When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138

Due to the distraction, the meeting room was instantly filled with an eerie silence as everyone instinctively shifted their gazes to the source of the loud bang. “I’m sorry, Mr. Alston. Your mother, Mrs. Alston, would like to see you, and I couldn’t stop her.” The secretary’s voice shivered as she spoke, standing right behind Melissa.

At the same time, Melissa had already fixed her messy hair and outfit, presenting herself in a more decent appearance, but despite her gorgeous front, the darkened look on her face made her seem unapproachable. While everyone else began to gossip upon noticing the change in her expression, Leo soon started to knit his eyebrows silently with an unhappy look on his face.

In the meantime, the secretary was seen with her back covered in sweat, looking as if she was about to cry. “I- I’m so sorry.” She kept repeating that, not knowing what else to say.

“It’s me who insisted on seeing you. No one else should be blamed for that,” Melissa said, but the moment she

met Leo’s eyes, she felt her heart racing like a jackhammer. After all, she knew Leo was a workaholic who

didn’t like being disturbed at work.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please give us a little space here,” Leo responded and waved his hand, whereupon the rest of the people stood up and grabbed their belongings before disappearing from the meeting room. As soon as the secretary thoughtfully closed the door, Melissa instantly felt relieved and grateful that Leo was kind enough to dismiss everyone else to talk to her in private, but not long after that, her relief was replaced by a twinge of bitterness. “Leo, I thought I told you to discuss Bria’s custody with Amelie. Haven’t you talked to her about it?” She walked up to her son and asked.

The only reason Melissa met Leo the night before was that she wanted to hear his stance about Bria’s custody. Upon hearing his affirmative reply, she became audacious and decided to interfere with the matter in her son’s place, thinking she should keep him away from Amelie whom she reckoned would be up to some dirty tricks should both of them meet.

However, before she could even bring the issue up with Amelie, she was met with Steven’s outburst that frightened and sent her back empty-handed. Because of that, she got so mad that she decided to see Leo and talk to him about it instead of going home after that.

Leo replied with a cold grunt, furrowing his eyebrows unhappily while rubbing his forehead in silence. “Where is Bria? Is she back?” Melissa seemed to lighten up a little when she heard Leo’s response.

“Bria will continue staying with Amelie as I pay them their alimony,” Leo answered.

“What?!” Melissa raised her voice when she heard Leo’s reply, looking at him in disbelief. “What’s wrong with you, Leo?” She couldn’t believe things had just taken a turn for the worse and gone against her favor.

“You can’t just give up your chances of fighting for Bria’s custody and pay Amelie the alimony. If you do that, the Alston Family’s sacrifice will go unrecognized. By then, people are going to point their fingers at us while calling us irresponsible.” She quickly analyzed the situation for Leo.

was not happy with her words. On the other hand, Melissa couldn’t help but feel embarrassed in front of her son despite her decent reputation known to the outside world.

However, she was still smart enough to observe Leo’s facial expressions, speaking in a soothing voice when she noticed his darkened look. “Well, you should know why I’m insisting that you bring Bria back. After all, you made a promise to me about that, so don’t you think you should honor it?”

“Do other people’s opinions matter that much to you?” Leo made his point bluntly with an indifferent grunt despite not wanting to answer Melissa in the first place.

While Leo didn’t say a single word more, Melissa felt so embarrassed that her face began to turn red, knowing her son was lecturing her. Back then, she had abandoned Leo because she was blinded by the ego that prompted her to help her adopted son rise through the ranks; now that she wanted Bria back, it was also for the same reason.