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.

to signal Leila to leave the room. Once Leila was far enough from them,

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 don’t

she turned to 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, after all. She should be

sickness—it was also because she had just found out that all of Leo’s kids weren’t actually his real children. At

in a coma. Amelie, therefore, still felt rather hopeful about Leo’s condition, and she thought that he might wake up. “Now’s not the best time to bring Bria back. After all, the public thinks that Leo is

something upon hearing Amelie’s

Leo’s 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

exposed the news of Leo’s condition. “Well, Toby might not harm Genesis, but we can’t be sure of the rest of

head frantically as she spoke. “I got too worried after hearing about Leo’s condition, and… I wanted someone to help, so I… I might have shared a little

just doesn’t trust me enough. She wanted to 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.

replied with a nod. She was no longer as haughty as she used to be. “Are you leaving now?” Melissa

few cases to deal with, so I need to head back to work,” Amelie replied honestly. Melissa clung onto Amelie’s bag then. “You should still have a meal before leaving.

busy today. We can do this another day,” Amelie said before pulling her bag out of Melissa’s grip and giving Melissa a curt nod. Melissa no longer insisted on keeping Amelie around after that, but an obvious

Jodie sitting in her wheelchair in the corner of the room. Jodie wore an icy look on her face as she curled her lips into a smirk. “Since when did the high and mighty Mrs. Alston

you just trying to please Amelie from the moment she stepped into the house? I thought you were going to get on your knees and beg her

in Melissa’s attitude toward 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