Looking at Emily's cooking, although there were only two vegetable dishes, Leo must taste it.
"Eat, eat. I'll eat more of your cooking."
Leo sincerely said and then he began to eat.
It didn't taste as good as his, but it tasted delicious. Maybe there was love in it.
Dinner had hardly been finished when the private doctor arrived. Emily and Leo were in a hurry to finish
the food.
Upstairs, the doctor inquired and determined to continue infusion.
"You have no wine today, right?"
The doctor asked looking at Emily. He still believed she knew more about his illness than Leo did.
"No."
Emily had dinner with Leo so she knew that.
"Good, have some medicine."
Said the doctor, and began to prepare. Emily put forward her own questions.
"Yesterday he had a high fever and was given medicine to reduce it. Today he does not have a fever,
can he stop having the antipyretic medicine?"
Emily was afraid that many medicine would produce adverse effects on Leo.
The doctor looked up at Emily, then smiled at Leo.
"Mr. Johnson, your girlfriend is really careful with you. She notices it."
"Of course, she is my girlfriend."
Leo smiled from ear to ear. He dare not say Emily was his girlfriend for a long time, but now it sounded
both pleasant.
Emily said nothing, because she was embarrassed. She just ruthlessly stared at Leo.
The doctor stopped smiling and then answered Emily's question.
"Don’t worry. There is no fever-reducing infusion today. But he should take oral antipyretics. He'll be
cold or hot in a minute. You must monitor his temperature. If it exceeds 38 degrees, you must give him
antipyretic medicine."
"You mean he will have a fever?"
Emily was nervous again, she was afraid that it would happen again.
"Yes. He's already cold, but he's not saying it."
"Fever... It's like good versus evil. It is a struggle in which good must be wounded in order to win, and
evil does not shrink from a single struggle. It must be completely destroyed in order to win, in order to
reduce the fever."
The doctor metaphorically explained, to let Emily understand some medical common sense.
"You mean he will have a fever tomorrow as well as today?"
Emily's nerves were tight. She hoped that he could get well as soon as possible.
"It is a possibility but not a certainty. Don't worry. With you taking such good care of him, I'm sure he will
get well soon."
The doctor comforted Emily again with a relaxed look. Maybe he saw too many patients, so it is not a
big deal for him. It was also possible that he received a phone call from Leo before coming.
The doctor left after the infusion, but Emily became more nervous, always observing whether Leo had
a fever.
"You're worried about me, aren't you?
Looking at Emily’s nervous appearance, Leo was happy. This disease was worth it, otherwise Emily
would not be so good to him.
"I... Why should I worry about you? I just want you to get better because I don't want to stay here."
Emily did not admit that. She only knew it she was worried about him in her heart.
"I seem to have troubled you. I can take care of myself. You go home."
Leo joked, but the genial smile on the face disappeared, and his voice became serious. Emily did not
think it was a joke.
"You...... Ok, I'll go."
Emily got up, but was pulled back by Leo and she fell on Leo's body.
"I'm joking. Do you think I'd let you go?"
Leo's voice was soft, he could not be angry to Emily.
"You..."
Emily struggled to her feet, but her hand was still in Leo's.
"You joke again, I will leave you."
Emily gave a serious warning, with an angry face, but Leo was pleased.
"Let go of your hands."
Emily commanded.
"No, you will leave me if I let go."
Leo did not want to let go because this feeling was very good.
"I'm not leaving you. Let go."
Emily had not idea to leave. If he hadn't been sick and needed care, she would have gone. But not
now. She would be worried.
"Ok..."
Not only did he not let go, but also pulled Emily to his body. It was even closer than the last time... It
should be said that there was no distance. Because when their lips touched, Emily had no chance to
escape Leo's embrace.
No matter how Emily resisted, it did not work. Leo controlled Emily with one hand, and threatened
Emily that if she moved, she would touch his hand got infusion.
So, Emily could not move...
Winnie went to the second floor to comfort her kids, but one was silent, the other one was crying.
Her comfort did not work, so Winnie could only leave the space to them and planed to talk to them
when they have a better mood.
After Winnie went out, there were only two kids left in the room.
Megan went to Luke but before she spoke, Luke wiped her tears.
"Don’t cry, Megan. Even if mom and dad don't want us, you still have me, I will take care of you
forever."
A promise like a fire in the ice cave warmed the heart of Megan.
"You are good to me, brother."
Said Megan, cried more sadly.
"Megan, control yourself. We'll talk about something to mom and Dad."
He understood that her sister was sad, but crying did not fix the problem, they had to face the reality.
"Talk about what? If they break up, we have no home."
Megan wanted to calm down, but she held grievance at the thought that she was homeless.
"You have home, because you have me. Don't cry, I will be behind you back."
Luke patted Megan’s head, appeasing her. From now on, they were the family who would stay with
each other for the rest of their lives.
"Megan, we don't interfere with the breakup between mom and dad. I think mom has her reason, and
dad isn't that willing to break up. Both of them looked pretty embarrassed. So let's not make things
worse for them."
Luke was sensible and he understood his parents. It just happened so suddenly. After all, he was a
child and needed a process of acceptance.
"But brother, I want mom and dad."
Megan sobered, she might never accept the fact that her parents separated.
"Me too, but you see how mother has been wronged these days. Great Grandpa is so domineering that
it is no use for the whole family to persuade him. He looked down on mom, no matter how good she is,
she is unqualified in his eyes. Do you want to see mom to be wronged and despised all her life?"
Luke was a child, of course, he wanted a happy family. But he felt he could not be selfish, could not let
his mother wronged for them all her life.
"Megan, the separation of mom and dad is good for mom. We don't lose mom and dad. They'll love us
just as much as they did before. Let's leave it to them."
Luke was sad and helpless to make such a decision. He knows that mom and dad had told them the
face, even if they cried, it could not change the fact.
Winnie went downstairs but saw Brian was still there, so she came to the living room.
"Why are you still here? Don’t you have something urgent to deal with?"
"In case they cry and you can't handle it alone."
Brian answered coldly. He did not want to go, for fear that the kids would cry, for fear that he would feel
lonely.
"Don't worry about that. I'll take care of it. It's going to happen a lot, and you can't always be here for
them."
"It's getting late. Go home early."
Winnie walked to the kitchen. She had not finished housework, she had no time to be sad, more no
time to chat with a stranger.
"Why take all the blame on yourself?"
Facing Winnie's back, Brian could not help but ask.
"It's my blame. I must take my responsibility, and you, an innocent man, must not be implicated."
"Don't talk about it. It's all over. Now that everyone knows we have broken up, we're done. I'll leave you
alone, and I'm sure you won't be in my life. Go."
Winnie's attitude was clear, she was willing to do anything, and she would bear all sadness.
Their relationship was clear in everyone's mind expect her aunt. She was not going to tell her aunt, or
her aunt would be worried.
Winnie went to the kitchen, no matter whether Brian left or not, he was transparent in her eyes.
The next day was the weekend, Vanessa came back early. As soon as she got home, she saw two kids
in a very low mood. The worst thing was that Megan came to hold her and cried.
"Why are you crying? Who bullied you? Don't cry and tell me what happened."
Vanessa asked with worry.
"Mom and Dad broke up..."
Megan was sad about that. Although her brother had made it clear, and she understood that, but she
was still sad.
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