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."

scornful toward her, ensuring they never interfered in

with you," he replied. "It's easy for others to see the past me,

be pestering her from now on.

words, and she

some kind of curse inflicted on her. Back then, he ignored all her attempts to win his heart, but now that she decided to abandon him entirely,

and Amelie knew she couldn't change his opinion, so she changed the subject immediately. "Thank you for not exposing my identity just now, Mr. Alston. I owe you a favor."

back to her. He looked into her eyes, suddenly recalling what Victor had said before—the boss of Starlight Media

to turn around when her waist was gripped tightly and she was dragged into the

she could make him let

marched out while rubbing her wrists that had been gripped tightly. She quickly walked to the garage, and when she turned around, Leo was no longer in sight.

arrived home, Julia called her. "Sorry, I didn't manage to complete the deal

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

she had always been. While Amelie founded Starlight Media, she

up the call, she contacted the company lawyers to give Julia fifty percent of the shares for Starlight Media. She had wanted to do so five years ago, but Julia refused to accept it. Now that Julia and Samuel had been together for so long, it was about time they got married. Samuel's family was extremely successful, so Amelie couldn't just let Julia marry

by with only love from one's husband. She didn't want Julia to have

…

its tall silhouette visible when the lights were turned

office after leaving Windy City International but postponed all his appointments and meetings.

office to see his boss sitting somberly with his back to him. He

asked as if he had eyes on the back of his head.

came back to 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

had told him about her mother back in Quinn Town and how she felt that