A Matter of Wife and Love novel Chapter 148

Chapter 148

Melissa’s elegant face flinched, and it was apparent that she was unhappy, but she didn’t say anything and pointed to Henty, who took a step forward and said, “This time, we’re here for the custody of Miss Brianna again. Miss Dillon, the Alston Family would like her to return to the Alstons to live.”

“Didn’t we already make it clear before this?” Hearing that, Amelie frowned deeply and looked very much annoyed. When will the Alstons give it up?

“That was in the past when you acted like a mother, at least. Considering that it wasn’t easy for you to give birth to Bria, we allowed her to be under your care for a while.” Melissa lowered her eyes and patted the hem of her skitt. Her disregard for Amelie was clear for all to see. “It’s proven now that you’re unqualified. As a descendant of the Alstons, Bria shouldn’t be wasting her time with you.”

“Unqualified? When did you see that I’ve been an unqualified mother?”

Any excuse would serve a tyrant. However, Melissa’s excuse was simply too far-fetched, and Amelie’s face turned stone cold as she shot Melissa an icy glare. Her tone wasn’t aggressive, but it was indifferent and carried some power.

Melissa snorted nonchalantly. “Don’t you know anything about your own embarrassing deeds?”

Tilting her head, Amelie smirked and answered, “I have no idea. Why don’t you point it out for me, Mrs.

Alston?”

Melissa’s brows jumped with fury, but she sniggered as her self-righteous superiority appeared on her well- maintained face. Instead of answering directly, she lifted her finger and pointed. “Mr. Jute.”

Raising his square and angular face, Henry hurriedly acknowledged her with great politeness.

However, in Amelie’s eyes, he was every bit like a toady, no matter how she looked at him.

After that, Henry balled his hand, placed it in front of his mouth, and cleared his throat. When he faced Amelie, he no longer seemed like a lackey as he put on a smug look. “Miss Dillon, according to our investigations, you live a promiscuous private life and have complicated relationships with different men. This is not beneficial to Miss Brianna. Based on this point, the jury in the court will be in favor of the Alstons, who will do better for her upbringing. You should send her home first to save yourself the embarrassment when the time comes.”

However, everything he said sounded like a joke to Amelie. “A promiscuous private life? May I ask, whom did you hire to carry out the Investigations, Mr. Jute? How did they find out that my private life is promiscuous and that my relationships with men are complicated?”

As Amelie had grown up as a confident child, she was unaffected by his threats.

Henry started blabbering the same old story, claiming that she must have had something going on before the

mentioned that she had a dodgy relationship with Jamie and was involved with Blake. He even dragged Toby

into the picture.

While listening to Henry’s nonsense, Amelie’s pretty face turned from solemn to icy before finally turning rigid, and she glared at him emotionlessly. “Looks like all you do as a lawyer is talk without basing on any facts! Both Jamie and Blake have clarified my relationships with them, yet you’re still spouting nonsense here. If you continue this, I’ll have to sue you for false accusations! As for Toby, why don’t we ask him over here right now and have a face-to-face confrontation to determine whether we have any relationship or not?”

Her glare was so intense that it gave Henry, who was more than a decade older than her, a scare, and he

shuddered silently as a shiver ran down his spine.

Although they had crossed paths before, Julia was always around previously to help Amelie take the bullet, so Henry didn’t think that Amelie was capable at all. Everything he said earlier was meant to intimidate her, but he didn’t expect her to be so clear-minded and could react so quickly that she managed to catch the faults in his claims right after he finished speaking.