When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 74

Chapter 74

A voice cut Amelie off before she could finish her sentence.

Elyse ran down from the car and took Leo by the hand in front of Amelie. “I don’t feel well. I want to go home.”

She pressed her lips into a peut and spoke softly.

There was a trace of dejection in her eyes as she stared at Leo with the look of someone trying her best to hide her emotions.

Her goddess persona was eye-catching enough, but the look of a goddess who was trying to maintain her composure was even more striking to the soul.

Furthermore, she had just lost to Amelie, and it didn’t help that it had been such a mortifying loss too.

With how she looked now, even someone with a heart of steel would feel bad for her.

Amelie could see Leo’s cold, icy expression softening almost immediately.

His eyes which were piercing and accusatory earlier also turned warm at the sight of her.

Not a single trace of his piercing gaze remained.

It had all been replaced by undisguised gentleness.

“Okay,” he said.

Amelie could hear how sweet and loving his voice was.

Once again, she realized the stark difference love made.

Thankfully, she had long since come to terms with reality and removed every trace of her love for him.

Otherwise, what she witnessed today would only break her heart again.

By now, she felt there was no point in saying the things she wanted to say earlier.

She smiled faintly and walked away.

Julia wasn’t back yet. So, Amelie decided to wait in the car.

As Leo went to get his car, Elyse ran over to Amelie.

She pressed her hands on the door. Her delicate face was visibly anxious as she blurted, “You’d better not spew any nonsense in front of Leo!”

“Or… What?” Amelie turned to her with an indifferent smile.

Her provocative tone and expression came across as silent mockery in Elyse’s eyes!

Amelie was clearly mocking her for having the gall to do what she did but not the courage to admit to her

schemes!

Elyse’s nails bit into her palms. It felt as if someone had stabbed a needle into her heart.

She felt utterly discomfited, but there was not a hint of guilt in her eyes!

Amelie watched as Elyse’s face flitted through multiple expressions.

She could finally see Elyse as she was, a jester dancing at her every whim.

“You already have the heart of the head of Starlight Media, so why do you insist on picking on me? As they say, it’s better for foes to reconcile than to contend with each other. If you make life difficult for me, I can approach the head of Starlight Media and make things difficult for you too!”

Elyse bit her lip as she spat whatever came up in her mind. But at least this time, she didn’t bother keeping up her goddess act anymore.

Amelie’s expression didn’t change the slightest. “Uh-huh,” she replied indifferently.

That was all she said in response to Elyse’s threat.

Approach the head of Starlight Media, huh?

Do you even have the ability to do that in the first place?

Elyse waited and waited, but Amelie didn’t say anything else.

Finally, Elyse became infuriated upon realizing that Amelie was toying with her. She nearly raised her hand to slap Amelie!

“Don’t worry, I’m not in the habit of screening b*tches on my ex-husband’s behalf. I may have been a blind fool, but I can admit to never being a saint,” Amelie finally responded after some time.

Then, she floored the accelerator, and the car shot off.

The cloud of dust that was kicked up blew straight into Elyse’s face!

Amelie’s response stupefied Elyse.

She should be happy that Amelie wasn’t going to use the information against her.

Unfortunately, her expression soured as her face contorted unpleasantly as she thought of what really went down.

Everything that Amelie had said and done earlier communicated nothing more than scorn and derision!

Not only did Amelie expose her, but she had even succeeded in humiliating her!

Elyse clenched her fists so tightly that her fingernails cracked.

It was already rather late by the time Amelie and Julia returned to the place they were temporarily staying.

The two planned on heading back the next day.

As soon as they got to the door, they saw a car parked out front. They didn’t know who was there since they weren’t expecting any guests so late at night.

It was too dark to tell the car’s color, but the person sitting on the hood was particularly eye-catching.

The man was tall and slender. Yet, he had an air of elegance about him.

Several strands of hair scattered across his forehead while he tied the rest behind his head.

It looked as if he had stepped out of a historical movie.

Julia’s eyes were sharper than Amelie’s. So, naturally, she spotted him first and commented with pure icething. “My, my. Isn’t that the one and only Mr. Walsh? Are you shooting a rom-com here in the middle of the night?