When I Was A Wallflower

Chapter 216

to waver.Leo looked at the ring. It was a simple, almost perfunctory ring. He was in a foul mood when he was forced to marry Amelie. Weddings or ceremonies were not on his mind. And he only bought this ring just to go through the motions. He didn’t care about the price or style. The retail assistant also asked him to buy another one, since this one was too simple. In other words, she said the ring was cheap. But he didn’t care. He wanted to use that ring to humiliate Amelie.Yet Amelie wasn’t unhappy. Instead, she grinned like an idiot when she saw the ring. Even when the retail assistants were mocking her due to Leo’s lack of love for her, she didn’t mind. That memory came flooding back, and it pained Leo’s heart. He only wore this ring to tell all the women out there that he was married, so they would back off. But when his mother asked him those questions, he didn’t want to deny them. All he could think of was Amelie. Melissa took his silence as confirmation, and her chest heaved. She wanted to dissuade him but knew he wouldn’t listen to him. What to do? What to do? Oh, wait, here’s an idea. “You might still love her, but she lost her love to you. When I talked to her, she wanted me to tell you to never disturb her again.”Melissa then looked at Leo in silence. Her son had stopped moving, his grip on the coffee cup tightening. Good, that worked. Melissa heaved a sigh of relief. “Leo, we’re a famous family here. You don’t want the public to say you can’t let go of your ex-wife. Besides, Amelie is a useless bum. She’s just playing hard to get so you can get back together with her. So, she can spend our money. We can’t fall for that.”Despite how Amelie expressed her disinterest in Leo, Melissa still thought that was just her ploy. She pushed her hair back arrogantly. “She refused my six hundred grand, and I’ll make her regret it. When she comes to me again, I won’t give her a single cent, and I’m taking Bria’s custody.” She was still annoyed by how Amelie tossed the checks in her face. “That woman is unreasonable. Useless and arrogant. Why, she even tossed empty checks at me in an attempt to insult me. What a joke.”Every word Melissa uttered angered Leo even further, and his face fell. When she was done talking, Leo harrumphed, as if he was mocking someone.Thinking that he was mocking Amelie, Melissa was delighted. Good. That works. The more he despises Amelie, the better.“You tried to buy her out? And you think she was just putting up an act?” Leo asked.Melissa nodded matter-of-factly. “Of course.”Leo stood up and approached his mother. Then he gave her a document. “Look at this.”Melissa skimmed through the document. “Wow. Foxy’s revenue. So, you’re going to start a livestreaming business now?”Foxy was a famous influencer. Some of Melissa’s friends were fans of hers, and Melissa had watched a few of her streams as well. Foxy was an interesting woman. Unlike most influencers who would talk in an overly cute way to attract attention, Foxy built her fame on her own skills. Melissa admired her a little as well.Even though she knew Foxy’s fans soared a lot after her comeback, the sum of her revenue still shocked Melissa. “She makes six figures in one day?”That’s enough for me to buy a whole year of makeup products. And that’s just from donations. Not including the products she’s selling. This is crazy.And to make things even more shocking, Leo said, “She’s Amelie.”Melissa froze, her eyes wide, and her jaw dropped. “What?” A moment later, she snapped out of it. That’s a joke. He’s trying to change the topic.“Foxy is Amelie,” added Leo.Amelie thought her jaw would be dislocated. Impossible. That listless,