When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 40

Amelie woke up with a start, startled. For a moment, she thought she was still at the Alston Residence and Leo had come back in the middle of the night, kicking the door again.

She hastily got out of bed, almost tripping and falling.

When she ran to the door and saw Steven there, she finally remembered that she had left the Alston Residence, and she no longer had to open the door for Leo.

As Amelie was rubbing her eyes, Steven had already opened the door.

From outside the door, a messy head poked in.

Amelie was surprised at first, but when she took a closer look, she realized that it was Abby.

Abby strode in jovially, and when she saw Steven, she exclaimed in exaggeration, “Hey there, Dillon. You didn’t run into any trouble yesterday, did you?”

Steven looked at her in confusion.

Abby didn’t mince her words at all. “Yesterday, when Amy knew that you bought a knife and went out, she thought you were about to cause trouble. She was so terrified! But Dillon, why exactly did you buy a knife yesterday?”

Amelie didn’t even have time to stop Abby before the latter spilled everything.

An obviously awkward look appeared on Steven’s face, his expressions unnatural.

“What brings you here, Mrs. Gordon?” Amelie interrupted her.

“Oh, uh…” Abby was tongue-tied since she was just here to spectate.

“Oh, it’s nothing.” Noticing that Amelie kept staring at her, she scratched her head awkwardly, then peered inside the house. “How many days are you planning on staying here, Amy?”

“She’ll be here for a while, Steven answered in Amelie’s stead.

“A while, huh. Abby turned a little bashful.

Then, she continued, “For someone as fortunate as you, you probably can’t get used to living in small houses like this after marrying a rich husband.”

Amelie didn’t make a sound as she simply looked at Abby.

Abby hastily pointed in the distance. “A grand hotel recently opened in town, and it was built to accommodate wealthy people who come here on vacation. The environment and service are excellent there, and even all the three meals of the day are included. Amy, you should stay there for a bit with your dad to show him more of the world.”

I’ve lived long enough; what more is there in the world to see?” Steven didn’t seem too interested.

Amelie looked at Abby. She had already guessed what Abby was trying to say.

Abby was worried that the family wouldn’t have enough space to live in and might insist on moving back to their old house.

Amelie’s father was a kindly and reasonable person; since he never asked Abby for their rent, she was thinking of hogging the place all her life.

Abby herself came

Mrs. Gordon. We won’t move back to the old house no matter where we live, so feel free

be moving back, her wizened face immediately

as expected. Rich people are really

Gordon and

Abby’s blooming

them a discount.

much that it looked

to regret

here to join in on the fun and get some juicy gossip, then completely take over that house. In the end, however, they were asking her for the rent

longer, so she

took Bria to the

in the backyard sat

sat in front of the old

times long gone, and it kept

touch and peer at everything that caught her fancy. Her eyes widened as she watched Steven thicken the soles of the shoes, and she would ask a few

answered every

and his granddaughter spent a peaceful

then, she leaned against Steven as she

all your life. Why don’t

long as she could remember, her father had always been sitting in

with abandon.

big company, so she can provide for us,”

had to pierce the soles with a very thick needle over and over again. It looked like hard

her grandfather to work

smiled. “What a good girl you are, Bria.

rubbed her cheek against Steven’s

feeling of his large hand covering her small

I stop

made were durable and resistant to wear. The price wasn’t too high either, so many people would order shoes from

her daughter behaving like a kitten, Amelie felt something

should’ve brought her

see her daughter, and the two were

give up on his job yet, Amelie didn’t force him. Instead, she said, “It’s okay if you want

know. I got it.” Like

and Bria burst

can also buy a house while we’re at it,

the previous

into the Alston Family, she didn’t ignore him at all.

hadn’t asked for even a cent. He would return

years, Steven hadn’t gained anything from Amelie, but she had caused him quite a lot of worry. At the thought of that,

a forlorn look on his face. “Young people these days