When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Chapter 320 Huge News About Amelie

Even though Amelie had agreed to pose as Toby's lover and acknowledged his ideas, she didn't have the slightest intention of lying to Leo.

She found it a little too deliberate. However, from tonight's events, she felt that maintaining a distance was the best option.

"With my future in the equation, I think you should put an appropriate distance between us, Mr. Alston. Also, please delete the photos too."

With that, before Leo could respond, she took Bria from his arms, then turned around and went upstairs.

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It was already 1.00AM by the time Leo returned home, but Melissa was still up.

She had had trouble sleeping lately, and her insomnia that evening was especially serious. Her mind was filled with thoughts, and even at this hour, she didn't feel sleepy at all.

Melissa rubbed her temples in annoyance. She felt that if she kept losing sleep like this, her painstakingly maintained skin would wither and age.

While she was troubled over that, the door opened.

Leo walked in, looking all cold and chilly. The jacket hanging from his coat was obviously untouched throughout his whole journey.

The temperature was only about 50 degrees at night, and the sole shirt he was wearing looked especially thin.

His gaze was stony as if he was numb to everything.

As he passed by Melissa, he nodded at her out of courtesy and called, "Mom."

Melissa was already used to receiving Leo's cold treatment, but she hastily stopped him anyway. "Leo, how much do you know about Amelie?"

Leo frowned, a little upset that Melissa was asking about Amelie.

Melissa was so bothered about her own questions that she didn't notice her son's expression. She said, "I only knew today that she established an outstanding reading platform. You've heard of Knowlit, right? How can she be the owner of Knowlit? She can't be that capable."

Knowlit wasn't news anymore in their social circle. Many business schools were even analyzing her business model, and they had nothing but praise for her.

Leo sounded a grunt indifferently. Ever since he discovered that she was Big Eyes, he paid special attention to her, so he naturally knew about that.

"You know that too? Is that why you maintained a connection with her?" Melissa guessed, then couldn't help but advise her son, saying, "Leo, Amelie is bad news. She deceived you back then, so she might be doing the same thing now. She's probably hoping that we can see her in a better light so that she can remarry you. It's not much of an issue if she's really capable, but I think she must have used some dirty tricks to put her name on the reading platform."

From what Melissa knew of Amelie, the latter was uncultured and incapable of anything. Save for her using her body to exchange for some goodies, she wasn't capable enough to pursue any career.

"She might have sold herself to some random man already!"

The more Melissa said, the less careful she was, and the more indecent her words became. Her elegant image was completely shattered.

"Mom, don't spout nonsense if you don't know anything!" Leo reminded her in annoyance. Melissa was already challenging his patience by slandering Amelie. "She established the reading platform on her own, and she never depend on anyone. Even if she did rely on someone, it was a win-win partnership. She's far more capable than you can imagine, so she never had a reason to sell her body!"

Leo rarely had anything to say to Melissa, but now, he delivered a speech for Amelie's sake.

Melissa was stunned.

She wasn't shocked just because Leo spoke so much to her; she was also surprised that Leo would know so much about Amelie.

"Leo?" She called his name uneasily. "Why do you care so much about Amelie? What about Foxy—"

"Don't say anything about her without evidence in the future!" Leo rubbed between his eyebrows as he skipped the explanations, choosing to remind Melissa instead.

He had never told anyone that Amelie was Foxy. Even though he didn't understand why Amelie would do that, he still kept it a secret for her sake, even from his own mother. As Melissa listened to her son's words, she started picking at her nails as all sorts of thoughts appeared in her head.

Even though her son was cold and unapproachable, he wouldn't speak nonsense. This could only mean that Amelie truly did establish the reading platform on her own. Hence, by the looks of that, Amelie was a capable person herself.

If she were so outstanding, why would she hide in the Alston Family and humble herself? Even though Melissa couldn't understand why Amelie did that, when she recalled the few times Amelie fought with a different attitude against her after the divorce, she found herself believing Leo.

Suddenly, she regarded Amelie with less disdain than before. Even though Amelie wasn't as good as Foxy, who had 100 million fans, she had quite a remarkable platform.

Even though their backgrounds differed a little, Amelie could be quite reputable with the platform she established.

Also, she would be easier to handle compared to Foxy.

Melissa couldn't help but compare Amelie's two identities. Her conclusion was that Foxy was too haughty, so if Foxy married into the Alston Family, she might have to serve Foxy instead.

After Melissa thought it through, her mood lifted and sleepiness invaded her. She stood up and decided to get her beauty sleep. Just then, Leo's phone suddenly vibrated.

It wasn't a phone call; it was a message notification. Leo had programmed it so that his phone would automatically notify him if news of Amelie cropped up on the internet.

It was exactly because she was involved that he behaved more anxious than usual as he quickly took out his phone to check.

The news was displayed on the lock screen, so he could read it without unlocking his phone.

As he read the text on the blue screen, Leo's handsome eyebrows suddenly creased as the joints in his fingers tensed up.