A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 398

Chapter 398 She’ll Have to Pay!

“Who else could it be? Mrs. Alston didn’t get much rest last night, and she has been complaining about her headache ever since she woke up this morning. She eventually got the doctor to come over as she couldn’t handle the pain any longer.” Leila let out a sigh. “Mrs. Alston has been really worried recently.”

Amelie understood what was going on even though Leila wasn’t explicit with her words.

“Okay,” Amelie uttered before she hurried into the house. As expected, she found Melissa lying on the couch with a weak look on her face.

Melissa used to love painting her nails, but her nails were naked and bare right then.

“Are you feeling better?” Amelie asked gently as she walked over.

Melissa had her eyes closed at first, but she opened them wide after hearing Amelie’s voice. The bitter and weak look on Melissa’s face was immediately replaced by a more energetic one as Melissa pushed herself up to sit on the couch. “You’re here! Come over and take a seat. Go on and get her some soup, Miss Potts. Hurry up,” Melissa ordered.

Leila had just sent the doctor out, and she looked rather flustered upon hearing Melissa’s impatient tone. Amelie held Leila’s hand to stop her. “It’s fine. I’ll just be here for a while.”

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however, simply pressed her

then waved her hand to signal Leila to leave the room. Once Leila was far enough from them, Melissa

beside Melissa. Melissa patted Amelie on the back of her hand as she spoke. “Amelie, now

widened her eyes as she turned to stare at the other woman. In an instant, Melissa shifted her gaze away—she was too afraid to look Amelie in the eyes. “Bria is a child of the Alston Family, after all.

just found out that all of Leo’s kids weren’t actually his real children. At this point, no one knew if Leo would wake up, and Bria might be Leo’s only real child. Melissa had every

inkling of what was going on in Melissa’s mind when she saw how avoidant Melissa was of her gaze. “Why don’t we wait for a while more?” Amelie suggested. The doctors were still uncertain about Leo’s condition—they first had to find out the reason that Leo was in a coma. Amelie, therefore, still felt rather hopeful about Leo’s condition, and she thought that he might wake up. “Now’s not the best time to bring Bria back. After all, the public

to realize something upon hearing Amelie’s

asked. Melissa seemed rather embarrassed after hearing Amelie’s question, but she quickly regained

her brows together as she stared at Melissa. I was right. She was the one who exposed the news of Leo’s condition. “Well, Toby might not harm Genesis, but we can’t be sure of the rest of the Walshes.

got too worried after hearing about Leo’s condition, and… I wanted someone to help, so I… I might have shared a

and to control me. Amelie didn’t bother pointing this out as she felt like there was no need to expose Melissa. “Well, you should try to keep things a secret from now on. We don’t want to expose our vulnerabilities to people who

was no longer as haughty as she used to be. “Are you leaving now?” Melissa asked when she saw Amelie picking up her

work,” Amelie replied honestly. Melissa clung onto Amelie’s bag then. “You should still have a meal before leaving. Why don’t I get Miss Potts to cook some good food

We can do this another day,” Amelie said before pulling her bag out of Melissa’s grip and giving Melissa a curt nod. Melissa no longer

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