A Matter of Wife and Love
Chapter 104

Chapter 104 Don't Expect to Escape Easily

"Leo, Leo! Wake up, wake up!"

When Leo opened his eyes in a daze, he felt a hand pat his face.

He reached out to hold that hand instinctively.

A severe headache had been kicking in as a result of intoxication, and he couldn't see clearly whose hand it was.

As he was squeezing that hand, his thoughts stayed elsewhere.

His effort in getting up failed as he plopped to the ground due to a lack of strength.

The owner of the hand fell into Leo's embrace after being pulled down by his weight.

Elyse bumped her head. It hurt. She tried to get up.

Halfway through her struggle, she noticed Leo looking at her with a meaningful gaze. Subconsciously, her cheeks colored.

"Leo." Her voice turned softer with a touch of charm. It was so delicate that it could easily integrate with water.

Elyse originally came to pick Leo up after answering Toby's call, but now that she saw Leo looking at her like this and didn't respond when she called him, she suddenly came up with a bold idea.

In fact, they had never crossed the boundary. They had never had sex. She wondered if their relationship would improve if she moved past this stage.

He might even treat her like he used to before, like a precious treasure in his palm.

At that thought, Elyse grinned from ear to ear and started leaning into his lips and blowing some air.

She waited for him to take initiative.

As expected, Leo embraced her with both arms and raised the corners of his lips slightly. "Amelie."

What?!

As if being splashed with a bucket of cold water, Elyse felt her emotions plunge to an all-time low from her high. Widening her eyes in shock, she shuddered. What did Leo just call her?

Amelie?

She propped herself up and looked at him with a complex expression.

Sparkles of tears started rolling in her eyes.

On the contrary, Leo's lowered lashes couldn't hide the affection that coated his eyes as well as the desire he presented on his face.

His eyes were on her, but he called out another woman's name.

"Leo, look at me. Who am I?" Her voice trembled as she thought she must have heard it wrongly.

"Amelie Dillon."

Leo uttered that name again, but this time with his eyes closed.

His arms that were previously holding her flopped to the ground.

Elyse felt as if being dragged to the coldest part of the earth when he called her Amelie. Her fingers felt so cold they turned numb, and her heart even colder long ago. Any slight movement could cause a sharp tearing pain!

Humiliation crept up her mind as she clenched her teeth.

When she turned around, Toby was standing at the corner of the room, looking at her with a meaningful gaze.

Despite his calm gaze, she could tell he was looking at her with contempt.

Elyse suddenly understood the situation and stared at him fiercely. "You did it on purpose!"

"If you hadn't sent someone to inform Jodie and Mrs. Alston that Amelie's child belonged to the Alston Family and allowed them to force Leo to snatch the child, Leo wouldn't have met Amelie, probably wouldn' have gotten drunk, and wouldn't be calling her name now," Toby mumbled. His seemingly casual gaze held a full bucket of wisdom.

Elyse's body shook violently, and her face turned green!

She glanced at Leo, but she didn't have the guts to admit it after all.

Leo was drunk, not dead. If he heard what Toby just said, she would be done for.

Curling his lips upward, Toby didn't say another word and left the room.

Although he didn't show much emotion, Elyse read it as she was looked down upon.

Feeling uneasy, she chased after him. "Who told you that I was the one who told Jodie and Mrs. Alston about that? Was it Amelie? Is everything she says credible now? Do you trust her so much? What on earth did she promise you? Don't forget I was the one who knew you first! How could you stand on her side?!”

She quickly reached out to yank the hem of Toby's clothes before squeezing it!

Toby's presented a blank expression as he explained, "I trust her not because she did me favors, but because her character had always been trustworthy. Don't expect to escape easily, Elyse. Everything comes to light... sooner or later. There is only one way not to let people know about your crimes, and that is to never commit them!"

The word 'character' was like a pair of hands that came out of the sky and snatched the roof covering her, catching her off guard and revealing her devastated inner self!

Elyse clenched her lips and managed to stay still, but she was so ashamed that she couldn't bear it.

Toby was implying that she had no morals.

"How could you accuse me like that?" With clenched teeth, she seethed, "How good is your character? Don't forget you're a flirt!"

"But I never hurt anyone intentionally."

With those words, he ruined the pride she barely managed to snatch.

Toby snickered.

Though his words were harsh, they were the kindest advice to her.

Whether or not she would listen depended on herself entirely.

After saying that, Toby left for good.

Behind him, Elyse curled her fingers in anger, and her eyes swell so badly that she couldn't control the tears from falling.

She used to be the most open and aboveboard existence in her family. Even when she behaved willfully in front of Leo, she could do it openly.

Ever since Amelie showed up, everything changed!

As if being pushed down into a pit multiple times, she had been suffering messy falls.

It's all Amelie Dillon's fault! It's all her fault!

Elyse silently clenched her fists until her knuckles turn pale. Her nails dug deep into her palms.

After a long time, she took out her phone to make a call. "Didn't I tell you to be more secretive? How did Toby replace out that I was the one who told Jodie and her mother about it? Did you do it on purpose?"

"I have been keeping my mouth shut," the person on the other end uttered in a languid tone. "But judging from Toby's broad connections, it should be easy for him to replace out everything he wants, so I reckon that it is the same case for you if he just searched along the clues."

"Damn it!" Elyse tightened her fists. Even in front of Ashton, she never allowed herself to curse out loud.

Her originally beautiful face was distorted into a demonic appearance.

Elyse couldn't figure out how a worthless person like Amelie could attract the attention of so many people. Even Toby often helped her out!

Amelie brought Bria to Julia's house and told her about her plan to leave the city.

"Why should you be the one leaving? You aren't at fault! That b*stard and that b*tch should be the ones leaving!" Julia immediately exploded after hearing her friend's plans. She talked so quickly as if she was a machine gun.

Amelie shook her head indifferently. "Doesn't matter anymore. Come to think of it, leaving this place is quite a good idea."

She glanced at Bria, who was working on her puzzle with her head lowered. "I don't want Bria to come in between me and the Alstons. I don't want to see her being pushed and pulled around. I am willing to do anything in exchange for her peaceful life."

"But-" Hearing that, Julia couldn't help feeling teary-eyed. "It's unfair for you to be tolerating them every time."

"Not really." She turned around abruptly with a smile on her face. "Do you know why I gave her the name Bria? Because I want her to grow up strong and happy as she had suffered too much to even be born." Julia couldn't bring herself to say anything, so she could only sigh.

Usually, pregnant mothers would receive blessings for delivering their newborn, but Bria was a special case. Her birth was a bumpy journey, and she had nearly experienced death twice in her childhood. "Alright. Where do you plan to go? I'll move with you," Julia proposed.

Amelie didn't decline Julia's offer. She leaned over to hug Julia as a gesture of gratitude.

Though Julia didn't utter a word, she felt heartbroken for her friend. She felt bad for Amelie's adamant sacrifice and selfless love as well as for Bria's life.

After making the decision, Amelie quickly drafted her plans.

She would first bring Bria to her father's house, and once he completely handed over the technology to Toby, she would bring her father along to another city. Steven was elated to hear that his daughter would be coming home.

The next day, Amelie asked Julia to bring Bria to Starlight Media, while she came out alone to shop for groceries in preparation to go home.

The moment she arrived at the mart, however, someone rushed up to her and pushed her harshly!