When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Chapter 207

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When I Was A Wallflower Chapter 207

Amelie turned around to see Elyse sitting in a wheelchair with a smile on her face. Someone was

pushing her up the hill. Elyse was dressed in a long, white dress that perfectly covered her leg that was

in a cast. She had natural-looking makeup on her face that made her seem especially mesmerizing.

Amelie snapped back to reality—as if someone had poured a bucket of ice water over her—when she

saw Elyse. What’s wrong with me? Leo and Elyse are about to start a new family. Wouldn’t I cause

more problems for Leo if I brought up the past? He might have caused me problems by forgetting about

me, but what would I gain from causing him problems now?

“You guys should enjoy yourselves.” Amelie excused herself and headed down the hill without any

hesitation. Amelie figured that Elyse’s presence would bring her a lot of unnecessary issues, so Amelie

decided not to head back with the rest of the group. She hailed a cab for herself instead.

Amelie wheeled Bria over to the side of the road before she used an application on her phone to book

a cab. The nursing home was in a rather secluded area, so it was hard for her to get a cab there. She

requested one but didn’t get an offer for a long while. Right then, a seven-seater Cayenne pulled up in

front of them.

The man inside the car lowered his window to reveal his icy face. “Get in,” the familiar-looking man said

to Amelie. She let out a scoff when she saw who it was. “It’s fine.” She rejected him in a polite tone.

Leo knitted his brows together upon hearing her words.

“There’s no need to be polite with us, Miss Dillon. Let’s head off together.” Another person stuck her

head out of the car window in the back. It was Elyse, and she was wearing a huge and innocent-

looking smile on her face. If Amelie hadn’t seen Elyse’s true colors, she might have thought that Elyse

was genuinely a nice person.

“It’s hard to get a cab here, and you might have to wait for a long while. You might be fine with waiting,

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but I’m not sure about Bria,” Elyse uttered. Amelie stared at Elyse silently. Bria and I wouldn’t have to

be in this tough situation if you hadn’t shown up, Amelie thought to herself. There were other families

who were heading down the hill after planting their trees, and things would get worse if those families

passed by and saw Amelie standing around with Elyse in the car.

Amelie finally nodded before lifting Bria into her arms. “Let’s take Daddy’s car home.” Leo’s driver

rushed out of the car to help store the wheelchair in the boot. Amelie initially wanted to take the driver’s

seat so that she wouldn’t have to see the couple in action, but she couldn’t do so as Bria was too

young to sit in front. Amelie was contemplating her next move when Leo got out of the car.

“You should sit in front, Leony. I hope you don’t mind,” Elyse uttered from inside the car. She gave him

an apologetic look after that. Amelie eyed both of them speechlessly. This wasn’t the first time Amelie

witnessed how obedient Leo was to Elyse, but Amelie still felt disgusted every time she saw the way

they interacted.

Amelie tried her best to keep herself invisible throughout the car ride. Bria didn’t seem to be in a good

mood either—she kept quiet throughout the whole ride, with her hands clinging onto her mother’s arms

and her head buried in her mother’s chest. Bria pouted the entire time. It was obvious that Bria was

hurt by Elyse’s sudden appearance.

Amelie felt sorry for her daughter, so she patted Bria’s back gently to comfort her. Bria pulled one of her

hands away from Amelie to press it against her own belly, creating a barrier between herself and

Amelie. This was one of Bria’s signature moves—she often did this when she was feeling down or

insecure. Amelie felt rather sad for Bria, so she lowered her head to press her cheek against Bria’s

hair. I tried so hard to make sure that Bria wouldn’t be hurt by me and Leo’s divorce, but things still

turned out like this.

The car was silent throughout their one-hour drive back to Amelie’s housing area. Bria was fast asleep

by the time they arrived, and Amelie tried to carry Bria out of the car without waking her up. “Please

help me get the wheelchair,” Amelie whispered to the driver.

However, before the driver could do so, Leo had already opened the boot to retrieve Bria’s wheelchair.

Amelie watched as Leo’s bony hands picked the wheelchair up before he expanded it and placed it on

the ground. Amelie gave him a pleasant smile. “Thanks, Mr. Alston. You can leave the wheelchair here.

I’ll pick it up later.”

Bria was fast asleep on Amelie’s shoulder, and Amelie was worried that she would wake the child up if

she moved around too much. The last thing Amelie wanted was for her daughter to be hurt again by

the sight of Leo leaving with another woman. Amelie turned to walk off after thanking Leo. However,

right when Amelie arrived at her front door and was about to let herself in, she saw the man’s bony

hand reaching forward to open the door for her.

Amelie was shocked as she hadn’t expected Leo to come after her. “Thanks,” she uttered politely.

Then, she stepped into her house. Amelie had been certain that Leo would leave her alone after she

entered her house, but to her surprise, he followed her in. Amelie couldn’t help but freeze for a

moment. “We’re home, Mr. Alston. You shouldn’t keep your fiancée waiting. You should leave now,”

Amelie uttered with Bria still resting on her shoulder.

“Elyse…” Leo knitted his brows together. “Elyse is your fiancée, and I’m not interested to hear about

you two. Thank you for spending time with Bria today. I appreciate it,” Amelie uttered in a curt and firm

manner. She had no interest in hearing about Leo’s loving relationship with Elyse.

Not interested? Amelie’s words stabbed Leo’s heart like a dagger. He was silent for a long while before

he spoke. “You mentioned that you used to know me. What happened between us while we were still in

Quinn Town?” he asked.

Amelie hadn’t expected Leo to ask such a question. However, she was no longer in the mood to

explain herself to him at that point. “We’ve been married for four years. Doesn’t that count as knowing

each other? Anyway, don’t you know what happened between us in Quinn Town? What I meant was

how we would bump into each other at least three times a day back in that town. You suspected that I

had some ulterior motive, and I felt really misunderstood back then. I only brought it up because I hope

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that you’d stop assuming things about me.”

Amelie pressed her lips together for a while before she spoke again. “Perhaps I once held hopes

toward my relationship with you, but… I’ve lost all hope since we got a divorce. If you wish to see Bria

again, you should call me and inform me beforehand, Mr. Alston. I’ll get someone to send her to you

after I’ve asked for her permission.” In other words, Amelie was implying that she didn’t have plans of

seeing him in the future.

Upon finishing her words, Amelie waved at him before turning around and walking off. Leo no longer

went after her, and Amelie shut the door behind her before she let out a sigh. Amelie knew that she

couldn’t blame anyone else for Elyse’s sudden appearance—it was her fault that she didn’t see this

coming. I’m never going to ask Leo to participate in another activity like this again. Amelie tucked Bria

into bed and stayed around in the living room for a while before she realized that she had left Bria’s

wheelchair outside.

When Amelie walked out to get the wheelchair, she realized that there was a figure standing beside the

wheelchair. “Leo?” Amelie called out instinctively. The man’s figure looked rather similar to Leo’s.

However, Amelie then recalled that Leo was dressed in dark blue slacks. The man before her eyes was

dressed in a full white outfit and had his hair tied up.

The visitor was… Toby. “What are you doing here, Mr. Walsh?” Amelie changed her tone of voice as

she walked up to him. “Are you here to meet my father? He’s not home.” Amelie had just finished her

words when Toby reached out and pulled her in for a hug. Amelie froze—she was speechless for a

while before she pushed him away. “What’s going on, Mr. Walsh?”

Amelie had always thought of Toby as a gentle and classy man—she had never seen him acting so

rashly. The next second, she smelled the stench of alcohol on him. “Were you drinking earlier?”

Toby took a deep breath before he spoke in a raspy voice. “I understand now. I know everything now,”

he said.

“What… do you know?”

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