When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 142

Chapter 142

Amelie stopped in her tracks and stood in her place while looking over.

She saw that person leaning against the car with his head slightly lowered. There was a cigarette between his fingers, and smoke was gradually rising from the cigarette.

The scene before Amelie surprised her because, in her memories, he rarely smoked.

Leo took a drag of his cigarette and saw Amelie, so he walked over.

Since he was quiet, his pursed lips and dark patches under his eyes gave others a depressing feeling.

Meanwhile, Amelie stared at him without moving.

He threw the cigarette bud to the floor before stepping in to put it out. “Since you guys don’t want Bria, you can give her to me.”

When Leo spoke, Amelie instantly understood what was happening. It seemed like he had read the interview article on the so-called “owner of Starlight Media.”

“What if I say the interview was a fake? That person is not the real owner of Starlight Media.” When Amelie spoke, she looked into his eyes with her clear and bright eyes.

She saw him frown, followed by a slight scoff.

“How does it feel to lie through your teeth?”

If Toby was the only one who said Elliot Poole was the owner of Starlight Media, perhaps he would still maintain some doubt. However, even Ashton found information proving that point, so how would Leo believe that Amelie wasn’t lying to him?

Leo’s face darkened even more, and his nicer attitude toward Amelie returned to how it originally was.

While looking at his raised eyebrow and sarcastic smile, Amelie felt helpless.

However, she didn’t want to fall out with Leo regarding Bria.

Therefore, she took a deep breath and suppressed the frustration in her mind before asking again, “Would you. believe me if I said I’m the real owner of Starlight Media? Elliot Poole does not even exist! If you don’t believe me, you can ask Julia or Samuel. Both of them are very familiar with me.”

This time, Leo did not scoff. Instead, he just stared at her with his jet-black eyes.

He pursed his lips and said nothing, but every cell in his body was silently telling Amelie that he was regarding her as a liar.

Having realized that, Amelie laughed bitterly. “Right, Julia and Samuel are both my friends, and from your standpoint, you think they will help support my lie.”

“Bria is my daughter, and I will not give her to anyone. I can also promise that I will give her the best care.” Amelie could only declare her stand.

“Your so-called best care is to pay large amounts of money for her to live somewhere else so that you and your lover can live a peaceful life together?” Leo spoke in a cold and merciless voice.

For some unknown reason, he felt uncomfortable thinking about Amelie being lovey-dovey with another man.

“My daughter has a home, so she won’t need to live elsewhere!” While saying that, his tone was exceptionally firm.

Suddenly having a headache, Amelie argued, “Leo, what do you want me to do to make you believe that I won’t treat Bria like what is written in that interview? I can promise you I will never get married. Is that okay?”

However, Leo still had a stern expression.

It was no longer the era where two people had to get married before staying together.

Amelie felt like the person who staged all of this had trapped her in an invisible net, and no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn’t get out of it.

It was such a well-thought-out plan.

“You’re no longer suitable to take care of Bria,” Leo stated.

As he didn’t know Toby had meddled with the information, he believed that Elliot Poole was the real owner of Starlight Media after getting confirmation from two different people.

Toby had no reason to trick him, and Ashton also had no reason to fool him.

“Do you think you’re suitable to take care of Bria?” Amelie knew distrust could stop two people from talking with each other, so she didn’t want to come clean about other things. She stared him dead in the eye and said, “Don’t you forget that you and Elyse will get married and will have your own children. By then, what would happen to Bria? She will be the odd one out within your family of three. Do you know how devastating that would be to her? What’s the difference between that and living somewhere else?”