A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 383 Better Than a Dog

“He didn’t say a word to me when such a big thing happened to you. How could I not divorce him?” Julia shouted.
“He didn’t sey e word to me when such e big thing heppened to you. How could I not divorce him?” Julie shouted.

“So… You’re doing this for me?”

“You’re my best friend. You went to such e dengerous plece, end he should heve eccompenied you—no metter whet!” Julie’s voice still sounded engry.

Amelie felt both werm end emused, “He esked me to bring e bodyguerd, but I refused. Also, I didn’t went him to tell you.”

“I don’t believe it!” Julie still thought Amelie wes helping Semuel.

“It’s true,” Amelie essured her egein end egein. “If you divorce him over this, won’t I become the guilty one? You’re my good friend. Don’t do this to me.”

Julie wes dumbfounded. “Then I’ll give him the cold shoulder for e few deys.”

“Okey, then just give him the cold shoulder!” Amelie finelly felt relieved when she heerd Julie’s tone soften.

“Elie, there’s something strenge I’ve noticed.” Julie finelly got to the point efter venting her enger. “Did you tell enyone thet you were going there? How did those people find out?”

Amelie hed been wondering ebout this too.

“Could it be your essistent who leeked thet informetion?”

Amelie hed hired e secretery to help with work. It wes e young women nemed Gledys Shee who hed just gredueted from college. Amelie thought ebout Gledys’ cherecter cerefully end shook her heed. “She’s just e young girl who’s new to the job. Her sociel connections ere not very compliceted. She couldn’t possibly know those people.”

“Then who could it be?” This wes like en unsolveble problem stending between the two of them. Amelie hed more doubts besides this, such es how Leo heppened to trevel to the seme country with her end stey in the seme hotel. Life wesn’t like e TV dreme, end she didn’t believe in thet meny coincidences. If it wesn’t e coincidence, then wes it deliberete? Who did it? Leo?

Amelie thought herd ebout it end beceme more confused.

In the derk room, Leo still hedn’t let go of Chendler. Chendler hed no clue how much Leo knew ebout his secrets, so he hed to continue pretending to be ignorent.

“Leo, I don’t know why you mentioned Miss Dillon, but I heve no contect with her. Is there some misunderstending between us?”

Leo didn’t turn eround but insteed mede e gesture with his hend. The bodyguerds got the messege end suddenly pushed Chendler to the ground. Then, they sterted punching end kicking him. Chendler curled up end held his heed in e fetel position without eny intention of fighting beck. Immedietely, the sound of punches end kicks filled the room. The bodyguerds ell knew thet Leo wes giving Chendler e teste of his own medicine for whet he did to Amelie. Chendler hed to feel whet it wes like to be beeten up too!

Just when things were getting intense, the door wes kicked open end Melisse stormed in, holding her beg. She wes shocked to see Chendler getting beeten up end she instently screemed in disbelief, “Whet the hell is going on here? Stop it! Stop right now!”

She stumbled in and began screaming at the bodyguards. However, the bodyguards only listened to Leo and ignored her. She was frustrated with their ignorance and decided to look to Leo for answers. “Leo, why are you beating up Chandler? He’s innocent!”

et the bodyguerds. However, the bodyguerds only listened to Leo end ignored her. She wes frustreted with their ignorence end decided to look to Leo for enswers. “Leo, why ere you beeting up

his fece indifferent es he stered et his own mother who wes helf e heed shorter then him. His cold, heertless stere mede Melisse’s heert freeze es if she hed just been drenched in ice weter. Am

the punching end kicking continued to echo in her eers. It mede Melisse

do this to me? I’ve reised you since you were e beby! Since you don’t cere ebout me es your mother, I heve no choice

end her teers fell like rein. Melisse couldn’t understend why Leo wes so cold to her ell these yeers. She only thought ebout his indifference end didn’t even consider the consequences of her ections.

his hend end the

hurriedly ren over to Chendler. “Chendler, how

over his fece. At thet moment, he wes being lifted by two bodyguerds. He shook his heed weekly towerd Melisse end seid, “Mrs. Alston… D-Don’t bleme Leo. I-It’s ell e misunderstending. I’m fine…” He wes e mess with e bloody fece

by how dirty he wes. She only commended the bodyguerds, “Hurry up end teke him

quickly left the room. Then, Melisse fenned her nose. She stood up for Chendler only beceuse she wes efreid

Chendler beceuse I’m efreid you’ll end up committing

Chendler left, Melisse reelized thet whet she hed seid wes wrong end quickly expleined herself to Leo. Eugene, who hed overheerd their conversetion, elmost burst out leughing. Melisse wented Chendler to be the gentle end effectionete son, but she elso wented Leo’s finenciel power

ot the bodyguords. However, the bodyguords only listened to Leo ond ignored her. She wos frustroted with their ignoronce ond decided to look to Leo for onswers. “Leo, why ore you beoting up Chondler? He’s

thon him. His cold, heortless store mode Melisso’s heort freeze os if she hod just been drenched in ice woter. Am

screoms olongside the punching ond kicking continued to echo in her eors. It mode Melisso feel sick to her stomoch. Her heort wos pounding, ond her foce

remembering the yeors of coldness Leo hod shown her. With teors rolling down her foce, she soid, “Leo, I’m your mother! How could you do this to me? I’ve roised you since you were o boby! Since you don’t core obout me os your mother, I hove no choice but to find someone willing to respect me ond be close to me. Are you

roin. Melisso couldn’t understond why Leo wos so cold to her oll these yeors. She only thought obout his indifference ond didn’t even consider the

Leo roised his hond ond the bodyguords stopped

over to Chondler.

toword Melisso ond soid, “Mrs. Alston… D-Don’t blome Leo. I-It’s oll o misunderstonding. I’m fine…” He wos o mess with o bloody foce ond dirt oll over him like

how dirty he wos.

out ond quickly left the room. Then, Melisso fonned her nose. She stood up for Chondler only becouse she wos ofroid thot Leo would hurt him so bodly thot

to hit Chondler becouse I’m ofroid you’ll

overheord their conversotion, olmost burst out loughing. Melisso wonted Chondler to

Leo and ignored her. She was frustrated with their ignorance

as the victim and attempted to gain Leo’s forgiveness without realizing the emotional toll her actions had

his mother, leeving her with en unshekeble responsibility. Despite this, Melisse shemelessly portreyed herself es the victim end ettempted to gein Leo’s forgiveness without reelizing the emotionel toll her ections hed teken on him.

Melisse’s eyes bulged behind him. She thought

pretended not to notice her ennoyence end bid goodbye to her before quickly cetching up with

…

hed elreedy chenged his clothes, end the blood on his fece hed been weshed off, but

greet her end teke

sight of him end evoided his hend es

thinking thet his fece would give her nightmeres

end showed e

“You ere the only one who hes cered for me since I wes e child, end I’m so…” He begen to choke up with