When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 143

Chapter 143

Splash!

Water splashed as she sat down inside the bucket instead of falling outside.

The moment she fell, it increased the contact surface she had with the eels!

Leo instinctively ran over and was about to pick her up, but Amelie smiled and avoided him. “Leo, I can do this. How can I have the right to maintain Bria’s custody if I can’t even stand such a small test?”

She sounded like she was panting, and her voice was obviously shaking.

At first, she talked to him, but then it became a mutter.

She was comparing her absolute fear with her care for Bria.

After she compared both, it was obvious that Bria was much more important.

At that moment, Amelie suddenly felt that eels weren’t as terrifying as she thought and closed her eyes.

When one hour was us, she opened her eyes to find that Leo had disappeared.

Amelie acted like nothing had happened and smiled.

She could understand why Leo refused to accompany her in such a crazy act, but after that one hour, she realized that her fear of cold-blooded animals could be cured.

When losing something was more serious than her phobia, her phobia of cold-blooded animals seemed like nothing.

Leo was aimlessly driving on the road.

Though he left because he didn’t want to accompany Amelie in acting berserk on the side of the road, he had an uncomfortable feeling in his heart while driving. It felt like someone had stacked stones in his heart.

He felt especially uncomfortable when he thought about how Amelie disregarded her fear of …

eels and the feeling of being watched by others in public to sit inside a bucket like a fool!

While thinking of that, he gripped so tightly around the steering wheel that his knuckles turned pale!

He then stopped the car by the road and sat inside quietly for a long time.

It was until he noticed that the time Amelie said was almost up that he returned. Then, he saw the wet Amelie coming out of the bucket with a victorious smile on her pale face.

She was obviously stumbling when she came out and almost fell a few times.

In the end, he couldn’t bear it anymore and got out of the car.

However, before he could take a step forward, a figure flashed across and went over to support Amelie.

When Leo caught sight of that person, his face immediately turned as black as ashes!

“What’s going on? Why were you inside that tub?” Meanwhile, Toby didn’t notice Leo as all his attention was on Amelie. His eyes were also filled with concern for her.

Smiling, Amelie blinked her eyes at him. “Because I wanted to do it.”

She had a victorious smile on her face and was happy like a child.

Though her face was ashen, she still smiled very beautifully.

Toby was stunned when he saw her bright smile and was smitten.

It took him quite a while to remember that she was soaked, and he quickly took off his coat to wrap around her body before leaving together.

Leo was silently clenching his fists. As he was using so much strength, two veins had protruded from his forehead at some point.

On the other hand, Amelie changed her clothes straight after returning to her office. When she came out, she saw Toby sitting on the couch, lost in thought. “Mr. Walsh, why did you return? Is there something wrong?”

Raising his head, Toby looked at her with something indefinable in his eyes.

“Was that because of… Leo?”

Amelie smiled. “It’s not for him. It’s for Bria’s custody.”

Though she spoke nonchalantly, it was like a kick in the gut for Toby. The pain was almost unbearable.

She was the owner of Starlight Media, yet she had to place herself in such an awkward position because she wanted to maintain her daughter’s custody…

“I’m sorry.” He apologized again. “If I hadn’t done what I did and made Elliot Poole up, this wouldn’t have—”

“It’s really not your fault.” Amelie shook her head. “Even if this hadn’t happened, the Alstons would think of another way if they wanted Bria back.”

Toby quietly pursed his lips as his expression became more serious.

A while later, he spoke up. “I’ve already deleted that information, and I’m currently hunting down that man who pretended to be Elliot. I believe we will be receiving news about this soon.”

Amelie hummed lightly in response and sat on her chair.

Perhaps she had been in the water for too long, and it made her look frail.