When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Hearing that, Laura subconsciously straightened up.

“Please, continue.”

Leo fell into thoughtful silence, his long fingers tapping against the door frame.

“Find out who it was that donated their cornea to me back then.”

“Their cornea?” Laura looked at his eyes.

She knew Leo had problems with his sight and had received a cornea transplant before. However…

“Since it has been so long, we might not be able to find anything.”

Leo pondered for a bit.

When he lost his sight back then, not just any regular cornea could be used on him due to his special physique, but he couldn’t find a suitable match either.

He had once prepared himself to be blind for life.

Later on, someone donated their cornea to him. The donor refused to receive any payments and even chose to remain anonymous.

“Just give it a try first,” he replied.

He had always been particular about these things, and he didn’t want to be indebted to someone just like that.

Laura didn’t say anything else as she responded, “Very well, sir.”

Leo turned around and left. Meanwhile, Laura stared at his silhouette, stunned. There was a tangle of emotions in the depths of her eyes.

It wasn’t until someone patted her shoulder did she finally came to.

When she turned around to look at the person who had patted her, Laura suddenly blushed fiercely as if someone had caught her red-handed.

“What are you looking at?” asked the person.

She hastily averted her gaze, not daring to meet the other’s eyes. “What can I possibly be looking at? I’m thinking of something.”

“Is that so? I thought you had feelings for Leo.”

“That’s impossible. President Alston belongs to you, so how can I possibly covet him?” Laura waved her hands continuously, looking all righteous and innocent.

The person was none other than Elyse.

She covered her mouth and giggled. “I was just kidding. Look at how terrified you are!”

Laura stole a glance at her expression.

Elyse’s expression was quite calm, and Laura couldn’t detect anything out of the ordinary.

It was only then that she secretly sighed in relief, believing that Elyse really was just joking.

“What brings you here, Elyse?” Laura asked.

Elyse was wearing a black outfit paired with sunglasses. Only her porcelain skin on the lower half of her face was exposed.

The outfit choice was too obvious with intention-it was nighttime, after all.

“I’m a little worried about Leo, so I came to have a look,” she answered, her voice melodious.

Laura grinned and said, “Don’t worry, President Alston has decided to leave Amelie and the boss of Starlight

Media alone.”

She patted Elyse on the shoulder, a suggestive look on her face. “At the end of the day, your words carry the most weight. With someone as stubborn as Mr. Alston, if he were at a disadvantage like this, he might have gotten into more trouble with the boss of Starlight Media if you hadn’t interjected. Mr. Alston may be amazing, but the boss of Starlight Media isn’t highly accomplished for no reason. If they kept at it, it would definitely turn into a no-win situation. I was even worried for a while.”

“Oh,” answered Elyse softly.

She lowered her head slightly and let out an almost inaudible sigh of relief.

“That’s good to hear.”

Even though Amelie had provided evidence that Bria wasn’t Leo’s, Elyse still couldn’t rest assured.

She remembered Ashton mentioning an incident before; Toby had once rescued Amelie in a snowstorm and even sent her to a hospital.

Back then, Amelie had been pregnant for two months.

If she miscarried back then, Toby would’ve definitely known, and he wouldn’t have concealed it from Leo.

When Ashton spoke of the incident, there was only dissatisfaction toward Toby that he shouldn’t have rescued Amelie, and the woman should’ve been left frozen to death.

Elyse, however, was concerned about something else.

She had a feeling that Bria might actually be Leo’s child!

It was because of this intuition that she felt apprehensive all this while, and she came all the way here in the middle of the night just to get more information.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Alston told me to never mention those two again, so the incident is officially over.” Laura squeezed Elyse’s hand. “So, Elyse, Mr. Alston is all yours from now on.”

“I hope you’ll treat me well in the future, Mrs. Alston,” she joked on purpose.

Elyse burst out giggling, her heart filled with sweetness, but on the surface, she just kept slapping Laura on the back. “What are you talking about? Nothing is confirmed yet!”

“What do you mean by that? Be it in the past or the present, Mr. Alston always fulfills your requests. It’s only a matter of time before you two get married!” Laura had confidence in their relationship.

A slight frown came upon Elyse’s brows.