A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 60

“Amelie Dillon?”

Laura was taken aback by what she saw for a moment, thinking she was seeing things, for she had never seen Amelie this beautiful before.

Not only had Amelie’s appearance changed, even her temperament was different too.

The Amelie she knew always kept her head low, acted warily, deadpanned, was pasty-skinned, and lifeless like a living spirit trapped in a mansion. But now, she looked brilliant and gorgeous. Her every smile and gaze was alluring, and her supple skin glowed radiantly, shining from head to toe.

The new Amelie would be an eye-catching presence even if she stood amongst a group of beauties.

While Laura was sizing Amelie up, Amelie and Julia caught sight of her as well.

Knowing she was Leo’s assistant and Elyse’s best friend, Julia reacted unpleasantly toward her.

Though she said nothing, frost exuded from her as she passed Laura with aversion written all over her face.

Laura, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about Julia and locked her gaze on Amelie as she questioned arrogantly, “What are you doing here?”

“Who do you think you are, and why should we tell you?” Julia retorted exasperatedly.

She loathed Leo right then, so she definitely wouldn’t smile at anyone who had to do with him.

Meanwhile, Laura had been working for Leo for a long time, and others would flatter her as well, so she naturally became lofty over time.

Right then, she turned somewhat grim after hearing Julia’s words, but she didn’t get upset and instead smirked. “Amelie, you and Mr. Alston have already divorced, so can you stop doing such disgusting acts? What do you think you can achieve by stalking him today when he has never even looked you in the eye during the four years you were married to him?”

“Me? Stalking him?” Amelie reiterated with a smirk while looking at Laura.

So, that means Leo’s here too?

Laura never liked Amelie in the past to begin with, so she naturally wouldn’t give a damn about the woman now. “If I were you, I’d find a good school to improve my temperament and skills after getting divorced. Appearance is only something to win a man’s heart, but charm will make a man yours forever. If you don’t fix whatever’s inside, it’ll still be a pile of junk no matter how closely you imitate others!”

With that, she even sized up Amelie’s outfit, condemning Amelie to forget about ever trying to use beauty to regain Leo’s heart, even insinuating that she was imitating Elyse.

Amelie, however, wasn’t the least bit angry but thought this woman was amusing instead, for she was a social media influencer with over tens of millions of fans. She would not only sing and dance on her live stream but also give tips on outfit styling.

If anyone was imitating, it would probably be Elyse with her outfits and image.

That said, Amelie wouldn’t burst Laura’s little bubble, for she had no need to explain to a measly character like

her.

However, Julia thought otherwise. Amelie could disregard Laura because of contempt, but she wouldn’t allow just anyone to bully her friend.

Would she still be Julia White if she didn’t retort at Laura for speaking so harshly? At that, she sneered. “What wise words, Miss Harris I feel like I’ve been enlightened!”

Laura was rendered stupefied, for she didn’t think Julia would praise her in front of her best friend.

But lo and behold, Julia’s next words made her change her expression like the flick of a switch. “Since you’re so wise, why don’t you use it on yourself? People like you who can’t read social cues or tell gems from stones should take a lesson or two. No, wait-learning wouldn’t get you far anymore. You need a factory reset!”

“You!” Laura was livid with rage, having never been ridiculed like this before. Many would flatter her nowadays. because of her connection to Leo.

Julia was normally sharp-tongued in the first place, so she naturally wouldn’t show Laura any due respect and continued gibbing. “You’re nothing but Leo’s dog, yet you act like the king. Do you really think people can’t smell your stink?”

“Shut up!” Laura bellowed with trembling lips.

However, Julia was like a machine gun that fired bullets non-stop once the mechanism was actuated. “It’s your problem if you want to suck up to him, but don’t drag my Amelie into this. A measly character like you can’t even qualify to hold Amy’s candle! By the way, we don’t know that Leo is around the area, but even if we do, this is a public space. Does the law dictate that we can’t be here just because he is? That’s right, you’ve been walking behind us the whole time. Looks like you guys are the ones stalking us. Can you explain, great Miss Harris, why you guys are stalking us?”

“I… I didn’t… You’re bullsh*tting…” Laura was so angry that she couldn’t even form sentences.

To that, Julia looked disdainfully at her. “Amy has already divorced Leo, so don’t do something as disgusting as stalking anymore, deal? He never appreciated Amy when she gave him her entire heart during the last four years of her marriage, so does he really expect Amy to still do the same after divorcing her?!”

She not only pelted diatribes at Laura but also used the woman’s words against herself, giving her a solid slap in the face.

Laura might have been good at negotiating a business, but she was clearly no match for Julia when it came to fighting and cussing, and just like that, she was rendered speechless, her face flushed.

“Alright, cut it out.” Amelie tugged on Julia. “It’s in a dog’s instinct to bite humans, but for humans to bite a dog, that’s just stooping to their level.”

Laura had thought Amelie wouldn’t dare stir up trouble for fear of her and Leo when she came up to stop Julia, but lo and behold, she also… degraded her!

Despite not being as harsh as what Julia had said, it sounded even worse to Laura.

One should know that apart from the time Amelie retorted to her during the divorce, the woman was harmless the rest of the time as she dared not make a sound every time Laura ordered her to do anything in Alston Residence.

Being Leo’s assistant, Laura was only second to the former, so even the Alstons had to show her some respect. Thus, she regarded herself as a big shot over time; to her, Amelie was even more lowly than a peasant.

What did it mean when someone as mighty as her was repressed by a peasant? A massive slap on the face! In fact, the slap was much worse and more painful than the one Julia gave.

“Amelie, you-” Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Let’s go.”

Laura’s mind was filled with the nastiest swears without profanities for Amelie. But who’d have thought they had walked away before she could even cuss, rendering her at a loss for words?

An intense fire burned within her with nowhere for her to let off steam, and she couldn’t possibly chase after

the two to snap back at them. Something like that wasn’t what someone her status should do.

In the end, she could only clench her fists while heaving in anger.

Her breath was short, and her heart rate was erratic; she was on the verge of having a heart attack.

It took her a long while to finally be able to think straight, and it was then that a notion hit her. What is Amelie doing here?! This is an eye specialist. There’s nothing else anyone can do here but get their eyes checked. Amelie must’ve come to check her eyes!

At that, her heart raced, and she felt inexplicably uneasy.

She strode to the nurse and whispered, “Excuse me, I saw Julia White just now, was she the one who got her eyes checked?”

Since Julia had many connections, information about her could be obtained easily.

“Sorry, we can’t disclose a patient’s information,” the nurse answered politely.

This was the best and most expensive eye specialist in town. How were they to continue operating if they couldn’t even keep information like this a secret?

Seeing that she wouldn’t be getting anything here, Laura could only head downstairs, only to catch sight of Leo as soon as she turned a corner. However, she gasped when she saw the person next to Leo, and she was so shocked that blood drained from her face.