When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 138

Due to the distraction, the meeting room was instantly filled with an eerie silence as everyone instinctively shifted their gazes to the source of the loud bang. “I’m sorry, Mr. Alston. Your mother, Mrs. Alston, would like to see you, and I couldn’t stop her.” The secretary’s voice shivered as she spoke, standing right behind Melissa.

At the same time, Melissa had already fixed her messy hair and outfit, presenting herself in a more decent appearance, but despite her gorgeous front, the darkened look on her face made her seem unapproachable. While everyone else began to gossip upon noticing the change in her expression, Leo soon started to knit his eyebrows silently with an unhappy look on his face.

In the meantime, the secretary was seen with her back covered in sweat, looking as if she was about to cry. “I- I’m so sorry.” She kept repeating that, not knowing what else to say.

“It’s me who insisted on seeing you. No one else should be blamed for that,” Melissa said, but the moment she

met Leo’s eyes, she felt her heart racing like a jackhammer. After all, she knew Leo was a workaholic who

didn’t like being disturbed at work.

“Ladies and gentlemen, please give us a little space here,” Leo responded and waved his hand, whereupon the rest of the people stood up and grabbed their belongings before disappearing from the meeting room. As soon as the secretary thoughtfully closed the door, Melissa instantly felt relieved and grateful that Leo was kind enough to dismiss everyone else to talk to her in private, but not long after that, her relief was replaced by a twinge of bitterness. “Leo, I thought I told you to discuss Bria’s custody with Amelie. Haven’t you talked to her about it?” She walked up to her son and asked.

The only reason Melissa met Leo the night before was that she wanted to hear his stance about Bria’s custody. Upon hearing his affirmative reply, she became audacious and decided to interfere with the matter in her son’s place, thinking she should keep him away from Amelie whom she reckoned would be up to some dirty tricks should both of them meet.

However, before she could even bring the issue up with Amelie, she was met with Steven’s outburst that frightened and sent her back empty-handed. Because of that, she got so mad that she decided to see Leo and talk to him about it instead of going home after that.

grunt, furrowing his eyebrows unhappily while rubbing his forehead in silence. “Where is Bria? Is she back?” Melissa seemed to lighten up a

continue staying with Amelie as I pay them their alimony,” Leo

wrong with you, Leo?” She

your chances of fighting for Bria’s custody and pay Amelie the alimony. If you do that, the Alston Family’s sacrifice will go unrecognized. By then, people are going to point their fingers at us while calling us irresponsible.”

couldn’t help but feel

look. “Well, you should know why I’m insisting that you bring Bria back. After all, you made a promise to me about that, so don’t you think you

you?” Leo made his point bluntly with

word more, Melissa felt so embarrassed that her face began to turn red, knowing her son was lecturing her. Back then, she had abandoned Leo because she was blinded by the ego that prompted her to help her adopted son rise

Alston Family, so she should come back and live with us,” Melissa stammered while making her point, feeling somewhat guilty and unconfident about what

of the Alstons when she was the one who had abandoned her own son, Leo. Defeated and embarrassed, Melissa wanted to walk away, yet she continued

it. Instead, he only said, “Amelie put her life on the line for Bria, so I will not take the child away

code of honor.

helped her, didn’t we? Wake up. Leo. She was just trying to fool you with her words by taking advantage of your kindness. Have you forgotten how she set you up and made you sleep with her? Have you forgotten about the things she did just to become the Alston Family’s daughter-in-law? This lady is cunning and shrewd, and you mustn’t fall

but now, he was not so sure anymore. After all, he could tell that Amelie was a capable and smart lady, although he didn’t know her

her heart sank. Deep down, she even thought of threatening her son

kind of man who will submit to anyone just because he is forced to. Furthermore, Melissa lacked the courage to hold herself at knifepoint, fearing she would leave a scar on the beautiful face she treasured and