When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 147

Chapter 147

Instead of answering her questions, Leo whisked out a card from his pocket. “There’s 10 million in this card, and you can spend it as you like. In addition, if you need help in the future, I’ll do my best to help you.”

After speaking, he didn’t hang around longer and walked away.

Without a word, Elyse watched as his back became smaller and smaller. Then, she stared at the bank card in her hand, trembling all over like a leaf in the wind.

Is Leo… cutting off all ties with Big Eyes with money?

Tears streamed down from her eyes again, but in the next second, she started laughing hysterically.

“Amelie Dillon, so what if you’re Big Eyes? As long as Leo wants to leave, he can abandon you all the same!”

When Leo reached home, Melissa was still there, and she immediately went to him..

“I saw the news, Leo. And it’s proven it’s not suitable for Bria to stay there. When are you taking her home?”

Frowning, he massaged the spot between his brows with his slender fingers. “Bria’s not coming back. In the future, don’t do anything to her and Amelie!”

The impatience on Melissa’s face froze at his words, and she couldn’t help but study him quietly, trying to guess if he had already found out that she was in cahoots with Elyse.

When he didn’t say anything, her heartbeat gradually returned to normal, and her face turned solemn. “Elliot has already made his statement. Why are you still letting Bria stay with Amelie? What exactly do you mean?”

“I mean it literally.” Not in the mood to be bothered with her, he added, “I’m tired. If there’s nothing else, I’m going upstairs to rest.”

Melissa wholeheartedly thought that Elyse’s smart plan would work and waited patiently for him to bring Bria home so that she could salvage a little of her lost dignity. However, now, not only did he not bring her back, he even seemed like he wasn’t going to fight for her, and this was the last straw for Melissa.

Ignoring the fact that he was tired, she raised her voice at him, saying, “Previously, you thought that I wanted to take Bria back for the sake of my face, but it has now been proven that Elliot and Amelie don’t want her. As her grandmother, how can I turn a blind eye to this?”

Taking a few steps toward Leo, she gulped and softened her tone. “I’m doing this for Bria’s good, and she can only lead a normal life if she returns to the Alstons! Right now, Amelie is having a complicated relationship with the boss of Starlight Media while hanging out with other men. Even Toby is hanging out with her now.

Hearing this, Leo couldn’t help but think of Toby’s unconcealed feelings for Amelie, and his chest tightened uncomfortably.

When he was silent, Melissa thought she had convinced him, and some joy lit up on her face. “That’s why you should bring Bria home as soon as possible. Then, she doesn’t have to suffer so much from Amelie’s poison. Don’t worry. Once she’s back, I’ll treat her well and nurture her to be a top socialite.”

Snapping back to his senses, Leo was too tired to explain that Elliot was a fake character and merely said, “I’ve asked Bria, and she said that she doesn’t want to come back.”

“What does a child know?” Melissa snapped immediately. “Bring her back, and she’ll have feelings for home if given time. Leo, she’s still a child who doesn’t know how to differentiate right from wrong, and neither does she know which life is good for her. As adults, we have to be her gatekeepers.”

Melissa ended earnestly, and Leo couldn’t help but smirk sarcastically when he heard her saying that the adults had to be the gatekeepers.

His expression was reflected in her eyes, and her heart thumped loudly as she knew what was on his mind.

He’s silently blaming me, isn’t he? she thought. Did being the so-called gatekeeper as an adult include throwing him to Quinn Town when he lost sight?

This was the toughest thing she had to admit to him, and she lost the confidence to speak more as she

intertwined her fingers restlessly.

In the end, he didn’t bring up the old score with her and said, “I believe that Amelie will raise Bria well.”

For some unknown reason, when he thought of Amelie jumping into the box filled with the eels that terrified

her the most without hesitation and the things she said, he was ready to believe her.