A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Leo massaged his forehead, upset. “You sought her out?” he interrogated.

Melissa caught his tone, and she was furious. She almost wanted to stuff more Heparin into her mouth.

But before she could say anything, Leo warned, “I told you to never seek her out.”

Melissa gripped her bag tightly and held down her frustration. Then she tried to advise her son. “You think I wanted to do that? I was just worried about you. You’re not getting any younger. You should start thinking about settling down. Leo, listen to me. Just get along with Carol, will you?”

“That’s the conclusion you came to? After you saw Amelie?” A small smile tugged at Leo’s lips. I knew it. My own mother can never do anything good for me.

“What do you mean? Carol is a lot better than Amelie. A lot better educated too. She’s the best choice for you.” All Amelie has is her looks.

Leo kept quiet again. He was a man of few words, especially to his mother. But he wasn’t like that. He used to trust and respect his mother. No matter what she asked of him, he would do his best.

Yet at some point, all of that changed, and both of them knew when that happened. It happened ever since his mother abandoned the blind young Leo in Quinn Town and never came to see him. Ever since she pretended to be a loving mother to his adopted brother.

Leo’s silence was unnerving Melissa, yet she didn’t want to stop just like that, so she forced a few drops of tears. “I know you’re angry at me for leaving you in Quinn Town, but I had no choice. Your father had just died, and those goblins were trying to steal the company. I had to spend all my time keeping things in check. Couldn’t even sleep, so I… I neglected you.”

drinking his coffee and going through his documents, silent as a gargoyle. It felt like she was talking to a wall. Then she saw the ring he was wearing. That’s the ring he bought back when he married Amelie! She looked like

believed Amelie was the one hounding her son, but when she saw this ring, her faith was

on his mind. And he only bought this ring just to go through the motions. He didn’t care about the price or style. The retail assistant also asked him to buy another one, since this one was too simple. In

mind. That memory came flooding back, and it pained Leo’s heart. He only wore this ring to tell all the women out there that he was married, so they would back off. But when his mother asked him those questions, he didn’t want to deny

heaved. She wanted to dissuade him but knew he wouldn’t listen to him. What to do? What to do? Oh, wait, here’s an idea. “You might still love her, but she lost her love to you. When I talked to her, she wanted me to tell you to never

then looked at Leo in silence. Her son had stopped moving, his grip on the coffee cup tightening. Good, that worked. Melissa heaved a sigh of relief. “Leo, we’re a famous family here. You don’t want the public to say you can’t let go of your ex-wife. Besides, Amelie is a useless bum. She’s just playing hard to get so you can get back together with

my six hundred grand, and I’ll make her regret it. When she comes to me again, I won’t give her a single cent, and I’m taking Bria’s custody.” She was still annoyed by how Amelie tossed the checks in her face. “That woman is unreasonable. Useless and arrogant. Why, she even

word Melissa uttered angered Leo even further, and his face fell. When she was done talking,

was delighted. Good. That works. The more

buy her out? And you think she was just

nodded matter-of-factly.

mother. Then he gave her a document. “Look at

skimmed through the document. “Wow. Foxy’s revenue. So, you’re

as well. Foxy was an interesting woman. Unlike