suspicious

quickly lowered her head and obscured

worries

not even make eye contact with anyone. She got off the escalator in a hurry. rushed to

Lana left, Aster’s number

doctor’s opinion, chickenpox in young children was considered just

less than two minutes to write a prescription for

much difficulty, Larissa canled Asteral the way back home and prepared