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Chapter 176
Amelie also noticed the couple. I can’t believe how had my luck has been today. Why are the odds of
running into Leo and Elyse so high? After a few days in detention, she appears to have shed some
pounds. Her once-glowing face now shows signs of haggardness, and she gives off an air of pathetic
desperation. Leo, who claimed a few days ago to be seeking justice, is now walking alongside her. They
appear very when she wraps her arm around his and leans on him affectionately. Suddenly, she
momentarily froze and felt a fleeting emotion with that thought.
Then, she walked by the couple, pretending to not notice them.
intimate
On the other hand, Leo noticed Amelie and Julia. When they exchanged glances, he could not help but
look at Amelie, but her expression of indifference caused him to frown.
“Hey, aren’t you the famous Mr. Alston?” Julia, on the contrary, did not choose to turn a blind eye as
Amelie did, and she stopped him.
Then, she shot a sharp gaze at him before looking down at their linked arms. “Ilah! Are you two getting
married soon?” she snickered.
Nonetheless, Leo said nothing as Elyse leaned on his arm again and later rested her head on his
shoulder as if declaring her possession.
Julia smiled even wider at that. “I knew you two were the perfect match. I guarantee you will live happily
ever after.”
Suddenly, Elyse’s expression was distorted at the mention of ‘happily ever after’ because Julia. sounded
like she was mocking them and was being sarcastic! Following that, she gave Leo a gentle squeeze on
the arm, looked at him with a pitiful expression, and at the same time, tears began to form in her eyes.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThe sight of her behavior made Julia feel sick to her stomach. Since she had always had a sharp tongue,
there was no way she would let go of that opportunity. Folding her arms in front of her chest, she used
her fingers to prop her chin up. In a playful tone, she mocked, “I realize you have quite a kink, Mr. Alston.
You seem to like women who treat you as a fool and treat your daughter like a toy. Does that prove that
all men are cheap?”
Julia slowly crossed the line with her remarks, causing tears to pool in Elyse’s eyes. While her eyes
welled up with tears, not a single drop trickled down her cheek. She appeared pitiful and victimized, with
her head bowed, and shoulders stooped. Her act is so convincing that even a woman could be fooled by
her.
Feeling disgusted by her behavior, Julia snorted.
While she was thinking of something else to say, Leo broke the silence. “Miss White, come at me if you
have an opinion about me. Don’t vent your anger on others.”
He was openly defending Elyse with the words he spoke!
Seeing how protective he was of Elyse, Julia started fuming. She parted her lips and intended to
counterattack. Suddenly, Amelie walked up to her and stopped her. “Enough, Julia. Let’s go.”
As expected, Julia was not reconciled, so she struggled but was eventually dragged away by
Amelie.
“How could they be so rude? We should make things clear now that we’ve bumped into each.
other!”
Later, when they arrived at the parking lot, Amelie finally let go of her friend.
Julia was so enraged that she punched the car windows, but it was still not enough to vent her
anger.
Amelie gently calmed her down. “Elyse’s release is already a done deal. We already know what
happened, and if we try to uncover the truth, we will be the only ones suffering humiliation. I know you
are defending me, Julia, but it’s unnecessary. From the day I divorced him, I didn’t intend to seek fairness
or justice from him. The current situation is the best for everyone.”
Julia looked at Amelie and realized that she would never be like her. She would not self-destruct for the
sake of the people she loved. Nevertheless, she would also never be as open-minded as her friend.
Standing before Amelie, Julia suddenly felt she wasn’t on the same notch as her friend. Still, she could
help but feel sorry for Amelie.
Who on earth would make a sacrifice without expecting something in return? The more Julia thought
about it, the more distressed she became. Eventually, she could only hug Amelie tightly. “I’m sorry, Elie.
I’m useless and unable to help you.”
“You have always stayed by my side and managed Starlight Media well for me. That’s the biggest
assistance you’ve offered me,” Amelie reassured her, gently patting her on the back.
In her heart, Julia still felt like she had not done enough. Still, she didn’t want them to be caught up in a
never-ending conversation, so she could only release Amelie from the hug and grab her- arms. “Okay.
Let’s not get emotional over this matter. People will think we’re actually a couple.”
Julia’s remark elicited a laugh out of Amelie as they entered the car together.
Meanwhile, in the mall, Elyse looked at Leo with teary eyes. Then, she uttered in a grateful tone, “Thank
you for defending me earlier, Leony.”
Following that, she batted her lashes and purposely showed him a beautiful expression. Her eyes shone
with the radiance of spring and were as clear as the ocean.
he took a step forward and distanced himself from her.
Half an hour later, at Spring Garden Memorial, the ring-shaped mountain was surrounded by pine trees,
and rows of tombstones stood in the middle of the mountain in awe. The sound of crows cawing made
the atmosphere distant and desolate.
In front of a tombstone stood a tall and broad figure. His hands were hanging beside his body as he held
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏma bouquet of white lilies. The sight of the man’s straight back added a hint of loneliness to
the scene.
Elyse stood next to him and looked at the photos on the tombstone while uttering in a soft voice, “My
sister and I were twins, but she was more sensible than me. She took good care of me since I was a
child, and later when my mother and father divorced, I couldn’t accept the truth and ran away from home
to live with my grandmother in Quinn Town. When my sister found out, she came to find me and
persuaded me to go home. I refused, so she stayed with me for a long time.”
“It’s all my
fault. I was only a shoemaker, so I couldn’t provide a good life for my children and their mother.” A little
further away from the two stood a bald man who scratched his head and sighed. He looked about 40
years
old.
“During the divorce, each of us took custody of one child. Elie felt bad for me, and she didn’t want her
sister to suffer with me, so she volunteered to live with me while you followed your mother, El,” the man
continued with furrowed brows and a low voice. “The divorce took a toll on me, so I didn’t allow her to
bring up her mother. I made her tell everyone that her mother was dead. Now that I think about it, I
realize I went overboard.”
Elyse glanced at the middle-aged man and wavered. “After my sister stayed with me for a while, I
suffered from depression, so my mother came to take me away. She stayed at our grandma’s house for
some reason, but my father moved nearer to us back then to learn shoemaking from an expert. Due to
that, my mother could take care of both of us.”
The middle-aged man nodded. “I was too focused on learning the skills to pay attention to her. She had
to look after herself; she also had to look after her mother and me. It must have been difficult for her. I
now regret not treating her better at the time. If I had been concerned about her and discovered her
illness sooner-
The middle-aged man’s eyes turned red as he spoke.
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