Chapter 225

“Oh, thanks.” Amelie only realized she was supposed to take the ginger from him then. She took it and
peeled its skin off with a knife while Leo simply stood around and watched her. She was dumbfounded.
Why is he looking at me as if I’m putting on some performance for him? “The kitchen can smell pretty
oily and smoky after a while. I think you should wait outside, Mr. Alston. Food will be ready in 20
minutes.” She felt too uneasy about having him watching her cook, so she ‘kindly’ reminded him of the
stench in the kitchen.

Leo nodded to show acknowledgment but remained in his spot anyway. Amelie no longer knew what to
say. Fine, fine. He can watch me if he wants to. A rich guy like him has probably never seen anyone
preparing his food. Perhaps he thinks of me as one of those people on cooking shows. In the end, she
simply kept her focus on her food, completely ignoring the man’s existence.

“Are you good at cooking?” he questioned Amelie when he saw how smoothly she had chopped the
ginger into tiny slices. Amelie laughed to herself under her breath. “I bet rich guys like you don’t have
enough memory to remember everything about your lives. My main duty was to stay in the kitchen and
clean the house, remember?” Before she became a part of the Alston Family, she had never once
gotten her hands dirty.

Steven treated her like a princess, and he didn’t allow her to do any chores at all. However, after she
entered the Alston Family, she was downgraded to becoming a maid. Jodie and Melissa’s critical
comments would fill the house as Amelie desperately tried to complete all her chores. However, Amelie
no longer wanted to think about the past, so she merely poured some ginger and garlic into the oil
before frying it.

Soon enough, the room was filled with the heavy scent of ginger and garlic. Leo tilted his head a little
as he watched how smoothly and skillfully she cooked the food. She’s right. I never once paid attention
to her back in the Alston Residence. I hated her too much back then, so I didn’t show any care for what
my family did to her or what she was told to do in the house. Every time I saw her walking here and



there with Miss Potts, and every time I saw her cooking or doing chores, I just assumed that she was
trying to attract my attention. But it’s now evident that she doesn’t need my wealth to live a good life on
her own, Leo thought.

“Is your father a cobbler as well?” he asked. Amelie was sweating from the heat as she cooked, but
she froze and turned to look at the man when she heard his random question. Her brows were pressed
into a puzzled frown when she realized the way he worded his sentence. Why did he ask if my father’s
a cobbler ‘as well’? Does he know anyone else who’s in the same line of work?

She let out a laugh without questioning Leo. She didn’t explain the reason she was laughing, but Leo
was quick to understand the reason for her laughter. He had been married to Amelie for four years, yet
he didn’t even know what her father worked as. A rather bashful look surfaced in his cold expression.
He reached out and held onto her arm right before she brought the bowl of soup out to the dining area.
“Were you a frequent visitor of the hospital in Quinn Town?” he asked.

Amelie turned around to stare at him. Did he recall something? She was about to make a comment
when his phone rang out of nowhere. “You should pick it up,” she uttered after some hesitation. She
still wasn’t too sure about how she was going to talk to him about the past.

While Leo picked up his phone, Amelie took this chance to exit the kitchen. He only joined them a while
later, looking somewhat uneasy. He rubbed his long fingers against his brows for a while before
glancing at Amelie and Bria. Bria was sitting in Amelie’s lap, but she was looking at Leo.

Amelie, on the other hand, didn’t bother to meet his gaze. “You should leave if you have something to
do, Mr. Alston.” Her tone was harsh and cold. When she walked out of the kitchen earlier, she
overheard the voice on the other end of the line. She heard Elyse’s name coming up in the
conversation. If Elyse is still interacting with him at this point, then it’s clear that their relationship is
something beyond their regular friendship. I guess that’s good, Amelie thought. If Leo pays more
attention to Elyse, then Carol will stop blaming me for taking up Leo’s time.



“It’s not urgent,” Leo replied before he moved to sit beside Bria. Amelie stared at the man for a brief
moment, but the man was already busy picking up Bria’s bowl to scoop up some rice for her. He
scooped another bowl for himself before he reached for Amelie’s bowl in front of her. She was utterly
speechless at that point. Doesn’t he care about Elyse anymore? In that case, why did he seem so
uneasy earlier, then?

She only returned to her senses when she felt the weight of a bowl on her palm. What was I thinking
about? It doesn’t matter if Leo cares about Elyse. It’s none of my business. The person who should be
worried about this is Miss Joyner. Moreover, he’s probably only staying because he doesn’t want to
disappoint Bria. At that thought, Amelie looked up and focused on eating her meal.

She was a fast eater. She had been a much slower eater back when she was in Alston Residence.
Back then, she would slowly chew on one mouthful of food before swallowing it. She used to seem a lot
more cautious and fearful. She was so alert that she used to sit only on the edge of her chair. However,
right now, Amelie seemed much calmer and more natural in front of Leo. She didn’t even seem to
bother with her mannerisms as she casually ate her food.

Leo was stunned to see the way she ate. They had eaten in a restaurant the day before, so Amelie
might have been a little more careful with the way she ate then. However, when he saw her true nature,
he didn’t feel disgusted at all. If anything, he felt comforted by the sight of her. “Hurry up and eat,
Daddy,” Bria urged him by knocking on his bowl. Then, the younger girl placed some food in it.

“Thank you,” he uttered before he started eating his meal. Bria hurried off to play with her toys after
they were done with the meal. Leo watched as Amelie cleaned the table up with an apron around her
waist. For some reason, she seemed both similar yet completely different from the person she was
back when she was in the Alston Family. Leo couldn’t tell what the change was about.

When he glanced at his daughter, who was playing on her own in the hall, and the woman who was
hard at work before his eyes, he felt a wave of serenity washing over him. It felt as if he had finally got



home after walking through a snowstorm. This was something he had never experienced back when he
was in the Alston Residence.

Amelie felt somewhat puzzled when she walked out of the kitchen after washing her bowls. Why is Leo
still here? He still needs to work even if he doesn’t want to meet Elyse, right? Why is he acting as if he
has just shut down his business and has nothing better to do?

She was aware of how well Leo’s company was doing. They had just revealed their report for the first
quarter and saw a 300% increase in their net profit. Leo’s business used to be considered a significant
organization within the city, but at this point, it was practically recognized across the whole nation. He
didn’t have many competitors. Amelie heard that he had tons of projects to handle.

She was just thinking about that matter when she heard her doorbell ring. She had no idea who would
visit her at that time of the day. She was about to walk over when she saw Bria had already tottered
over to the door. “Grandpa must be home!” the little girl cried out excitedly as she pulled the door open.

Amelie didn’t hear Steven’s voice ring out even after the door was opened for a while. And Bria didn’t
say anything, either. Amelie turned around to see a wheelchair sitting outside her front door. Dressed in
white, a long-haired woman sat in the wheelchair with her face covered in makeup. It was none other
than Elyse.

Elyse’s leg hadn’t fully recovered yet, but she didn’t want to seem like a mess when she returned to the
company. So, she ordered her doctors to give her some painkillers before she put on her heels and
headed to work. However, she was back in a wheelchair right now, her arms resting on either side of
her wheelchair. Her legs were covered by long white pants, so one couldn’t see the condition of her
legs.

There were beads of sweat on her forehead, and she seemed rather anxious. When Elyse met gazes
with Bria, she reached her hands out and held Bria’s shoulders. “Is your father here, Bria?”



“What are you doing here?” Leo walked over with a grim look on his face. He bent down and picked
Bria up before giving Elyse an icy, distant glare. Elyse eyed him helplessly. She pouted at the sight of
how cold and heartless he seemed toward her. “I have some important matters I need your help with,”
she said.

“What is it?” he asked in the same icy tone.

Amelie was standing a distance away, quietly observing their interactions with one another. She could
hear Elyse’s soft reply. “It’s about my sister…”

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