When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)
Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Only then did he relate, "It was indeed a girl who was about sixteen or seventeen years old. I freaked out when she came to me, saying she wanted to remove her cornea. I dissuaded her from doing something this crazy for a long time, but she looked anxious and kept saying she wanted to save a life. I'm sure you understand that we doctors can't make a living, breathing person blind no matter how desperately we want to save anyone, what more when the patient was merely blind. With no lives at stake, we wouldn't do something like this even more so. The director was there as well, and he reprimanded the girl for good before asking security to take her away."

He continued, "I thought that was the end of it, but who'd have thought the director called me to his office a few days later, wanting me to do a cornea removal operation?! I thought I was doing it on a dead man, but when I got to the operating room, I found the same girl lying on the table. I don't know what she did, but she ended up making the director agree to it. Meanwhile, the director kept telling me it wouldn't implicate me if I kept my mouth shut and never divulged it to anyone ever."

At that, the doctor took a big gulp of water.

Even after a decade had passed, he still felt gun-shy talking about it, still having deep guilt over what happened.

"I had no other options. As you might know, the director of the private hospital was also the CEO, so how could I say otherwise? So..."

The doctor didn't dare miss Leo's every expression when he spoke, and his heart skipped a beat, not daring to continue when he saw Leo lowering his head with furrowed brows and his hands bunched up into fists at some point. His face, too, was beyond somber.

"And after that?" He heard Leo ask moments later. Though his voice was still monotonous, it was obvious to the doctor that his mood was already off.

Despite being unable to grasp Leo's thoughts, the doctor dared not defy him even more so, and he could only bite the bullet. "After that... After that, the girl... You may be unaware of this, but the risk of a cornea removal operation is high, and no doctor would do it on a living human. The girl insisted that we save the cornea at all costs, so I...

"What happened to her?!" Leo bellowed impatiently, startling the doctor, who sat upright and hurriedly said, "Because of an intraoperative infection, the girl fell unconscious, and for some time, we all thought she....

she...

Sweat gathered on his forehead as he spoke, still disturbed even after so long.

"The cornea had been removed at that point, so it'd be a waste if we didn't deliver it for the transplant immediately. As such, the director had no choice but to send the cornea as a consignor to the hospital the girl had specified beforehand. Fortunately, the girl left all the relevant information to the director beforehand, or it would have been really troublesome."

"Did she... wake up?" Leo tensed up when he heard the girl had fallen unconscious.

To that, the doctor nodded. "Three days later. The operation was too risky, so the director didn't let anyone else know, leaving me, him, and another nurse to care for her the whole time. You have no idea how worried we were about her life then. Fortunately, she regained consciousness in the end and didn't hold us liable for anything. She left not long after waking up," said the doctor as he patted his chest. It was probably the scariest thing he had ever experienced in his whole life.

Leo's countenance finally turned a little brighter when he heard that the girl had woken up in the end.

"Who did she ask the director to give the cornea to? What's her name?" He was super discreet about the Inatter.

"To someone named Leo Alston," the doctor answered at once. "As for the girl, she didn't leave her full name but only wrote 'Amy'."

"Amy?" Utterly stupefied, Leo looked at the doctor and grabbed his arms. "Where's her information? Show

me!"

Meanwhile, Julia helped Amelie into Estrela Eye Specialist, but Amelie yanked her arm away as she glanced awkwardly at the surrounding indistinct gazes on her. "I'm fine. Don't hold on to me like this." She just had one bad eye, and she was not entirely blind. Thus, she felt absolutely awkward when Julia held her like this.

"You're one to talk!" Julia was still mad about the entire situation.

She had dragged Amelie over for a check-up, and of course, Steven had no idea about it.

Imagine how sad he'd be if he learned that his baby girl was blind in one eye!

"You really have a lot of nerve to do something as crazy as removing your cornea just like that! You can even give up your life for Alston, can't you?!" Julia caterwauled, utterly disappointed in her best friend. To that, Amelie smiled helplessly and tugged the hem of Julia's shirt gingerly. "Come on, don't be mad anymore. I promise it'll never happen again."

"Again?!" Livid, Julia raised her fist, wanting to bash the young woman up.

But the next second, her heart ached, and her eyes turned red-rimmed. "Alston, that son of a b*tch. You sacrificed one eye for him, yet he isn't even willing to give you his love. B*stards like him should go and rot in hell!"

"Alright, cut it out." Amelie held Julia's hand gently. "I made the decision myself without letting him know at all. Besides, we were married for four years, and I made him angry and annoyed the entire time, didn't I? That offsets it, no?"

"Offset, my *ss. He earned and lost nothing during those four years while you suffered every possible misery! Tell me that offsets it!" Julia eventually didn't stop her tears from falling.

She wasn't one to cry, but she couldn't help feeling bad for Amelie every time she thought about how great of a sacrifice Amelie made for Leo but never even got a smile in return.

In the end, Amelie had to comfort Julia instead, who finally remembered a long while later that she had brought Amelie over to check on her eye. With that, she dragged Amelie to a specialist. An extended luxury sedan parked where they passed, and because the bushes obstructed the vehicle, it wasn't obvious.

Meanwhile, behind the half-rolled-down window, a man had his eyes closed, brows so tightly furrowed that his nose bridge wrinkled, and a deep shadow was overcast where his lashes were. "Mr. Alston..." Laura called out worriedly.

Leo had come all the way here after leaving the private hospital but ended up doing nothing except sitting in the car with his tightly knitted brows.

An emotion she had never seen before enveloped his face-depression.

Leo rarely ever wore his emotions on his face, only furrowing his brows slightly even if he was beyond livid. But now, for him to express it so clearly...

That said, Laura hadn't a clue why he would come here. They couldn't possibly sit here until sundown, could they?

It wasn't until five minutes later that Leo opened his eyes and said without looking at her, "Make an appointment with the specialist."

"Yes, sir." Despite still not knowing what Leo was thinking, Laura still obliged.

As soon as she got out of the car, Leo started it and drove away...

It wasn't easy to book a slot with the specialist, and she only managed to get one after pulling some connections In other words, she had wasted quite some time.

With that, she immediately told Leo she had successfully booked a slot with the specialist over the phone, to which the man hummed in response.

But just as Laura was about to ask when he wanted to come over, two figures appeared in front of her out of the blue. One of them was slender and elegant. Her long dress fitted her shape nicely, the hem of her shirt fluttered, and her long, luscious hair hung loosely until her waist.