Chapter 39 – From Rags to Riches: Revenge from Ex-Husband
During the journey to send Lily back, vehicles and pedestrians filled the road to the brim because they were in the middle of rush hour when everyone was getting off work.
When he reached an intersection at a traffic light, Leon had to brake suddenly to avoid the pedestrians. Her soft bosom bumped against his back and a wonderful sensation began coursing through his body.
Leon was stunned and immediately realized that Lily's chest was in intimate contact with his back. Although their skin was separated through thin clothes, he could feel the size of her supple bosom!
A red flush appeared on Lily's cheeks within a split second, and she tried to move back as much as possible to try and maintain a gap from Leon.
Inertia had other plans for her though. The more she leaned back, the more forcefully her bosom bumped into Leon's back whenever he had to brake.
Leon did not think much about it at first, but there was no denying that he was a normal man with strong vigor.
As the frequency of braking and bosom-bumping increased, no amount of concentration could control the budding emergence of his arousal!
He never thought that riding a motorcycle with a woman would be so amazing!
It would be even better if he had the opportunity to bring Iris for a ride sometime in the future…
Leon's excitement grew with every passing thought, and it was the first time he truly understood the wonders of riding a motorcycle!
He previously shunned that motorcycle a little after Ariel teased him for being a sissy, and he even gave some thought to whether or not he should replace it.
However, the experience of bringing a woman as a passenger led him to change his mind, and he would sooner kill himself than replace it!
He was eagerly hoping to one day bring Iris for a ride on that motorcycle!
Leon was immersed in his fantasies throughout the journey, while Lily blushed bashfully by the time they reached the hospital.
"Miss Cameron, do you know if there are any pharmacies nearby? And whether they sell any disinfectant ?" Leon asked, taking the lead to get rid of the awkward atmosphere between them.
"This is a hospital, so there is one just diagonally
opposite from here. They should have some there." Lily gradually regained her composure.
Leon nodded. After going to the pharmacy to buy some special disinfectant, they went back to the hospital with that and some fruit that they bought from a roadside stall.
When they reached one of the wards upstairs, Leon followed Lily there and met Lily's mother Serena Plumer.
Serena was weak and she was half-lying on the hospital bed.
Next to her sat a young boy that was about 18 or 19 years old- He was Lily's younger brother Jared.
Since it was still summer break and school did not officially start yet, Jared would go to the hospital outside of his work-study program hours and take turns with Lily to take care of their mother.
"Lily, you're back!" Jared stood up with a smile and was surprised to see Leon next to Lily. "Who's this?"
"Oh, let me introduce you to each other. This is Leon Wolf, one of my colleagues in the company. Mister Wolf, this is my younger brother Jared."
Lily smiled and briefly introduced them to each other. "A colleague?"
Jared looked at Leon, then at Lily, and seemed to a sudden realization. He then teased Lily by whispering in Lily's ear, "He's your boyfriend, isn't he?"
Lily's pretty face turned red and she shot Jared a glare. "
Jared! Don't just shoot your mouth off like that! He's just a colleague."
"Oh, is he? Then why haven't you brought your other colleagues here before!"
Jared had a look of disbelief. He understood his sister's character very well and knew that she was a relatively introverted person and seldom interacted with members of the opposite gender.
Leon was the only person Lily brought to visit their mother hinting at a relationship that was more than just a colleague!
"Mister Wolf has some medical knowledge, so he offered to come to visit our mother and see if there's anything he can be of help with." Lily explained with a blush.
"Is he a doctor?"
Jared was both surprised and confused. As Lily's colleague, Leon was supposed to be a secretary, so why was he suddenly described as if he was a doctor?
"I'm not a doctor, but I have medical skills that were passed down from my ancestors."
Leon smiled and put the fruit basket in his hand on the cabinet beside the hospital bed.
"You're a quack, then!" Jared frowned and said bluntly, Lily, there are plenty of professional doctors in the hospital, but none of them can cure mom's sickness. Do you think letting a quack would do any good?"
"Watch your words, Jared! How could you be so rude! Mister Wolf is just trying to be kind!" Lily reprimanded in displeasure and then smiled apologetically at Leon. " Mister Wolf, my brother is ignorant and speaks without a filter. Please don't take his words to heart."
"Don't worry about it. I understand where he's coming from," Leon said with a smile.
Jared opened his mouth but refrained from saying
anything else out of courtesy.
However, he was not convinced of Leon's abilities and remained wary of the man.
He was aware that his sister was a very beautiful woman who had no shortage of suitors. When their mother first fell sick, some of those men attempted to get close to his sister under all sorts of pretexts.
Therefore, he had serious doubts over Leon's sincerity toward his sister and felt that the man was only using medical skills' as an excuse.
As the only man in the family, Jared had to take on the responsibility of protecting his sister from being deceived by vile men!
"May I check your pulse, please?"
Leon sat down beside the hospital bed.
"Sure. Thank you…" Serena nodded weakly.
Having overheard the conversation between Leon, Lily, and Jared, she still felt grateful for Leon's kindness even though he was not a professional doctor.
Leon proceeded to take Serena's pulse.
By reference to the medical knowledge imparted in his mind, he was able to swiftly figure out Serena's issue.
It was her spinal cord that got injured due to overworking, leading to complications such as inflammation.
The condition was not very serious initially, but it worsened considerably due to the lack of timely and effective treatment during the recent period. As a result, paralysis could occur at any time.
"Miss Cameron, may I ask if you know what medication your mother usually takes? Do you have any prescriptions or anything similar? I'd like to have a look," Leon requested.
"I do have them. My mother goes through several drips a day and takes some herbal medication…"
Lily took out her mother's prescription and a small bottle of herbs, which she then gave to Leon.
There were both herbal medication and conventional medications written on the prescription. Leon knew nothing about the latter, but he was able to understand the effects of the herbal ones.
Leon then poured out some of the dried herbs from the bottle and smelled them. Within seconds, he rapidly identified them as ordinary herbs used to tone one's internal energy and nourish one's blood.
From all the signs at hand, Leon could easily guess that the hospital detected Serena's spinal cord damage but found no hidden complications.
The herbal medicine that Serena consumed daily was beneficial in treating her spinal cord injury but had little use against her complications.
In layman's terms, the medicine did not deal with the root cause, which led to little or no improvement in Serena's condition even after so long. One could say that the medication made her condition worse!