A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 354 Leo’s Acting Strangely

At 6.00AM, Amelie left home with a basket on her arm. Her father, Steven, had been suffering from a cold and

coughing, so she was worried that it would get worse if he left the house. As such, she deliberately got up earlier to

help with the groceries.

Shopping online was more convenient now, plus her company had a section dedicated to electronic shopping. It

had held live shopping events for agricultural products, and she could always ask her own company to send some

over. However, Steven wasn’t sold on the idea and felt that it would be better if he picked them out himself. She

couldn’t argue with him and was willing to give in, so their family maintained the habit of going to the market.

Waking up at 6.00AM wasn’t easy for Amelie. When she pushed open the lobby gate, a figure suddenly appeared.

She assumed it was another resident who had risen early, but upon taking a closer look, she froze.

“Leo?”

What is he doing here so early in the morning?

Leo turned to her with a confused look, seemingly surprised to see her there as well.

“Were you drinking?” She rarely saw him this confused and couldn’t help asking the question warily.

“No.” He threw away the cigarette between his fingers.

Right then, Amelie noticed the multiple cigarette butts littered on the ashtray above the rubbish bin and tilted her

head in surprise. She recalled that he was obsessed with cleanliness and never touched a cigarette, so what was

this about?

“I was taking a walk and didn’t realize I had wandered here.” He stepped toward her, his arm nearly touching hers.

The coldness emanating from it made her shiver briefly. How long had he stood in the cold air?

“Did you walk from Clouson City to Halport, then?” She had seen him acting cheesy with her too many times and

did not take him seriously, teasing him instead.

Leo didn’t answer, only forcing out a rueful smile.

“Elie,” he murmured, looking sideways at Amelie, who was at chin height. He then lifted his arm.

She did not miss that movement, instinctively taking a step back when she saw that he was about to touch her.

However, he did not lift his hand.

Instead, he muttered, “You don’t have to be so guarded against me, nor do you need to deliberately avoid me. I will

never disturb you again.”

With that, he nodded his head at her and turned away before leaving.

Is he leaving just like that?

Amelie stared at his back, her lips slightly open. He left just as abruptly as he had come, and his words even more

so. She was confused and could not react for some time, staring at where his figure had been while even

wondering if it had merely been a hallucination.

After breakfast, Bria insisted on going ice skating. She had fallen in love with the sport and always practiced at

home. Amelie was willing to indulge her as well; her lessons were twice a week, but she had applied for an

additional annual pass so that they could go every day.

When they arrived at the practice rink, there were already many people skating about on the freezing ice. Since the

surface had to remain frozen, the temperature within was colder than outside the rink.

Bria changed her clothes and dragged Amelie onto the ice excitedly, stumbling slightly before starting to skate. She

looked around for someone with wide eyes as she did so, and Amelie knew whom she was looking for. Leo had

practiced skating with them without fail all this while, so Bria was looking for him. Amelie was usually irritated by

him, but she couldn’t help looking around as well when she remembered his appearance that morning.

Leo wasn’t there.

Bria pursed her lips, the disappointment clear in her eyes, but she did not give up. Dada is busy with a lot of things

and is probably late. He will be here soon.

However, he did not show up even after they had warmed up.

Amelie had always considered him annoying, yet his sudden absence made her anxious. She couldn’t avoid

replaying the way he appeared that morning, but she couldn’t figure out anything from that.

“Let’s start practicing.” She didn’t think too much about it.

Leo did not appear even when Bria’s practice had ended, and she walked out of the rink despondently with hunched

shoulders. There was no sign of him for several days, but Amelie was too occupied with work to ponder over it.

It was soon Friday, and the lawyer called to report that the documents for the share transfer were already done

and would be effective once both sides signed them. The lawyer could help send the files to Halport but considering

Julia didn’t know about it and Amelie would have to personally persuade her to accept the shares, Amelie drove to

Clouson City.

After meeting the lawyer, she brought the documents to Julia’s office in Starlight Media.

“Why did you come without saying anything?” Julia looked eye-catching and practical in her white work outfit. She

did not call for her assistant and poured out the coffee beans herself to brew freshly ground coffee for Amelie.

Amelie made a noise of assent, noticing that Julia’s makeup did not hide her dark circles despite being thicker.

“Have you been busy recently?”

“Just like usual.” Julia shrugged lightly. “What happened with you and Leo, though? I saw him being quite close to a

woman a few days ago when I was out. Their relationship didn’t seem casual. I asked around, and it’s said that

she’s Toby Walsh’s younger sister or something. They were on a date, and it looked pretty serious since Melissa,

Jodie, and even the girl’s parents were there.”

Amelie froze slightly as she heard the news regarding Leo. “Really?”

Toby didn’t have a sister, but he did have an unmarried cousin.

Did Leo and Michelle go on a date?

It wasn’t like she didn’t consider the fact that he would date the people around him and get married in the future,

but this was far too sudden. She remembered that he hadn’t really cared about Michelle much, even telling Bria

that he wasn’t close to her, and their outings together had been arranged by Melissa without his knowledge.

Had that been just to reassure Bria?

Amelie was somewhat familiar with Leo. She knew he was a serious and honest person who disliked lying. So, did he

eventually decide to be with Michelle?

After coming to that conclusion, she couldn’t help feeling more puzzled. However, since she didn’t plan on

developing anything with him, she did not wish to make too many guesses. “That’s good.”

Julia did not say much and placed the ground coffee beans into the special filter which contained a piece of white

filter paper. The brown coffee beans were ground finely and smelled aromatic.

She took the jug with a narrow spout and tested the temperature, only pouring the water along the edge of the

filter when she estimated its temperature to be around eighty degrees. Her movements were smooth and

practiced, but it did not seem like her style. She was extremely grandiose and exuberant and disliked such simple

and rustic habits.

Amelie also remembered that with Julia’s temper, she would have called Amelie much earlier after seeing Leo

having such a high-profile date to tear him apart. She wouldn’t have waited days before mentioning it. She was

behaving far too unusually.

“Did anything happen to you recently?” Amelie couldn’t stop herself from asking.

Julia paused her actions abruptly, freezing on the spot.