A Matter of Wife and Love
Chapter 241

Ashton could barely walk straight after being roughed up.

Seeing this, Chris had no choice but to support him.

Even though he wanted to send Ashton home, he couldn't help turning around to look at the other two men before his eyes darted in Amelie's direction. They're acting weird tonight... What if something happens to Amelie after I leave?

"You should take him away," Amelie told him calmly.

Chris couldn't possibly say anything else when Amelie herself told him to go with Ashton.

With a screech, he drove off into the night after he carried Ashton into his car.

"Are you okay?" Toby returned to looking gentle as he reached out to hold on to Amelie.

He had the fright of his life because of what happened earlier.

Noticing that he was about to grab her, she ducked to the side, only for her hand to fall into another big palm.

The hand smoothly caught her hand and held it tight.

She was taken aback at first but when she turned her head, she was greeted by the sight of an expressionless Leo.

She would have thought that it was someone else if she hadn't seen him reaching out to her.

Her not letting Toby hold her didn't mean that she was permitting Leo to do so.

She didn't even hesitate and was about to pull her arm away.

"Bria's looking for you," he suddenly brought up.

Bria was Amelie's lifeline. As expected, Amelie stopped struggling at the mention of the child's name. "When did you go see her?"

Leo didn't answer her and only pulled her away from the racetracks.

A small head suddenly perked up from Leo's car before a hand appeared and waved. "Mommy!"

Speak of the devil.

"Bria? What are you doing here?" Amelie pulled away from Leo's grip and ran to the girl.

Leo didn't stop her this time.

Bria immediately reached out and threw herself into Amelie's arms, rubbing against her like a kitten. "I woke up and didn't see you, Mommy. I was so scared. Daddy said he could bring me to see you!" She then quietly blinked at Amelie. She didn't tell Amelie why Leo went to their home or how she was taken away through Steven.

"I'm sorry." Amelie didn't have time to tell Bria about her plans because the child had gone to bed early.

"Mommy, you were amazing! I want to go vroom-vroom too when I grow up!" Bria articulated each word with precision.

She thought Amelie was impressive when she saw her car flying in the air earlier.

Amelie patted the child's head. "I'm professionally trained. You can't do what I did like it's a game, okay, Bria? It's very dangerous."

With the child's limited ability to comprehend things, Amelie was afraid that Bria would imitate her actions.

Bria gave a hum in reply while she rubbed her eyes.

She was very, very sleepy. In order to wait for her Daddy to bring her to Mommy, she had been struggling to put off sleep.

When Amelie noticed her drowsiness, she caressed Bria's soft and fluffy hair before turning to look at Toby, "Mr. Walsh, my daughter is sleepy. We'll be leaving now."

She then picked up Bria and carried the girl to her car.

"She can't lie down in your car. It's too narrow for her to feel comfortable." Leo stopped her out loud.

After saying that, he opened the backdoor of his car.

"I want to ride in Daddy's car." Bria nuzzled her face in Amelie's embrace. "Daddy's car has a little princess bed."

Amelie wouldn't have cared under normal circumstances but when it came to Bria, she had to think more about it.

Seeing how stubborn Bria was about it, Amelie said nothing while she turned around and entered the car with her head lowered.

Leo pressed his broad palm on Amelie's back, giving her proper support.

Toby silently watched every move. Leo's support might look like he was helping Amelie into the car but in fact, he was staking his claim. Leony, have you really fallen for her?

Amelie only noticed the additional child safety seat in Leo's car after hopping into the car.

It was a pink chair that had turned into a sleeping basket. There were blankets and pillows inside.

There was even a small canopy hanging over it.

It looked like a mini bed for a princess.

Bria crawled into the basket and comfortably smacked her lips together, two of her fingers pointing at her belly.

Amelie quickly buckled Bria in when she understood what the child wanted.

Only then did Bria feel at ease and close her eyes.

"Mommy, I'd like a bedtime story, please," she mumbled.

Amelie thought for a while. She then took out her phone and pressed into a story app before slowly reading the story on it.

Leo, who was in the passenger seat, signaled the driver to turn off the music from the radio.

The car was filled with Amelie's soft yet compelling voice at that instant.

An hour later, the car drove into a residential area and stopped at the building where Amelie lived.

"Thanks," she politely uttered and lowered her torso to carry Bria.

However, the driver was even quicker than her as he took Bria first and strode to the building.

Amelie didn't say anything and followed after him. She opened the door for the driver and started to go upstairs with him when the door suddenly closed in her face.

She didn't even notice that a big hand was pressing the door shut from above her head.

"Why did Toby hit Ashton?" Leo pressed the door with one hand and left his other arm hanging by the side of his body.

Their distance was suddenly closed when he lowered his torso and leaned in toward her.

She could even feel his erratic breath fanning her face.

"How am I supposed to know the answer to that?" she asked in return, her expression innocent.

It was true that she didn't know.

She was at a loss as well when Toby started beating up Ashton.

"They probably have some kind of personal grudge between them." This was the only possibility she could think of.

Despite hearing her answer, Leo didn't step backward. He continued to gaze at her with dark eyes, looking as though he wanted to see through her.

There was something different about his eyes. It was like a stone pressing on her chest, or more like an invisible steel surrounding her.

Even breathing became difficult for her.

Leo insisted again, "Toby has never enjoyed making enemies."

"Do you want me to admit that he fought because of me, Mr. Alston?" She was cornered by him at this point. "If that is what you want, I'll agree with whatever you think."

She didn't want to waste her time on him.

"Also," she added, "will you please let me know before you take Bria away in the future?"

Her heart couldn't take it. He had brought the child away without saying anything more than once now.

"Bria likes me." Leo gave an irrelevant answer.

Seeing how she was rendered speechless, he asked again, "Do you have feelings for Toby?"

Tonight, he has more questions than usual. During our four years of marriage, he has never asked me questions more than he is doing tonight.

"It is none of your business, is it, Mr. Alston?" Even if Amelie didn't have feelings for Toby, she didn't want Leo sticking his nose into her life either. However, her answer made his calm gaze narrow.

"Bria is my daughter. I have the right to know the kind of family she will have in the future!"

Ah, it's because of Bria! Amelie quietly laughed at herself. And here I was, overthinking about how he would want to be a part of my life. Thank goodness I didn't say anything.

Amelie was uncomfortable being trapped against the wall by Leo, and she couldn't help fiddling with some wisps of hair next to her ear. "Don't worry, Mr. Alston. I have no plans to get married yet." But that didn't mean she didn't like Toby.

"You can replace out about Toby's family if you look into it. The Walsh Family can't accept someone who was married, especially if the partner is an ex-wife from a family they are close with!" How dare he? Amelie fumed.

This was not the first time Leo had reminded her how she wasn't worthy of Toby.

Is he still thinking that I want to marry someone wealthy for their money even at this point?

Her expression quickly turned cold. "Mr. Alston, you don't have to worry that I'll hold on to Mr. Walsh. Also, the Walsh Family may be unwelcoming of a divorcee from a family they are close with but I, too, don't like getting involved with the people my ex-husband knows."

Pleased with her words, Leo finally stepped back.

Amelie started deriding herself when she saw the satisfied smirk on his face.

She thought Leo was afraid that his ex-wife would stick around him.