Love in Prime Years

Chapter 20 Let's Make A Deal

Amelia felt her heart skip a beat.

She did not want Leigh to know about her illness, so as not to affect his next surgery.

She pretended to be relaxed and touched Leigh's face, "Leigh, you heard what Lawrence and I just

said, right?"

Seeing Leigh nod, Amelia then said with a soft smile, "Silly Leigh, I just lied to him. You often watch TV

dramas, right? On TV dramas nowadays, girls like to pretend to be pitiful. I was just doing the same

thing to change his mind, Unfortunately, I failed."

"Mom, is it true what you said?" Leigh was after all only a three old child and he couldn't understand

the thoughts of adults.

Amelia rubbed her little head, "Of course it's true! People who lie would have long noses! I am a

beautiful woman, and I don't want a long nose."

"Leigh, don't worry. I am healthy! I still want to see you grow up and become a big man."

The door of the ward was suddenly pushed open, Lawrence entered. He took the car keys left on the

table and left in deadly silence.

The moment he turned around, he sneered at Amelia and curled up his lips.

On his face, there was an undisguised mockery. Obviously, the lie she told to comfort Leigh was heard

by Lawrence.

Amelia lowered her eyelids bitterly. But she thought Leigh was still with her, so she still remained

optimistic.

But she didn't expect that Leigh suddenly became agitated. Just now, he still stayed in her arms quietly.

Like an angry little beast, Leigh rushed to Lawrence and bit his wrist hard.

"Bad guy! You bullied my mother! You're the bad guy!" Leigh almost used all his strength to bite

Lawrence.

Suddenly, blood came from Lawrence's wrist.

Amelia feared that Lawrence would hurt Leigh, so she rushed forward to pull Leigh away. But Lawrence

was faster than her. Before she could touch them, Leigh was thrown away hard.

As Leigh lay on the ground like a broken doll, Amelia felt her heart in so much pain that it seemed to

break into pieces.

But there was no pity in Lawrence's eye at all. He looked at Leigh condescendingly and said with

disgust and disdain, "How dare you!"

"Leigh!" Seeing the blood seeping out again from the bandage Leigh's bandage on the leg again,

Amelia didn't even have time to argue with Lawrence since he had already walked out of the door. She

just held Leigh into her arms with all her might and frantically rang the bell as she yelled, "Doctor!" The

wound reopened and it really hurt.

Leigh was in so much pain that cold sweat appeared on his forehead. But he gritted his teeth to keep

himself from crying out in pain.

He was worried that his beloved mother would be upset, "Mom, don't cry!"

Leigh stretched out his bandaged hand and awkwardly wiped the tears from the corner of Amelia's

eyes, "It's not hurt! It's true. People who lie would have long noses. I'm not lying!"

Hearing Leigh's words, Amelia cried even more. Leigh continued to wipe her tears in a hurry, "Mom, I'm

sorry. It's all my fault that I can't protect you. And I even bring you a lot of trouble."

Amelia hastily turned her face away to prevent Leigh from seeing the tears that were flooding into her

eyes.

How could it be Leigh's fault? Leigh was the best boy!

So, even if she were to be torn to pieces, she would raise a million dollars for the operation on Leigh

before she died!

Lillian was restless for the past few days when she pretended to be sick.

She heard about a big event from one of her man. Dorothy, who was judged to be a vegetable by the

doctor, woke up once after being acupunctured several times by the magic doctor, Sophia. Although

she only woke up for less than a minute, it was possible that she woke up for the second time after this

time. Moreover, when she woke up this time, she said, "Don't hurt Amelia."

So, although Dougie hated Amelia to the extreme, he still didn't send Amelia to prison hearing

Dorothy's words. After all, he loved and cherished his wife a lot.

Lillian was turned to be anxious as she thought that Dorothy would tell the truth after waking up again.

Even her hair fell more, and she felt she had to do something.

On weekdays, Dougie was at Dorothy's bedside almost all day long, so she had no chance to get at

Dorothy.

But today, something big had happened to the Palmer family and Dougie had to be there, so it was the

perfect time for her to do something.

Lillian felt that even God was helping her. When she went over, the two caregivers that were

responsible for taking care of Dorothy were not in the room.

The doctor said that the oxygen mask on Dorothy's face had to be protected. If it was removed,

Dorothy would surely die.

Lillian quickly walked to Dorothy's bedside. As long as the oxygen mask was removed from Dorothy's

face, Dorothy would be completely dead and those dirty secrets would be buried in the dark forever!

Lillian stretched out her hand. Just as she was about to pull the oxygen mask off Dorothy's face, she

noticed that there were several cameras inside the room that were shining with red dots.

Lillian froze and wisely adjusted the oxygen mask on Dorothy's face.

In that way, even if she was caught by the camera, nobody would think that she wanted to kill Dorothy.

Others would only think that she was a filial girl and she was adjusting the oxygen mask for her mother. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Mom, I'm sorry, it's my fault. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be hurt by Amelia like this!"

Lillian grabbed Dorothy's hand and pretended to wipe her eyes a few times, "Mom, wake up quickly! If

anything happens to you, I'll never forgive myself! Mom, can you wake up earlier?"

When Lillian said this, she clearly felt Dorothy's fingers move.

Lillian was horrified but fortunately, the woman lying on the bed didn't open her eyes. Lillian knew that

Dorothy would wake up very soon, so she had to find a way to make the world free of Dorothy!

Lillian was always smart and she quickly thought of an idea.

Amelia. She knew how much Amelia needed money. As long as she promised Amelia a lot of money,

Amelia would do it.

After all, Amelia had to save Leigh and she had no other option.

Back in her own ward, Lillian dialled Amelia's phone.

Her voice was still filled with the usual condescension as if she was showing mercy to Amelia.

"Amelia, let's make a deal!"

"Lillian, what the hell are you trying to do again?!"

"Amelia, I know you're short of money right now. You want a million dollars for Leigh's surgery, right? I

can give you a million dollars and I can also get you the best experts abroad. I guarantee Leigh will

recover soon!"

Seeing that Amelia did not say anything to refuse, Lillian knew Amelia was moved.

So, Lillian continued, "As long as you remove Dorothy, my mother's oxygen mask, I will save Leigh.

Amelia, this is your last chance to keep him alive, do you want Leigh to die, or do you want my mother

to die?"