Chapter 214


    Leo was unfazed, his expression as stern as usual. It felt like he didn’t even care Toby was holding him.


    Feeling defeated, Toby let him go. He was about to back off, but Leo gripped his shoulder and pushed


    him down. “What do you know?”


    Toby froze. Even when he’s angry, he’s still smart. He knows something. But Toby wasn’t going to tell


    him what he knew. All he did was smile. “Just joshing.” He pulled Leo’s fingers away and left.


    Leo frowned. He knew Toby. He was not one quick to anger, and yet he had flown into a rage twice in a


    span of a single day. He’s bothered. That was why Leo came. He needed to know what Toby was


    bothered about. Shadows were cast upon Leo, and he narrowed his eyes. A momentter, he stared at


    the ground and called Victor. “Look into Toby.”


    Twenty minutester, Victor showed up, hidden in the shadows and standing before Leo.


    When Leo raised his head, Victor said, “He’s been sending his men to look into Ms. Dillon.”


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    Victor knew what Leo wanted to know before he even said it, and that was why Leo liked him. There


    was a reason he was willing to pay for Victor’s sky-high price. He’s looking into Amelie? Leo paused for


    a moment, his brows furrowed into a frown once more. He didn’t like anyone looking into Amelie,


    especially not Toby. Yet he remained stern, refusing to fly into a rage. “What precisely did he want to


    know?”


    “I am not sure.”


    Leo’s eyes narrowed.


    Victor fell into silence, his breathing almost quiet. And for a moment, it felt as if he was not there.


    A long whileter, Leo said, “Look into Amelie’s case.”


    Victor drifted away like a phantom, saying nothing.


    …


    Melissa was chatting with Carol.


    Carol pouted. “Leo doesn’t like me, does he? He doesn’t talk to me that much, and he almost refused


    my salves. I had to tell him that you sent me before he begrudgingly took me with him.”


    Melissa loved Carol. She was a good woman, and she came from a good family. Now that she had


    concerns, Melissa needed to douse them right away. “Leo’s an aloof man, but I assure you he’s quite


    passionate inside. He’s just not good atmunicating, that’s all.”


    “Didn’t seem like that with the other girl. He wouldn’t take me anywhere, but he would wait for her. And


    the moment she got into trouble, he went and helped her.”


    “Is that so?” Melissa cocked her eyebrow. “That’s odd.” Weird. He was only nice to Elyse. Wouldn’t


    care about anyone else.


    “Lots of people saw that. That girl’s really close to ke. Even came to his defense.” Carol told Melissa


    everything she saw. “And Leo said that girl is his girlfriend. They even had a child together. Melissa, are


    you hiding something from me? Is he taken?”


    “No, of course not,” Melissa denied. Sh*t. A friend of ke and the mother of Leo’s child? That’s


    Amelie. What’s going on? Why did they get together again? Melissa was furious, yet she didn’t show it.


    She kept putting in a good word for Leo and promised she would make Leo apologize to her.


    Eventually, Carol felt better, and she left happily.


    Once she was gone, Melissa’s face fell, her smile reced by fury. “What are you doing, Leo? Why did


    you poke your nose in Amelie’s case? Damn it, I bet Amelie seduced him again. That wench!”


    …


    It was an arduous day at the training ss. Eventually, Amelie came out feeling woozy, and she


    massaged her temples. Gods, I want to go home, but Julia wants to talk to me. Julia came to Halport


    that day, and she wanted to see Brianna. Amelie stood outside the coffee shop in her neighborhood,


    waiting for her ride. As she waited, she scrolled through the novel website, going through her stats.


    She then heard the clops of heels. Oh, Julia’s here. Amelie tucked away her phone and was about to


    say hi, but that woman stormed up to her and mmed something into her chest. Then she said shrilly,


    “If you need money, youe to me. Leave Leo alone!”


    Amelie looked at the woman before her. Melissa. Melissa’s short, curly hair tumbled down to her


    shoulder. She was in branded-name clothes, and her bag was as expensive as ever. Hanging from her


    neck was a designer ne. She looked like a regal woman, and yet her attitude spoke of nothing


    but a spiteful wench.


    Amelie noticed the disgust hanging in her eyes. She was looking at Amelie with hatred like Amelie was


    a mouse. The thing she mmed into Amelie’s chest were two pieces of paper. Checks. They were


    fluttering down to the ground, escaping Amelie’s grasp. Amelie wasn’t angry at Melissa. She was used


    to Melissa’s hypocritical act. Slowly, she picked the checks up. “Now, Mrs. Alston, calm down. You don’t


    want anyone seeing you in this state.”


    “Why you little…” Melissa’s lips were trembling, but she didn’t push matters any further. Like magic, she


    quickly calmed down and looked around.


    Amelie smirked. What a hypocrite. Doesn’t she get tired of putting on this act?


    When she noticed the coast was clear, Melissa hissed, “Six hundred grand. That enough for you?” A


    frown furrowed her almost-perfect brows.


    Amelie was counting the zeroes on the checks. Three hundred thousand each. “Generous.” She throws


    money at everyone she meets. Of course, she’s generous. “Thank you then, Mrs. Alston.”


    She took the checks. Hah. “I always help the poor. But this proves you can’t take care of Bria well, so


    give her back to us. Take the money and leave. Do note back.”


    Oh my gosh. Look at her. So arrogant. Amelieughed. Six hundred grand is nothing to me. Not even


    enough to hire a live streamer.


    “You should know that Leo is going to marry Carol of the Joyner Family. He won’t go back to you just


    because you’re hounding him.”


    Oh, so that girl is the daughter of Seafare’s local boss, huh? Amelie was surprised. For some reason,


    she got upset, even though she knew Leo’s rtionship was none of her business. I’m just sad for Bria.


    She has acknowledged him as her father, but if he marries someone else, their rtionship will change.


    She’s staying quiet. She must know I have a point. Melissa shot her a look of disdain and stuffed an


    agreement into her hands. “This is the agreement for relinquishing Bria’s custody. Sign it, take the


    money, and leave.”


    Gods, look at her. Money is all she knows. And she keeps pointing at the checks with her eyes. Does


    she think I’m that poor? Amelie took the papers and nced at them. But she didn’t sign them. Instead,


    she whipped two more checks out of her bag.