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.

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

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 you bring

was

all of Leo’s kids weren’t actually his real children. At this point, no one knew if Leo would wake up, and Bria might be

“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

seemed to realize something upon hearing Amelie’s words. “Oh, yeah. Right,

question, but she quickly regained her composure. “Well, Toby is Leo’s good

knitted her brows together as she stared at Melissa. I was right. She was the one who exposed the news of Leo’s condition. “Well, Toby might not harm Genesis, but we can’t be sure of the rest of

got too worried after hearing about Leo’s condition,

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. We don’t want to expose our vulnerabilities to

a nod. She was no longer as haughty as she used to be. “Are you leaving

head back to work,” Amelie replied honestly. Melissa clung onto Amelie’s bag then. “You should still have a meal before leaving. Why don’t I get Miss Potts to cook some good food for you? You can leave after eating,” Melissa

out of Melissa’s grip and giving Melissa a curt nod. Melissa no

corner of the room. Jodie wore an icy look on her face as she curled her lips into a smirk. “Since when did the

“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 get on your knees and beg her to order you around at one point,” Jodie replied in a

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 to support the family. We might even be on the streets by now! Amelie’s our savior, so I don’t