When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

She finally looked up shakily with darting eyes. “Leo…”

“You can’t hide what you did forever. Calista from Kirkford Village is the daughter of the family who got Bria buried under the pillar. The other three are related to their family.”

She did not need further explanation to understand what he was getting at. Not only had he gotten to the bottom of the incident, but he also hurt everyone she worked with to take revenge on her, and he didn’t even bother to hide the truth. It was a clear attempt at taunting and humiliating her.

How ruthless!

Elyse sat tensely on the bed and realized belatedly that, before this, Leo had only shown her a tenth of the ruthlessness he was capable of.

“Get her the best medicine, doctor, and nurse,” Leo gave some instructions and left.

Eugene, who had been following Leo around, stole a glance at Elyse and looked at Leo with pursed lips. Leo took revenge on Elyse because of her wrongdoing, but he asked Eugene to take care of Elyse out of courtesy. It was Leo’s way of telling Elyse that Ellen’s kindness could only go so far as to spare Elyse’s life, and served as a warning that Elyse might end up in a worse situation if she dared to misbehave.

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Bria suffered from some fractures but was not in serious condition. When Amelie was released from the hospital, she brought Bria home with her and hired a doctor to look after Bria.

Meanwhile, Samuel and Julia did not slow down on their investigations. One day, he and Julia visited Amelie with the results of their investigation. “Someone purposely shoved Bria under the pillar.”

Amelie had expected the answer, but the truth still crushed her.

personally. She could not hold back her anger and resentment. “Have we found the criminals behind this? They’d better not get caught because I will skin them

with her temper, but he also understood that she suffered from guilt for failing to protect Bria in the accident.

in check, but as Bria’s mother, she was anxious to know the outcome of the investigation. Samuel read their expression and stared at Amelie with a knowing look. “I found the people behind the accident, but something odd happened

ago and lost both arms. The couple who shoved Bria under the pillar was now buried in a collapsed mine. They are alive but

villagers thought there must

superstitions. Someone was behind the rogue justice, leaving

eyes fell on Samuel. Amelie whispered her guess, “Could that person be… Leo…” Leo’s figure popped up in her

her sentence. “Is that

behind the revenge,” Samuel added. Amelie’s expression crumbled as she struggled to comprehend.

avenging

collapse. What’s the motive of the villagers in hurting Bria when they had nothing to do with us?” Julia asked a pointed question. Samuel’s expression changed when he heard that. After a pause, he explained, “This has been the focus of our investigation. But someone clearly destroyed the evidence by erasing the key information. That’s why nothing showed

Julia’s heart sank.

head. “But one thing is clear—two different

to get help from two different groups.” Samuel’s remark led to more doubts

silence. “Just list

a realization and slapped her thighs in excitement. “Yes! Why have we not thought of

not name the three people, but they knew the answer.

never mess with Bria to hurt Amelie, which left Elyse as the