Chapter 210
Amelie and Toby went to the hospital.
Under the cold, harsh light of the hospital, Amelie stood quietly and watched as the doctor tended to
Toby’s wounds.
She saw Toby’s jaw twitching in pain multiple times. Even so, he didn’t make a sound.
A little whileter, they both walked out of the hospital. Amelie turned to look at Toby, who was covered
in bandages all over. “Why did you get into a fight?”
Toby averted his eyes and smiled a little embarrassedly. “It’s no big deal. It was just a personal
disagreement.”
The more he tried to make light of it, the more Amelie became suspicious. She knew Toby as someone
with a gentle personality who wouldn’t get into fights with anyone. Furthermore, Leo was his friend and
business partner. There’s no reason why they’d get into a fight out of the blue.
However, as Toby wasn’t inclined to exin any further, Amelie didn’t continue pressing him. At the end
of the day, their rtionship wasn’t deep enough for either one to pry into the other’s private matters.
“Why don’t I drop you off?” Amelie asked as she walked over to the car. Toby agreed, but he jumped
into the driver’s seat. “I’ll drive.”
After all themotion tonight, Amelie wasn’t in the mood to stand on ceremony with him, so she only
hesitated briefly before getting into the front passenger seat. A yawn escaped Amelie, and she began
to feel a little drowsy.
All of a sudden, Toby leaned over.
Amelie’s gaze cleared a little. She saw him looming in front of her as his arms rested beside her.
Their breaths shed.
She nervously shrank back into her seat and was about to speak when she heard a click.
“You forgot to wear your seatbelt,” she heard his gentle voice saying.
“Oh,” Amelie said a little btedly.
Toby didn’t move away at once but looked down at her. “What did you think I was going to do?”
“Nothing.” Amelie brushed her fingers through her hair as she thought to herself, There’s something
unusual about Toby today. Usually, he would maintain proper decorum and a polite distance between
them, but he kept encroaching into her personal space today.
Amelie was just about to push Toby away when he retreated on his own ord and started driving.
Meanwhile, across from where the car was parked, two men walked over.
The coat of the man in front pped against the wind and exposed his long legs.
Leo came to an abrupt halt. Eugene, who was right behind him, nearly crashed into him and had to rear
himself back a little to prevent doing so.
Eugene noticed that Leo was staring at the parking lot, so he looked over curiously, but all he saw was
an empty parking spot. Eugene scratched his head. What’s he looking at? There’s nothing there.
Leo’s mouth tightened, and he clenched his fists. It had only been for a brief moment, but he had seen
the position Toby and Amelie had been in. Amelie didn’t push Toby away, even though he was so near
her. Does she really like him that much?
Eugene didn’t know what Leo had seen so he had no idea what Leo was thinking about. However, he
could sense the cold air emanating off of Leo and saw the way Leo’s expression hardened. Thus, he
dared not say anything and simply stood behind Leo in silence.
Amelie napped for a while. When she woke up, she was surprised to find that the car had stopped
outside her residence.
It took an hour to drive from Clouson City to Halport. Moreover, she said she was going to drop Toby off
at his ce.
“You were sleeping so soundly that I couldn’t bring myself to disturb you,” Toby said warmly.
Amelie looked up and saw Toby looking at her with a soft gaze in his eyes. He had a smile on his face
that made his features look even more gentle.
They were already at Amelie’s doorstep, so there was no point for her toment on it. “Oh,” she
acknowledged. “How are you going to head home?”
Toby shrugged nonmittedly.
“Why don’t you drive my car back?” He did drive me home. I can’t possibly ask him to get a cab.
Toby looked like a mess. It was as if he had been robbed earlier, so few drivers would be willing to stop
for him.
Since Toby didn’t object, Amelie handed him the keys and got out of the car.
“Elie.” She had only taken a few steps when she heard Toby’s voice. “I like you. Will you give me a
chance to date you?”
It was such a shock to Amelie that she turned to him with a frozen expression.
He had gotten out of the car and was leaning against the car with a soft, affectionate look in his eyes as
he stared at her.
It wasn’t as if Amelie hadn’t picked up on the fact that Toby harbored feelings for her. However, she
didn’t expect him to say it aloud. The two of us? Together? That’s impossible!
“You don’t need to give me an answer now,” Toby cut in when he noticed that Amelie was about to
respond. He then walked over to her and gazed at her lovely face. “I’m serious about this. I hope you
will give it some serious thought too.” Then, he sped her on the shoulder briefly before walking back
to the car.
Amelie stood in front of the car for quite some time. In the end, she turned and left without didn’t say
anything.
Even after she walked off, Toby didn’t drive off. He sat inside the car, closed his eyes, and took a deep
breath.
He took in the air that smelled of her. The more he breathed in, the more he wanted to hold her close
and protect her for the rest of their lives.
As his fingers moved gently across the steering wheel, it looked as if he wasforting the woman he
loved.
Toby wanted to heal all the wounds Amelie had gotten from Leo. I’ll do it as her man.
——
Leo returned to Alston Residence.
Melissa was sitting on the leather couch in her nightgown and watching television. She jumped to her
feet when she saw him. “Leo! You’re back atst.”
The joyous smile on her face made it clear she was in a good mood. She had been waiting for Leo.
“Quite a few socialites reached out to the family and passed their information to us. Come and take a
look.” Melissa held out a folder filled to the brim with paper.
It was evident that the socialites had gone to great lengths to prepare these things.
No one was happier about the end of Leo and Elyse’s rtionship than Melissa.
She thought that Leo’s method of cutting the ties would affect the Alstons’ reputation, but she ended up
with an unexpected windfall instead.
“I’ve looked through the information. These socialites are all highly educated—they graduated from Ivy
League schools, you know. They carry themselves with poise and conduct themselves with courtesy
and sophistication, and every one of them can make an excellent wife for you.”
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Every single one of these socialites was far better than Elyse and Amelie. That was what Melissa was
most pleased about. Because of this, she even skipped her beauty sleep to stay up and wait for Leo.
Naturally, her pride had been stoked as this proved how much of a catch her son was. Otherwise, there
wouldn’t have been these many socialites who came knocking on their door within a few hours after
Leo’s announcement.
Leo nced at the folder, but he didn’t take it. He rubbed his temples and said, “I’m not thinking about
getting married again right now.”
“Even if you’re not thinking about marriage, it doesn’t matter. You can start looking for someone
suitable and date her first.” Melissa wasn’t deterred. She flipped the folder open and picked out a
socialite. “This is the one I like. Her family’s from Seafare. They’re a prestigious family with great
connections in both the public and private sectors. You’ve been thinking about expanding into Seafare,
right? She’s the ideal candidate.”
Melissa’s words only made Leo’s frown deepen. His tone became a little colder as hemented,
“You’re not asking me to choose a wife. You’re asking me to choose a business partner.”
“Whom you marry will be your business partner too, of course. That’s the case for everyone,” Melissa
replied matter-of-factly. “If you don’t go after her, then someone else will because she’s the cream of
the crop. The strong should form alliances with the strong. That’s what your father and your grandfather
did too.”
“That’s them. I’m me,” Leo dered before heading upstairs.
Melissa was dumbfounded and could only watch as her son walked off in a huff. She sighed in
frustration. He finally divorced Amelie and ended his rtionship with Elyse. I thought he’d finally marry
a woman that’s his equal—someone who can help thepany and bolster the family reputation. In
the end… No! This won’t do! I must think of something!
Just then, Miss Potts came over and said, “I think I saw a wound on Mr. Leo’s face, Mrs. Alston.” She
had tried her best to hold herself back, but she couldn’t resist mentioning it anyway. She knew that all
Melissa could think of was how to boost Leo’s standing in society to bolster her own reputation, but she
cared little, if at all, about Leo himself.
Melissa felt clueless when she heard that Leo was wounded. She had been too caught up in her
attempt to persuade Leo and in too much of a rush to get him to check the socialites’ profiles that she
didn’t notice if he was injured.
Is he injured? Melissa’s reaction to this wasn’t to check on Leo but to open the folder and make a call.
After listening to the conversation Melissa was having, Miss Potts had no choice but to shake her head
and leave feeling rather helpless.