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.

to the big bin

when she spotted Eugene standing near

the corridor was so dark that she would not have

the phone, "I don't know what's going on with Mr. Alston, but he suddenly took an hour-long

was not as worried as Eugene as she held her red nails up to the light with an admiring

he touched something dirty. He's quite

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

more beneficial than worrying about Leo's boring shower problem.

her nonchalant tone, he internally

appear to be a cold man, but he at least cared

was on this business trip for her.

to only exist so that she could

Leo's assistant, he could tell something had happened, yet Melissa did

her, "Mrs. Alston, please show some care for

barking at a maid. "Make it perfect or I will be laughed

Ah…

more and

he looked up, he just so happened to meet Amelie's

had been showering non-stop after heading over, she could not help but recall how he washed his hands previously.

that she forgot to be subtle. That was how she locked

him now, so

in his eyes. "You're here."

told Eugene he had given his room away to someone else. Eugene was astonished; since when had Leo been

could not resist glancing at Amelie's room when he spotted

did not tell him much. "I'm here for some work-related

not that close to 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?"

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

off?" She was confused.

Mr. Alston worried about you and followed you all the way to the airport. When he

just how much Leo loved her.

frowned harder upon

from Toby, yet it was

was washing his hands because he touched her.

her that

look like he doesn't care about Bria, but he has

seemed to only exist so that she could grow her

at her.

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