A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 398 She’ll Have to Pay!

“Who else could it be? Mrs. Alston didn’t get much rest last night, and she has been complaining about her headache ever since she woke up this morning. She eventually got the doctor to come over as she couldn’t handle the pain any longer.” Leila let out a sigh. “Mrs. Alston has been really worried recently.”

Amelie understood what was going on even though Leila wasn’t explicit with her words.

“Okay,” Amelie uttered before she hurried into the house. As expected, she found Melissa lying on the couch with a weak look on her face.

Melissa used to love painting her nails, but her nails were naked and bare right then.

“Are you feeling better?” Amelie asked gently as she walked over.

Melissa had her eyes closed at first, but she opened them wide after hearing Amelie’s voice. The bitter and weak look on Melissa’s face was immediately replaced by a more energetic one as Melissa pushed herself up to sit on the couch. “You’re here! Come over and take a seat. Go on and get her some soup, Miss Potts. Hurry up,” Melissa ordered.

Leila had just sent the doctor out, and she looked rather flustered upon hearing Melissa’s impatient tone. Amelie held Leila’s hand to stop her. “It’s fine. I’ll just be here for a while.”

“Why do you have to leave? This house is huge. You might as well move in.” Melissa sounded extremely eager.

Amelie, however, simply pressed her lips together without responding.

waved her hand to signal Leila to leave the room. Once Leila was far enough from them, Melissa went

so intimate with Melissa, but she didn’t protest as she took a seat beside Melissa. Melissa patted Amelie on the back of her hand as she spoke. “Amelie, now that Leo’s in this state, and now that you’ve decided not to leave the country, why

stare at the other woman. In an instant, Melissa shifted her gaze away—she was too afraid to look Amelie in the eyes. “Bria is a child of the Alston Family,

reason Melissa fell ill wasn’t entirely due to Leo’s sickness—it was also because she had just found out that all of Leo’s kids weren’t actually his real children. At this point, no one knew if Leo would wake up,

going on in Melissa’s mind when she saw how avoidant Melissa was of her gaze. “Why don’t we wait for a while more?” Amelie suggested. The doctors were still uncertain about Leo’s condition—they first had to find out the reason that Leo was in a coma. Amelie, therefore, still felt rather hopeful

upon hearing Amelie’s words. “Oh,

condition?” Amelie asked. Melissa seemed rather embarrassed after hearing Amelie’s question, but she quickly regained her composure. “Well, Toby is Leo’s good friend, and the Walshes are pretty close to our family,

might not harm Genesis, but we can’t be sure of the rest of the Walshes. The industry is

after hearing about Leo’s condition, and… I wanted someone

use the Walshes to keep an eye on me and to control me. Amelie didn’t bother pointing this out as she felt like there was no need to expose Melissa. “Well, you should try to keep things a secret from now on. We don’t want to expose our vulnerabilities to people who

She was no longer as haughty as she used to

a meal before leaving. Why don’t I get Miss Potts

of Melissa’s grip and giving Melissa a curt nod. Melissa no longer insisted on keeping Amelie around after that, but an

an icy look on her face as she curled her lips into a smirk. “Since when did the high and mighty Mrs. Alston become such

her face. Jodie scoffed at the other woman. “Did I get it wrong? Weren’t you just trying to please Amelie from the moment she stepped into the house? I thought you were going to

Amelie. Melissa glared at Jodie. “Don’t you know the state that our family is in now? We would’ve been destroyed by the others if Amelie hadn’t been around to support the family. We