When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie) novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86 Get Someone Else to Screw with Elyse

“What you should be concerned about isn’t my relationship with the CEO of Starlight Media but when your new sister-in-law will be marrying into your family.”

“My new sister-in-law?” Jodie was rendered baffled. “What the hell are you smoking? Leo hasn’t even been on blind dates lately. What new sister-in-law are you talking about?!”

“Sounds like someone needs to update their news portal.” Amelie ridiculed. “Your brother and Elyse have been appearing everywhere together lately, and everyone around him already knows she’ll become your new sister-in-law soon.”

“Elyse Clayton?!” Jodie turned beyond grim at once. “What in the world is Leo thinking?!”

It was only yesterday Elyse cheated on Leo, and now he’s going to marry her?! Who knows how many people will gossip if the marriage happens, and how many times people will bring up the scandal from four years ago?! Need I no shame?!

“I swear I will beat you up if I find out you’re lying to me, Dillon!” She still had a sliver of rationality in her.

“Word is that Elyse donated her cornea to Leo many years ago, and now one of her eyes has zero vision. If your brother refuses to marry her now, the world will most certainly fault him.”

“She donated a cornea many years ago? Zero vision in one of her eyes? You’ve got to be joking!” Jodie thought Amelie was just bullsh*tting.

On the other hand, Amelie said nothing but hailed a cab and left.

Outside, Jodie stomped her feet in anger while Amelie only gazed impassively at the retreating scene.

The person she wanted to screw with Elyse was none other than Jodie, and the young woman probably wouldn’t disappoint her.

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As soon as Elyse landed in Capland, she went to Ashton. “Did you learn anything?”

Ashton, who had initially been slouching in the chair, sat up upon seeing her. Even the laziness on his face disappeared.

“Too little useful information had been left behind. There’s not much I could find out.” Ashton scratched his head in shame.

Alas, he couldn’t accomplish the task Elyse, for once, assigned him.

“I even went to Dillon’s hometown, Quinn Town, for this. However, no one has ever seen the CEO of Starlight Media, and the CEO has never been there either.”

In other words, he found nothing.

No words were enough to describe Elyse’s exasperation toward Ashton.

“I might not have found anything, but I did learn of your history with Leo. Who’d have thought you two have known each other for a long time?!” Ashton added with embarrassment. “Back then, I always wondered why he was so nice to you. I assumed it was love at first sight, but you two fell in love over time!”

“Fell in love… over time?” Elyse was just about to leave when Ashton’s words stumped her, leaving her utterly bewildered.

She had only come into the picture after Leo knew Ashton. Was it not love at first sight?

Ashton, on the other hand, was deep in his own world, so he didn’t even notice Elyse’s expression. “So, you and Leo already knew each other back when his eyes were still injured.” He sighed. “He’s pretty aloof. Most people can’t get close to him, especially women. Clearly, he fell head over heels for you because you stuck by his side back then.”

Ashton’s words were getting further away from the truth.

He was talking about her, but it wasn’t her story!

“I deliberately took a trip to the hospital and heard everything from the doctor. Back then, Leo refused to cooperate with the treatment. It’s all thanks to you that he finally did. His family abandoned him because he became blind, but you kept him company every day. Later, it was all because of your encouragement that he decided to heal his eyes.” Ashton grew increasingly dejected as she spoke.

Why couldn’t I be the blind one?! If it happened to me, I’d have met Elyse, too, wouldn’t I? That way, she would never have become Leo’s, right?

All Elyse could hear was the buzzing in her head when Ashton spoke.

The man might be oblivious to the truth, but she had already figured out what was up.

Turns out Leo had already fallen in love with another girl before we knew each other, right? Did that girl have some sort of connection with him? Ashton mistakenly thought I was that girl, didn’t he?!