In the surgery room, Belle, who was lying on the operating table, was elated when she saw Dorothy and Credence walking side by side. She scrambled to her feet, pulled off the oxygen mask over her nose with her tiny hands, and threw herself into Credence’s arms.
“Mommy, look at Daddy. He stood up. He’s not sitting on that ugly wheelchair anymore!”
“Haha, Daddy, you are so much more handsome than you were two days ago. I love you so much!”
Dorothy’s mind was occupied with Belle’s operation. After the operation, she would finally be free from leukemia, Dorothy was extremely excited at the thought of that.
She was so excited and felt so light that her eyes couldn’t focus on anything. She wasn’t looking at anything in particular, nor could she see anything clearly.
She put on the sterilized uniform in a daze and followed Credence inside. All of a sudden, she heard her daughter’s delicate cries, then she came back to her senses in an instant. With that, she saw that the man next to him had thrown away his wheelchair. He was already standing upright. He looked extremely tall as though he could reach the chandelier on the ceiling.
When he saw her looking at him, he didn’t avoid her gaze. He only raised his long black narrow eyebrows a little and continued to stare at her tenderly.
During the past three days, in order to be able to appear in front of his daughter in his best condition, Credence spent the rest of his time on the cruel and difficult rehabilitation training.
Apart from him, only Jonathan knew just how difficult it was.
When that silly fool saw how hard he was risking his life to execute such a large-scale recovery exercise with his will that was stronger than steel, he was so shocked, his chin almost fell to the ground. In the end, he concluded that love was truly something amazing.
This was why Credence was able to stand up by Dorothy’s side. He spread out his strong arms and held his precious daughter, who rushed towards him, tightly in his chest. He turned around and looked at Dorothy, he smiled happily. His voice was deep but pleasing to the ear. “Honey, it has only been three days, but I am already able to stand up. Are you happy?”
Since he was able to recover, of course she was happy!
“Yes.”
Dorothy was shocked and nodded her head. Suddenly, she thought of something and widened her eyes wide in disbelief.
He had not seen her for the past three days, as though he had disappeared. Was he actually secretly doing his rehabilitation exercise behind her back?
She once heard Juelz mention that Credence’s body had suffered a serious injury. According to the doctor’s rehabilitation plan, it would take Credence at least half a month to be able to stand up and walk a short distance. If he wanted to make a full recovery, it would take him at least half a year.
However, he only needed three days to stand firmly beside her. Just what kind of magic did he use to make himself recover so quickly?
After thinking about it for a long time, Dorothy still couldn’t understand. She threw away all those messy thoughts in her mind and focused all her attention on Belle.
Since Credence had recovered, all she needed to do was pay attention to Belle’s operation.
The man beside her stared at her pink, pale face. He patted her bald head and smiled slightly. “I love you the most too!”
“You can’t love me the most!”
Belle raised her little head, pinched his nose with her little fingers, and then his chin. In the end, she placed her arms around his neck, pouted, and said, “Godmother said that I will have a little boyfriend when I go to school in the future. I will love my boyfriend the most. Daddy, Mommy is your girlfriend, you should love Mommy the most.”
What kind of nonsense was this?
Just how old was she? How could she be thinking about having a boyfriend already? What the actual f*ck!
Credence looked serious. He turned around and fixed his gaze deeply at Dorothy. The lights in the depths of his eyes seemed to be flashing dangerously. “When Belle gets better, we should distance her from Germaine as soon as possible.”
Dorothy fell silent. She thought that since Belle was about to undergo her operation, she wouldn’t say anything. She couldn’t be bothered to argue with Credence. However, she was secretly complaining about him in her heart.
Huh, when it came to using Germaine, he would throw money at her to do errands for him. Once he didn’t need her anymore, he would immediately isolate them from her. What a shameless b*stard who would always go back on his word!
At that moment, the attending doctor came over to Credence’s side and told them, “Mr. Scott, the operation begins at 9:30 p. m., which means that it is about to start. In order to not affect Miss Belle’s mood, the two of you should leave for the time being.”
He said it in a tactful and forthcoming way. Even Belle understood him. The little girl, who was curled up in Credence’s arms, suddenly stopped moving.
She raised her beautiful big blue eyes, looked at Dorothy sadly, and then looked at Credence. Her face fell. “Mommy, Daddy, does that mean I will be cured after I sleep on the table?”
“But, I have a strange feeling that I might never be able to wake up again. I’m scared that I won’t be able to see you or Daddy anymore…”
Dorothy trembled as she looked at her daughter’s innocent face. She didn’t know what to say.
Credence’s body also stiffened, and Belle could sense it.
She blinked her eyes and pursed her small mouth. It looked like she wanted to cry. “Does this mean I won’t be able to see you anymore? My feelings can’t be wrong! In the past, when I went to kindergarten, I was fine in the morning. But in the afternoon, I felt like I was bleeding and fainted. After that, I was really bleeding and fainted. There are still so many days left. I spend so much more time sleeping instead of reading comics. I’m afraid that if I sleep today, I will never wake up again. Mommy, Daddy, will you tell me the truth?”
Dorothy lowered her head as she trembled and looked at her daughter’s tears. Her heart nearly broke. She was unsure about the operation, but she had to be positive. “Belle, Daddy, and I are telling you the truth. We also promise you that as long as you listen to the doctors and obediently lie on the table to go to sleep, you’ll wake up soon. After waking up, your body will be completely healthy! In the future, you can go to school like the other children, study, play basketball, dance… or anything you want.”
She asked, “Including having a little boyfriend?”
Dorothy pinched her nose and laughed. “Of course.”
Credence’s eyes darkened, he snorted. Just as he was about to ruthlessly reject her request, he lowered his head and saw his daughter’s expectant eyes. His hardened heart softened and he said, “Alright. If your mommy doesn’t have any objections, then I don’t have any as well.”
He didn’t deny it, but he made up his mind that he had to assign bodyguards to protect her all day long in order to ensure that there wasn’t even a single male mosquito within a ten-mile radius from her.
It was 9:25 p. m. Dorothy was wrapped around in Credence’s soft arms. She walked out of the operating room step by step and arrived at the place where she changed into her set of sterilized clothing in the outer room.
Through the transparent glass, she saw two doctors turn Belle over and lie down on the table. Then, they took out a long syringe and injected anesthetic into her waist.