My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 378 Blackmailed Into Becoming ATMs

Amelie stared at Leo's back in confusion.

She then saw him stop by the sink and fervently pump some soap into his hands.

Soon, his hands were covered in bubbles.

He began to scrub hard.

He scrubbed and washed, then washed and scrubbed.

She could not resist walking over to stand behind him.

She clearly remembered the hand he was washing to be the hand she held just now.

"Do you think I'm dirty?" she immediately asked when the thought popped into her head.

"It has nothing to do with you."

He did not look up as he coldly uttered those words.

His response rendered her speechless.

He spent a few more minutes washing his hands before forcing himself to go back to the dining table.

Their appetites were clearly affected by the incident as they barely took a few bites before declaring they were done with dinner.

He silently sat there for a few minutes before getting to his feet. "Rest early."

He then strode out of the room.

She watched him walk away with narrowed eyes.

Something about him felt off.

Still, she could not say exactly what was off.

After dinner, she spent a few minutes chatting with Bria and Steven over a video call.

It was midnight by the time they were done.

Too lazy to call for a staff member to clear the table, she scraped the food into the trash bin.

the bag out to the big bin outside.

she spotted Eugene standing near a lamp talking on the phone.

light of the corridor was so dark that she would not have

on with Mr. Alston, but he suddenly took an hour-long shower. Did he ever

but not often." Melissa was not as worried as Eugene as she held her red nails up to the light with an admiring

He's

down and indicated for the servant to continue with the nail polish.

was much more beneficial than worrying about Leo's boring

Eugene heard her nonchalant tone, he

appear to be a cold man, but he at

on this business trip for her.

Her son seemed to only exist so that she could grow her reputation.

yet Melissa did not know, nor did she care to know.

Leo, he reminded her, "Mrs. Alston, please show some care for Mr. Alston if

heard was Melissa barking at a maid. "Make it perfect or I

Ah…

sighed once more and silently hung up.

he just so happened to meet Amelie's

heading over, she could not help but

she forgot to be subtle.

too awkward for her to avoid him now,

Dillon." Surprise flashed in his eyes. "You're

room away to someone else. Eugene was astonished; since

dazed eyes could not resist glancing at Amelie's room

tell him much. "I'm here for

him, so there was soon nothing for them to talk about. He had planned on walking away, but she did not leave. Instead, she hesitantly asked, "Does Mr. Alston often take hour-long showers?"

sent you off at the airport, he spent a while washing his hands. Then, there's

me off?" She

worried about you and followed you all the way to the airport. When he saw you sleeping in the airport, he even asked

just how much Leo loved her. He wanted

frowned harder upon hearing that.

yet it was actually

he was washing his hands because he

her that much?

response from her, he assumed she was touched by Leo's gesture and could not resist telling her more. "Mr. Alston might look like he doesn't care about Bria, but he has always loved her. He would buy a present for her every birthday and holiday, but he never gave her any of them."

to only exist

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