A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 42

Me? Something in return? Amelie was startled. “You want me to help you convince Owen Steward, the big shot of Skaynia, to collaborate with you?”

Toby had actually asked her for help on this before, but he just didn’t know that Amelie was Foxy before this.

He pondered for a moment, and just when Amelie was going to say something, he spoke ahead of her. “You know what? Never mind. Forget it” He didn’t know exactly why, but he was suddenly afraid that her impression of him would turn bad.

Just as she wanted to talk more about it, Steven and Bria came back.

“This is… Steven asked when he saw Toby. He didn’t know much about the relationships among the Alstons, so of course, he didn’t know Toby.

“This is Mr. Walsh. He came to learn about shoemaking,” Amelie answered quickly.

“Nice to meet you, Mr. Dillon. I’m Toby Walsh.” Toby introduced himself after walking in front of Steven.

He looks neat and has a great smile, but it’s quite obvious that he’s not a handyman. “Nice to meet you too.” Steven studied him a little and didn’t say much, merely reaching out his hand to shake hands with him.

On the other hand, Bria recognized Toby, but she didn’t have much interaction with him. So when she saw him and recalled that he was her father’s good friend, she hid behind Steven timidly with her big and innocent eyes showing obvious dislike.

She didn’t like Leo and knew that his friends always bullied her mother, so her impression of Toby wasn’t good. However, Steven just thought that she wasn’t used to meeting strangers and didn’t mull over it.

“Dad, I thought you all would stay by the stream a little longer.”

Hearing that, Steven looked at Bria in his arms, who was soaking wet. “The wind outside is very strong. I’m worried that Bria will catch a cold.” As he stroked Bria’s wet head, he didn’t mind whether her wet clothes

would make his shirt wet at all.

with her hands around his neck, enjoying the attention he

politely into the house and even brought out a watermelon that he had harvested himself.

a slice in his hand and didn’t know where to start since those from rich families always had their watermelons cut into small chunks and used a

them.

was in an awkward situation. She rolled her eyes at him on purpose before taking a slice herself

and wave it in the air. This was

the juice from the

Toby saw that, he was slightly startled, as he could clearly feel that Bria was much more cheerful

Lefore

was at the Alston Residence, she was almost invisible. Every time she appeared, she would try her best to curl herself up, hold on to Amelie’s legs, and follow wherever Amelie went. Her eyes would be dull, without any stream of brightness, and she would be so timid that she couldn’t be

anyone.

she had a pair of big, sparkling eyes now. She could even do things quickly and responsively and had her own

adorable, no matter how Toby looked at her When compared to the old times,

elegant than Bria’s. Her eyes were like a crescent, and she was smiling with her lips pressing together. Although she was

old-fashioned woman who only wore dresses all the time. Now, she had a white t-shirt on top with light-colored shorts at the bottom, displaying her slim waist and long legs. With her

looked up to meet anyone’s eyes and always lowered herself in front of the Alstons as if she was a living zombie, had nothing to do with her

help but curl his lips.

shoes traditionally was quite complicated,

at the two of them from a safe

Mr. Walsh really going to learn how to make shoes

as she knew Toby’s actual purpose. It was just an excuse for him to learn to make shoes, but

sky turned dark, Steven stopped the lesson because he wanted to

Steven was too stubborn. He didn’t want his daughter to get tired from

good father.” Toby walked over to her with both his hands

expression was relaxed, and it was nothing like those anxious expressions those gold diggers had