When I Was A Wallflower

She was about to turn around when her waist was gripped tightly and she was dragged into the elevator. Her back immediately made contact with the cold wall.

The process happened too quickly, and when she tried to turn around and attack the other person, they caught her hand perfectly and pressed it against the wall. She lifted her leg and tried to get at their lower half, but it was caught and trapped as well. Both their bodies were now pressed together tightly.

"It's me," a low, masculine voice uttered as the other person pushed her hand higher. She glanced sideways to see Leo looking downward, his face nearly touching hers. They were now in an unbelievably intimate position.

"What do you mean by this, Mr. Alston?" His face was dangerously close as his breath tickled her face, making it difficult for her to breathe. She had no choice but to turn her head and avoid him.

His face moved closer, the breath from his lips fluttering against her cheek as he spoke. "Why did you come here dressed like this?"

His long fingers moved against her temple as he tried to remove her wig. He did not like her dressed as a man.

"It's none of your business, Mr. Alston." Amelie was pushed against the wall by Leo and could only shrink into it. However, she was already fully pressed against it; since she didn't know the art of contortion, she couldn't get any further than that. The back of her ear burned as he breathed against it.

"Mr. Alston, can you release me? The way you are pressing yourself against me will make witnesses suspect your sexual orientation."

He merely laughed and did not retreat. "That's better. It will be less troublesome."

Well…

Even if he didn't mind it, she did. She didn't want this to be recorded and eventually hit the headlines.

"When have you become so cheesy?" He would never have said such things back then, even on the brink of death. "I'm more used to the past you."

her, ensuring they never interfered in each other's lives.

be cheesy with you," he replied. "It's easy for others to see the past me, but it will be impossible for you!"

would be

she didn't need all that.

attempts to win his

so she changed the subject immediately. "Thank

into her eyes, suddenly recalling what Victor had said before—the

was

his eyes narrowed abruptly. Then, he released her as he suddenly retreated. Amelie, who had been pondering how she could make him let go of her, was puzzled when he relaxed his grip on her but did not want to think too much about

gripped tightly. She quickly walked to the garage, and when she turned around, Leo was no longer in sight. She could

Julia called her. "Sorry, I didn't manage to complete the deal after dragging you there."

with the sash of her pajamas. "I'm okay. What about you?"

business deal. It's fine." Julia sounded as careless as she had always been. While Amelie founded Starlight Media, she had given Julia full

but Julia refused to accept it. Now that Julia and Samuel had been together for so long,

hard to get by with only love from one's husband. She didn't want Julia to have to be as tentative as she had been but to get married spectacularly. That way, Julia could hold her own when dealing with her in-laws as

…

with only its tall silhouette visible when the lights were turned

his office after leaving Windy City International but postponed

his back to him. He touched the files under his arm, his expression complicated.

asked as if he had eyes on the

himself immediately and marched inside, standing behind Leo with his back straight. "I've already checked it out. Miss Dillon submitted the files for the application to start Starlight Media under the name Gina Holland. That is most likely the

and how she felt that her birth had caused her mother's death. Was she paying homage to her