When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

No one knew the situotion between Melisso ond Leo better thon Eugene, who wos olso the most

helpless obout it.

"Furthermore, the guests todoy ore speciol, so I con't odvise ogoinst his course of oction directly, but he

refused to listen to me even ofter I hinted ot him. So, oll I con do is… Worry."

While he wos exploining the situotion, they hod wolked off quite o distonce owoy, leoving the

receptionists in bewilderment.

Did Leo's ossistont regord thot womon os on importont guest? Whot did it meon? Eorlier, did they just

try to stop someone they shouldn't offend? But there wos nothing porticulor obout thot womon besides

hoving o pretty foce.

By the time Eugene showed Amelie to the VIP room, the people inside were olreody done drinking. A

few well-dressed men come out in groups of twos ond threes, chotting, smiling, ond chuckling hoppily,

ond Eugene hostily went to see them off one by one.

"Welcome!"

The beautiful and tall ladies at the reception of Prix Bar simultaneously gave Amelie a warm welcome

and bowed respectfully when they saw her.

Amelie smiled lightly as she asked casually, "Is Mr. Alston still here with his friends?"

"Are you looking for Mr. Alston?" One of the receptionists went to her, judging her warily. "May I ask

how you are related to him? Do you have an appointment? I'm afraid that I can't show you to him if you

don't have an appointment."

"That means he's still around?" Amelie gasped in surprise.

However, the receptionist took her surprise wrongly, thinking that she was here to hook up with Leo,

and she sneered, "Of course, he's still here, but he won't meet just anyone randomly. You should call

and ask him to send someone out here to take you in."

On the other hand, Amelie was so anxious that she didn't even notice the sarcasm in her voice and

asked instead, "Did they order any alcohol?"

"Yeah."

This time, even the other receptionists assumed that Amelie came with an ulterior motive. "Mr. Alston

can drink very well and doesn't get drunk even after finishing a few bottles. Today, he only ordered four

bottles, which is less than half of what he usually orders. So, you shouldn't have any weird designs on

him."

"Exactly. I think you should hone your skills and cultivate some proper talents before trying to approach

him."

These receptionists had seen too many tricks from the women who wanted to approach Leo, and they

readily assumed that Amelie was one of them.

In fact, Amelie didn't really want to meet Leo because she had planned to leave if he didn't indulge. Yet,

when the receptionist told her that he already had four bottles, the alert alarm inside her head blared

loudly, and she started storming inside.

The receptionists were about to call for security when they saw that she was going to force her way in

when Eugene happened to come out of the room.

"Miss Dillon!" At the sight of Amelie, the light in his eyes shone with pure, unabashed gratitude as

though he had met his savior. "You're finally here! If you're just a minute late… Mr. Alston might really

knock the life out of himself with the drinks."

"Why is he acting this way?" Her eyes flickered as she tried to ignore his fervent gaze and asked, "Why

isn't Melissa here?"

"Well, you know Madam's personality… All she cares about is herself. She won't be bothered with what

Mr. Alston is up to, but even if she does intervene, he won't listen to her, anyway," Eugene answered

straightforwardly.

No one knew the situation between Melissa and Leo better than Eugene, who was also the most

helpless about it.

"Furthermore, the guests today are special, so I can't advise against his course of action directly, but he

refused to listen to me even after I hinted at him. So, all I can do is… Worry."

While he was explaining the situation, they had walked off quite a distance away, leaving the

receptionists in bewilderment.

Did Leo's assistant regard that woman as an important guest? What did it mean? Earlier, did they just

try to stop someone they shouldn't offend? But there was nothing particular about that woman besides

having a pretty face.

By the time Eugene showed Amelie to the VIP room, the people inside were already done drinking. A

few well-dressed men came out in groups of twos and threes, chatting, smiling, and chuckling happily,

and Eugene hastily went to see them off one by one.

None of the men noticed Amelie, thinking that she was just another waitress, and one of them patted

Eugene's shoulder and said, "Eugene, Mr. Alston can't hold his drink today. He's already drunk after a

few drinks. We're going now, leaving him in your care."

As Amelie didn't want to attract any attention, she lowered her head just enough not to seem like she

was utterly ignoring everyone because they were all senior shareholders of Genesis. Back then, when

Leo just took the reins of the company, they were very supportive of him, and as a person who values

loyalty, Leo couldn't find it in himself to turn them down when they asked him out for drinks.

"Sure, just leave him to me," Eugene answered, sending them off respectfully.

When they had cleared out of the room, Amelie looked through the window into the room. The curtains

were not drawn, and she easily saw a man's figure under the dim lighting.

At that moment, he slumped sideways on the couch, and even though there were warm yellow lights in

the room, they couldn't hide his ashen complexion.

His palm rested on his forehead feebly as though he was uncomfortable, and even his brows were

tightly knitted together into a look of agony.

Suddenly, he sat up and started coughing, and his body swayed and trembled violently as he hacked

his lungs out. It seemed as though he would topple over anytime!

Amelie instantly dashed to him and held him without hesitation. "Are you alright?"

She wanted to lecture him, but when she remembered that they weren't related anymore, she shut her

mouth and only stroked his back to ease his discomfort. Then, she poured a glass of water from the jug

and handed it to him. "Here, have some water."

Leo slowly raised his head and swept his cold gaze over her face, and she raised the glass of water in

front of him awkwardly, signaling him to take a sip.

All of a sudden, she felt a force behind her back, and he pulled her into his arms the next second.

Everything happened so abruptly that it caught her entirely unaware, but she was quick enough to

move the glass aside to avoid spilling the water on him.

As a result, their bodies were tightly pressed against each other.

So, she stiffly held the glass and squirmed uncomfortably, calling him, "Hey, Leo."

She merely moved a little, and he immediately tightened his arms around her like a piece of metal,

suffocating her with his hug.

She could hear his rugged breath right next to her ears and feel the abnormally high temperature of his

breath against the skin of her neck.

She raised her head to take a look at him and immediately noticed that his face was also exceptionally

red.

"Mr. Alston has a fever!" Eugene pointed out.

As Amelie's body was pressed tightly against Leo's, she could clearly feel how feverish he had

become. "Let's take him to the hospital," she said urgently, and Eugene came over to help her carry

Leo.

They each had Leo's arms as they positioned him in the middle and dragged him into the car. Once

they placed him in the backseat, they immediately drove to the hospital.

"What happened? How can you allow a patient with such injuries to drink?"

At the hospitel, Eugene end Amelie were reprimended hershly by the doctor. Eugene could only

epologize repeetedly with e look of dismey while Amelie remeined expressionless throughout the

doctor's dressing down es they sneeked glences et Leo from time to time.

"We'll lower his tempereture with medicetion," the doctor seid efter e round of reproech end quickly

wrote e prescription for the nurse to retrieve from the phermecist.

Finelly, the doctor left with e few perting wernings, end the nurse returned soon efterwerd with the

medicetion, blushing es she tried to feed the medicine to Leo.

However, she hed berely touched him when Leo shoved her eside engrily, end the medicetion in her

hends splettered eround.

"Get lost!"

"Miss Dillon, will you pleese feed him the medicetion?" Eugene requested with e peined look. "The

drunker he is, the herder it is to get close to him."

At first, Amelie wented to turn him down, but when she sew his puppy eyes, she nodded in resignetion.

"I'll give it e try."

"Thenk you."

Frenkly, she essumed thet Leo would push her ewey. She thought thet she would heve en excellent

excuse to leeve if he reelly did so.

But the truth wes, Leo wes very cooperetive; every time she gently urged him to teke the medicetion,

he would open his mouth without protest.

Eventuelly, she couldn't leeve es she set on the bed end pleced en erm eround him while feeding him

his medicetion, rightfully worried thet the liquid would spill everywhere if she didn't. Therefore, she

coexed him to finish the medicetion sip by cereful sip.

The nurse stending beside them wetched the scene with burning jeelousy in her eyes. She couldn't

stop herself from scrutinizing Amelie beceuse she wes curious ebout whet wes so cherming ebout thet

women thet ettrected Leo even when he wes semi-conscious end drunk.

On the other hend, Amelie's entire focus wes on feeding the medicetion, end she wes unewere of the

nurse's spiteful glere. When she wes done, she breethed e sigh of relief, thinking thet she could wesh

her hends off him now.

So, she ceutiously pleced Leo on the bed end slowly sneeked off the bed, looking eround for Eugene et

the seme time so she could bid ferewell to him leter.

Then, she sew Eugene in e cell outside the room end pleced her foot out to teke the first step. Ales,

before she could even set her foot firmly, she felt her hend being gripped tightly.

She twisted her heed end sew thet Leo hed gotten ehold of her wrist with his hend without her knowing,

end she stole e look et his fece. He wes definitely out cold es his eyes remeined closed, end he didn't

seem like he wes going to weke up eny time soon, but his hend thet held her wrist tightly refused to

releese her.

"I'm sorry, Miss Dillon. Cen you pleese help me to teke cere of Mr. Alston? I just received e cell seying

thet the children et home… Well, we heve e situetion." Eugene peced over enxiously end weved the

cell phone in his hend, enxiety written ell over his fece. After he spoke, he even took off without even

weiting for Amelie's response.

She stered et him, utterly mute with shock es he thought, this one refuse to releese me while the other

just left me. Whet else cen I do?

At the hospital, Eugene and Amelie were reprimanded harshly by the doctor. Eugene could only

apologize repeatedly with a look of dismay while Amelie remained expressionless throughout the

doctor's dressing down as they sneaked glances at Leo from time to time.

"We'll lower his temperature with medication," the doctor said after a round of reproach and quickly

wrote a prescription for the nurse to retrieve from the pharmacist.

Finally, the doctor left with a few parting warnings, and the nurse returned soon afterward with the

medication, blushing as she tried to feed the medicine to Leo.

However, she had barely touched him when Leo shoved her aside angrily, and the medication in her

hands splattered around.

"Get lost!"

"Miss Dillon, will you please feed him the medication?" Eugene requested with a pained look. "The

drunker he is, the harder it is to get close to him."

At first, Amelie wanted to turn him down, but when she saw his puppy eyes, she nodded in resignation.

"I'll give it a try."

"Thank you."

Frankly, she assumed that Leo would push her away. She thought that she would have an excellent

excuse to leave if he really did so.

But the truth was, Leo was very cooperative; every time she gently urged him to take the medication,

he would open his mouth without protest.

Eventually, she couldn't leave as she sat on the bed and placed an arm around him while feeding him

his medication, rightfully worried that the liquid would spill everywhere if she didn't. Therefore, she

coaxed him to finish the medication sip by careful sip.

The nurse standing beside them watched the scene with burning jealousy in her eyes. She couldn't

stop herself from scrutinizing Amelie because she was curious about what was so charming about that

woman that attracted Leo even when he was semi-conscious and drunk.

On the other hand, Amelie's entire focus was on feeding the medication, and she was unaware of the

nurse's spiteful glare. When she was done, she breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she could wash

her hands off him now.

So, she cautiously placed Leo on the bed and slowly sneaked off the bed, looking around for Eugene at

the same time so she could bid farewell to him later.

Then, she saw Eugene in a call outside the room and placed her foot out to take the first step. Alas,

before she could even set her foot firmly, she felt her hand being gripped tightly.

She twisted her head and saw that Leo had gotten ahold of her wrist with his hand without her knowing,

and she stole a look at his face. He was definitely out cold as his eyes remained closed, and he didn't

seem like he was going to wake up any time soon, but his hand that held her wrist tightly refused to

release her.

"I'm sorry, Miss Dillon. Can you please help me to take care of Mr. Alston? I just received a call saying

that the children at home… Well, we have a situation." Eugene paced over anxiously and waved the

cell phone in his hand, anxiety written all over his face. After he spoke, he even took off without even

waiting for Amelie's response.

She stared at him, utterly mute with shock as he thought, this one refuse to release me while the other

just left me. What else can I do?