When I Was A Wallflower Chapter 219


    Chapter 219


    Someone held her just in time, though barely—it was the driver. Before Amelie could do anything, she


    was held by the waist and pulled away from the driver just then. Then, she saw the silhouette of a man


    standing beside her. It belonged to someone she could recognize anywhere. Leo was silent. His lips


    were pursed, and he shot a sharp look at the woman who mindlessly opened her door without checking


    her surroundings. Scared, the woman fell back into the car, and the door slid shut automatically,


    mming into her foot.The driver—most likely the woman’s boyfriend—tried to help, but he was too


    late.The woman howled in pain.“Next time you’re so careless, you’re not getting off with just a bruised


    foot,” said Leo coolly.When the driver raised his head to meet Leo’s eyes, he froze as if stricken by


    fear. In most cases, the man should’ve fought with Leo to protect his girlfriend, but the murderous


    gleam within Leo’s gaze had made him chicken out.Amelie thought the way Leo punished the woman


    was a bit too much, though what the woman did earlier was indeed careless. If Amelie hadn’t moved


    back fast enough, the door would have mmed into Bria and her. In the end, she merely thanked the


    man and didn’t say anything else after that.Leo pulled his hand back and took Bria into his arms. Then,


    he went ahead without saying another word.Amelie scratched her nose in confusion. Is he… mad? Did


    I do something wrong? She spent four years observing the man. She knew how he expressed his


    anger, but she hadn’t gotten to know him too well, so she had no idea why he was angry. Though, she


    didn’t bother to figure out the reason and went after them.Leo and Bria entered the elevator. The


    moment Amelie was about to walk into the elevator, the door started sliding shut. Most elevator doors


    would open back up the moment they mmed into someone, but that m was awful nheless.


    Figuring she wouldn’t be fast enough to dodge it, Amelie closed her eyes as she waited for the impact


    tond, but she felt nothing even after a long while.“Come in, Mommy,” Bria said.When Amelie opened


    her eyes, she saw a pair of hands holding the doors back. Those were Leo’s hands, and Bria was


    hanging from the man’s neck, holding him tightly.Amelie quickly hopped in and stood at the corner.Leo


    pulled his hands back in silence and held Bria once again while throwing a nce at Amelie. His gaze


    filled with admonishment.The little girl in his arms chuckled. “You’re such an airhead, Mommy. Good


    thing Daddy is always protecting you.” Her head bumped into the man’s chin as she giggled.The man


    said nothing. He merely covered her head with his hand so she wouldn’t hurt herself. He looked just


    like a father taking care of his child.An old woman who shared the elevator with them happily said, “It’s


    a father’s job to protect his wife.” She looked at them. “The three of you look great together, not to


    mention beautiful, too. You’re the perfect family I’ve ever seen.”Amelie wanted to say they were not a


    family, but then she noticed the smile on her daughter’s face. It was a beautiful, happy smile. If I said


    that, that’d be too cruel to her. I should stay quiet instead. With that in mind, she remained silent. Even


    though she tried not to look at Leo’s face, she could still see his chin and lips when she looked at Bria


    since he was holding the little girl. She couldn’t help but notice a slight smile on his lips. Is he…


    smiling? Why? She realized just then she might actually not know the man that well.Starlight Tower’s


    restaurant was resplendent and bright, and it was filled withfy little couches. The ce looked like


    a warm and inviting cottage. Since Leo made his reservations, they got the window view. The city


    unfurled beneath them, and lights wereing on like stars twinkling in the night sky.Bria giggled


    happily, extending her hands in an attempt to catch the ‘stars.’ Leo let her do what she wanted.The


    food here was marvelous. A momentter, they were served with big Amidalia lobsters, beautifully cut


    foie gras, and T-bone steaks imported from Amidalia. In the end, the manager even served them wine,


    saying that the patrons dubbed them ‘the best customer for the night.’ After pouring them two sses


    of wine, the manager bowed before leaving the family of three to dine in peace.Amelie looked at the


    wine awkwardly. She figured the both of them shouldn’t be drinking wine together since they were not a


    couple. Thus, she ignored it and focused on cutting the steak for Bria.Elegantly, Leo picked his ss


    up and twirled the wine within, though his gaze fixed on thedy and the girl. He noticed Amelie trying


    clumsily to cut the steak, and he smiled.Thanks to Steven feeding her all kinds of food since she was a


    child, Amelie didn’t really have any desire to eat these kinds of food. She seldom went for fine dining


    over the years. Even during the times that she did go, Julia would be the one to cut up the steak for


    her. Ever since she married Leo, she never ate out. This was the first time she was cutting up steak,


    and she wanted to do it well, but the cutlery wouldn’t do as she wanted them to. She either couldn’t cut


    the meat up, or it would slide past the knife. A few momentster, droplets of sweat formed on her


    forehead, making her look miserable.Just when she was wondering what she should do, someone took


    the te away. Surprised, she looked up only to meet a gaze of resignation and… a hint of love. No


    way. I must be seeing things.Amelie was stunned for a while, only snapping out of it when Leo


    extended his hand toward her. Oh, he’s trying to help. She quickly handed the cutlery to him. Once he


    had the cutlery, like a noble from the medieval era, he cut into the steak perfectly, slicing them up into


    perfect, equal sizes. The pieces of meat looked just like a work of art.That’s a super-rich guy for you.


    While Leo was cutting up the steak, Amelie wrote some replies to her more urgent texts. When she


    raised her head again, two tes of bite-sized steak sat before her. One of those tes was given to


    Bria. Just when she thought the other one was for Leo himself, he pushed it to her.Oh, you shouldn’t.


    Though, Amelie didn’t reject his kind gesture. She dug right into it like her daughter. Unlike Leo, both of


    them were wolfing the meat down.Despite Leo’s distaste for people who had no regard for table


    manners, he couldn’t bring himself to dislike these girls. Instead, he felt proud, thinking that he


    managed to make these girls happy.While they were having the time of their lives, Elyse was having


    the time of her life as well, only in the opposite way.Property ? N?velDrama.Org.