Ch. 241..245: My Sugar And Your Spice Chapter 241-245

Chapter 241

Ashton could barely walk straight after being roughed up.Seeing this, Chris had no choice but to support him.Even though he wanted to send Ashton home, he couldn’t help turning around to look at the other two men before his eyes darted in Amelie’s direction.They’re acting weird tonight… What if something happens to Amelie after I leave?“You should take him away,” Amelie told him calmly.Chris couldn’t possibly say anything else when Amelie herself told him to go with Ashton.With a screech, he drove off into the night after he carried Ashton into his car.“Are you okay?” Toby returned to looking gentle as he reached out to hold on to Amelie.He had the fright of his life because of what happened earlier.Noticing that he was about to grab her, she ducked to the side, only for her hand to fall into another big palm.The hand smoothly caught her hand and held it tight.She was taken aback at first but when she turned her head, she was greeted by the sight of an expressionless Leo.She would have thought that it was someone else if she hadn’t seen him reaching out to her.Her not letting Toby hold her didn’t mean that she was permitting Leo to do so.She didn’t even hesitate and was about to pull her arm away.“Bria’s looking for you,” he suddenly brought up.Bria was Amelie’s lifeline. As expected, Amelie stopped struggling at the mention of the child’s name. “When did you go see her?”Leo didn’t answer her and only pulled her away from the racetracks.A small head suddenly perked up from Leo’s car before a hand appeared and waved. “Mommy!”Speak of the devil.“Bria? What are you doing here?” Amelie pulled away from Leo’s grip and ran to the girl.Leo didn’t stop her this time.Bria immediately reached out and threw herself into Amelie’s arms, rubbing against her like a kitten. “I woke up and didn’t see you, Mommy. I was so scared. Daddy said he could bring me to see you!”She then quietly blinked at Amelie. She didn’t tell Amelie why Leo went to their home or how she was taken away through Steven.“I’m sorry.” Amelie didn’t have time to tell Bria about her plans because the child had gone to bed early.“Mommy, you were amazing! I want to go vroom-vroom too when I grow up!” Bria articulated each word with precision.She thought Amelie was impressive when she saw her car flying in the air earlier.Amelie patted the child’s head. “I’m professionally trained. You can’t do what I did like it’s a game, okay, Bria? It’s very dangerous.”With the child’s limited ability to comprehend things, Amelie

was afraid that Bria would imitate her actions.Bria gave a hum in reply while she rubbed her eyes.She was very, very sleepy. In order to wait for her Daddy to bring her to Mommy, she had been struggling to put off sleep.When Amelie noticed her drowsiness, she caressed Bria’s soft and fluffy hair before turning to look at Toby, “Mr. Walsh, my daughter is sleepy. We’ll be leaving now.”She then picked up Bria and carried the girl to her car.“She can’t lie down in your car. It’s too narrow for her to feel comfortable.” Leo stopped her out loud.After saying that, he opened the backdoor of his car.“I want to ride in Daddy’s car.” Bria nuzzled her face in Amelie’s embrace. “Daddy’s car has a little princess bed.”Amelie wouldn’t have cared under normal circumstances but when it came to Bria, she had to think more about it.Seeing how stubborn Bria was about it, Amelie said nothing while she turned around and entered the car with her head lowered.Leo pressed his broad palm on Amelie’s back, giving her proper support.Toby silently watched every move. Leo’s support might look like he was helping Amelie into the car but in fact, he was staking his claim.Leony, have you really fallen for her? Amelie only noticed the additional child safety seat in Leo’s car after hopping into the car.It was a pink chair that had turned into a sleeping basket. There were blankets and pillows inside.There was even a small canopy hanging over it.It looked like a mini bed for a princess.Bria crawled into the basket and comfortably smacked her lips together, two of her fingers pointing at her belly. Amelie quickly buckled Bria in when she understood what the child wanted.Only then did Bria feel at ease and close her eyes.“Mommy, I’d like a bedtime story, please,” she mumbled.Amelie thought for a while. She then took out her phone and pressed into a story app before slowly reading the story on it.Leo, who was in the passenger seat, signaled the driver to turn off the music from the radio.The car was filled with Amelie’s soft yet compelling voice at that instant.An hour later, the car drove into a residential area and stopped at the building where Amelie lived.“Thanks,” she politely uttered and lowered her torso to carry Bria.However, the driver was even quicker than her as he took Bria first and strode to the building.Amelie didn’t say anything and followed after him. She opened the door for the driver and started to go upstairs with him when the door suddenly closed in her face.She didn’t even notice that a big hand was pressing the door shut from above her head.“Why did Toby hit Ashton?” Leo pressed the door with one hand and left his other arm hanging by the side of his body.Their distance was suddenly

closed when he lowered his torso and leaned in toward her.She could even feel his erratic breath fanning her face.“How am I supposed to know the answer to that?” she asked in return, her expression innocent.It was true that she didn’t know.She was at a loss as well when Toby started beating up Ashton.“They probably have some kind of personal grudge between them.” This was the only possibility she could think of.Despite hearing her answer, Leo didn’t step backward. He continued to gaze at her with dark eyes, looking as though he wanted to see through her.There was something different about his eyes. It was like a stone pressing on her chest, or more like an invisible steel surrounding her.Even breathing became difficult for her.Leo insisted again, “Toby has never enjoyed making enemies.”“Do you want me to admit that he fought because of me, Mr. Alston?” She was cornered by him at this point. “If that is what you want, I’ll agree with whatever you think.”She didn’t want to waste her time on him.“Also,” she added, “will you please let me know before you take Bria away in the future?”Her heart couldn’t take it. He had brought the child away without saying anything more than once now.“Bria likes me.” Leo gave an irrelevant answer.Seeing how she was rendered speechless, he asked again, “Do you have feelings for Toby?”Tonight, he has more questions than usual. During our four years of marriage, he has never asked me questions more than he is doing tonight.“It is none of your business, is it, Mr. Alston?” Even if Amelie didn’t have feelings for Toby, she didn’t want Leo sticking his nose into her life either.However, her answer made his calm gaze narrow.“Bria is my daughter. I have the right to know the kind of family she will have in the future!”Ah, it’s because of Bria! Amelie quietly laughed at herself. And here I was, overthinking about how he would want to be a part of my life. Thank goodness I didn’t say anything.Amelie was uncomfortable being trapped against the wall by Leo, and she couldn’t help fiddling with some wisps of hair next to her ear. “Don’t worry, Mr. Alston. I have no plans to get married yet.”But that didn’t mean she didn’t like Toby.“You can find out about Toby’s family if you look into it. The Walsh Family can’t accept someone who was married, especially if the partner is an ex-wife from a family they are close with!”How dare he? Amelie fumed.This was not the first time Leo had reminded her how she wasn’t worthy of Toby.Is he still thinking that I want to marry someone wealthy for their money even at this point?Her expression quickly turned cold. “Mr. Alston, you don’t have to worry that I’ll hold on to Mr. Walsh. Also, the Walsh

Family may be unwelcoming of a divorcee from a family they are close with but I, too, don’t like getting involved with the people my ex-husband knows.”Pleased with her words, Leo finally stepped back.Amelie started deriding herself when she saw the satisfied smirk on his face.She thought Leo was afraid that his ex-wife would stick around him.

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Elyse only reached home in the middle of the night.Ashton was the one who secretly picked her up and brought her to the racetrack.However, he was injured and was later brought away by Chris.There were two cars left at the racing grounds, one of which was Amelie’s while the other was Ashton’s… And Elyse didn’t have the key to either one of those cars!Because of that, she had to walk all the way back in the night from the dark place.Her legs even felt like breaking from all that walking.She did call for a cab, but for some reason, she couldn’t get even one to come to pick her up.Much to her frustration, she only realized later that her phone had no signal.Instead of her room, she went to Michael’s as it was nearer.After she pushed the door open, she couldn’t care less about what Michael was doing and she plopped down on a chair.The soreness all over her body made her feel as though she had come back from the dead.Michael was currently feeding Ellen.After all, Ellen was Leo’s savior. He had to take good care of her to continue raking in a steady stream of benefits.“Did something happen?” Michael couldn’t help but ask when he saw his second daughter in such a mess.Hearing that, Elyse turned her face in his direction. She felt the utmost disgust at the sight of Ellen eating a mouthful of food just to drop half of it. Elyse’s eyebrows were tightly knitted together when she complained, “You can’t just coddle her for nothing all day long. She has to do something to prove her worth!”“Look at this dunce. What can she do?” Michael put down the bowl he was holding and sighed.He wanted practical benefits more than Elyse did.“Whether she can be useful or not depends on how you figure out a way to use her. She will be completely useless if you keep dragging this out!” Elyse couldn’t help but think of the secret that was confirmed tonight.Not only was Amelie ‘Big Eyes’, but she was also the cornea donor! The secret was like two hands clutching at Elyse’s throat, taking the breath out of her.She was also well aware that she was doomed if Amelie ever spoke about it.“Drat!” Overwhelmed by frustration, Elyse tore off her high heels and hurled them away.She wanted to use this opportunity to drag Amelie down, but that woman managed to get the car to fly even though she couldn’t see!Just the memory of it was enough to make Elyse cough up blood whenever it came to mind.Why is it so hard to get rid of Amelie Dillon?!Michael didn’t know why she was so angry, but her words reminded him of something. He

nodded and agreed, “You’re right. We can’t get anything from Leo even if we were to take care of this fool our whole lives. I would rather go to Leo myself.”After he said that, he scratched his head.“But I am Ellen’s father, after all. I must maintain my image, or else Leo will see through me. He might not even help us again in the future. How about this? I will talk to Leo about you and have him arrange something for you to do. You can take the chance to become famous again if I hang on to my image of a good father.”Michael was so used to being a liar that he didn’t bother hiding his evil and phony side.Elyse nodded in agreement when she heard what he said.It wouldn’t be a bad idea for them to earn some money before Ellen was exposed. Even if the truth came to light in the future, it would all be on Ellen for lying to everyone. It wouldn’t have anything to do with Elyse.Ellen was the one who wrote the diary. She also gathered the evidence herself. No matter how angry Leo would be, he could only release his anger on Ellen.As for me, I’ll be a rich lady by then and I can get married anytime I want. Even if I don’t get married, I can live a worry-free life.Even though Elyse had made a considerable amount of money in her early years, she spent even more than what she earned. She barely had anything left now.Let alone money, her popularity was hanging by a thread and she was on the verge of being eliminated from the industry. “Variety shows have been pretty profit-making recently. Have him make me appear on the best variety shows.” Elyse had long since set her sights on this path. However, she was not well-known enough for shows to invite her. As such, she was stuck at a dead end.… Starlight Media.“What? That b*tch Elyse used Ashton to set you up? Oh, that little… Is she tired of living?” Julia was so loud that the office she was sitting in was almost blown away.Her face was tense as she looked at Amelie, who was sitting in front of her. “This won’t do. I’m going to get her a*s! That damn woman! She doesn’t think much of me, does she?!”Julia had always been a hasty person. As soon as she mentioned that, she stood up and made a move to go to Elyse.Amelie was leisurely slouched on another chair with her legs propped against the armrest.She grabbed Julia when the latter stomped past her. “There’s no need for that, silly.”“What do you mean?!” Julia was so angry that she could set the whole office on fire. “We never minded her when she went around causing trouble. Even though she laid her hands on Bria, we let her go because Leo handled it. But now she has taken it a step further by trying to get you killed. How can we not do anything about this?!”She picked up the

hammer on her table. “I want to personally smash her head with this!”“You won’t live as well if you really did that.” Amelie used Julia’s arm as leverage to stand up. After she snatched and tossed the hammer aside, she patted Julia’s shoulder. “Don’t worry. This is not the end of it.”She didn’t get involved when Elyse messed with Bria because the woman ended up having her leg broken by Leo.But this… Amelie wanted to seek justice for herself.“Can you help me find out what she’s been up to lately? Since she likes to pick a fight with others, I will do the same for her. ”“Okay!” Julia immediately held up a peace sign and happily hopped away to get someone to investigate.It didn’t take long for her to bring the results of the investigation to Amelie. “This b*tch has recently started getting involved with Leo again. She got a big variety show production through him.”Amelie jolted to a stop when she heard Leo’s name, and she couldn’t help recalling what he said last night.A frown appeared on her face.He and his double standards…He has never stopped helping Elyse even when her true colors are showing up one by one.And me? I didn’t even do anything, but all he does is misunderstand me. He still thinks I’m a gold digger.“Alright. That’s all for now,” Amelie stated coldly. She didn’t even bother to check the name of the variety show.…Elyse sat gracefully on a chair in the green room of ‘Show Your Love’ three days later. Her beautiful face was full of smiles as she rested her fingers on her long and slender neck.A few reporters were originally interviewing other celebrities, but someone finally spotted her and moved over. “Why are you here, Miss Clayton?”Her popularity was not what it used to be. Supposedly, there was no chance for her to join a high-profile program like ‘Show Your Love’. It was inevitable that the reporters grew curious when they saw her.Instead of getting angry, she smiled sweetly. “Take a guess,” she purred.A reporter smirked at her reply. “There are tons of people who would kill to be a part of this show. Could it be that you got in through connections?”She covered her lips and giggled. “You sure know the industry well.”She was admitting that she had someone important backing her up.Her net worth plummeted when she canceled her engagement with Leo before, but her having a big fish supporting her now was undoubtedly big news.The reporters who were interviewing other artists also came over and turned their microphones to Elyse, wanting to know who the important person was.Leo wasn’t the only powerful figure in Clouson City.However, there was only a handful who were influential,

young, and handsome like him.There were one too many ladies in the city who envied Elyse when she and Leo were together.

 

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“Surely it’s not still Mr. Alston?” a reporter asked.“Okay, enough with the guessing. Pay more attention to our program and my performance, please.” Elyse pretended to be embarrassed and smilingly waved her hands as she entered the dressing room.Her assistant came running over to touch up her makeup.She closed her eyes and instructed emotionlessly, “Make the color darker.”She knew that many people watched ‘Show Your Love’ although it was only a variety show. Among them were some famous directors, investors, and bigwigs of new media platforms. She could get their attention if she performed well.She would never have to worry about her path as a celebrity anymore if that happened.Elyse realized she was the best person she should depend on. She wanted to get famous before Leo found out that Ellen was not the one he owed his sight to.Even though today could only be regarded as a warm-up before her real battle, it was very important.Twenty minutes later, the show officially started in the studio.A well-known emcee in a white dress and a male host in a blue suit came out and enthusiastically introduced the members who had arrived today.‘Show Your Love’ was a program about secret admirers. The participants would mainly go through the completion of specific cooperative tasks to show themselves off to their unrequited love, so as to finally achieve the goal of making their secret love public.Five female artists appeared on the show today.They took the stage through a group dance.Elyse had changed into a beautiful and sexy dress to passionately dance with several other artists.It was only a short interlude and yet, the performance earned a passionate round of applause and screams from the audience.The corners of Elyse’s mouth curled upward when she heard someone yelling her name.It seems I haven’t been forgotten.The other artists who came here were all celebrities who had just participated in a hit drama, whereas she hadn’t done anything.Noticing this, the audience began to discuss and speculate about how she got in.Elyse would love for everyone to speculate more. The more they guessed, the more her name was mentioned and the more attention she would receive.“You ladies danced so well that I almost passed out from watching you!” The male host came over with a smile and sighed.The hostess stood next to Elyse as she announced, “We have to specifically introduce this guest of ours. Even though she hasn’t developed in the country in the past

few years, her previous works have gotten the attention of many.”Clips of Elyse’s works that matched the hostess’ words were displayed on the big screen.She was the only one who received such honor among the five artists.“What’s going on? Why is she the only one being introduced?” someone in the audience asked in confusion.A person who knew the ropes of the industry replied, “Isn’t that obvious? She must have been sent in by an investor.”“How powerful of an investor are they to be able to send someone in?”“Of course, it’s the most powerful one. Haven’t you heard? Yummy Tummy Beverage is not the most important investor this time. It’s Genesis Company.” The person waved the Yummy Tummy Beverage in their hand.To promote Yummy Tummy Beverage, the company placed its products everywhere on and off the stage.“Genesis Company does not advertise and they only have one requirement, which is to add someone in.”“Wow! I’m envious.”The gossip-loving crowd had always loved watching the rich spend money to gain a beauty’s smile.Even though Elyse couldn’t hear everyone’s discussion while she stood on the stage, she clearly felt the audience’s eyes on her.Her smile continued to deepen in satisfaction. She could already imagine herself being the center of attention tonight!She then closed her eyes to enjoy the moment.“The five on stage are all women of rare beauty. Your good looks and outstanding talents have created countless images on film and touched thousands of people.” After the female host finished speaking, the host followed suit. “But there is one person who has won over tens of millions of fans with her talent alone. Even after leaving the industry for four years, the number of her fans has not decreased after her comeback. She even has more fans than ever! This is the sixth, and last, special guest that we have arranged to join us today.”The host deliberately kept the audience guessing.The audience thought that there would only be five celebrities onstage today, but now that there was an additional one whom the host so vividly described, the crowd was in an immediate uproar.“He’s talking about Foxy, isn’t he?”“Foxy came too?”“I thought that she never participates in variety shows!” While everyone was still guessing, the closed door on the stage slowly opened. A snow-white mask slowly appeared from the depths of the blue light.Elyse’s works initially displayed on the screen were replaced by this mask in an instant.It was snow-white, pure, and vivid.The mask only exposed a pair of clear eyes that people could get lost in.“It really is Foxy! She’s here!”The crowd immediately went crazy upon seeing her.The platform that was

simultaneously broadcasting the show live was also bombarded with comments.This was the type of reaction shows wanted. Seeing this, the host and hostess exchanged a smile.Elyse was still basking in the joy of being watched by everyone. However, she couldn’t help being startled when her name could no longer be heard and was replaced by Foxy’s.She swiftly opened her eyes.Her gaze then shifted to the blue light that the crowd was looking at, but she saw Foxy wearing a mask just like on her live broadcasts, only revealing a pair of lively eyes.Foxy was wearing a white dress of the same color as the mask as she sauntered through the stage special effects’ smoke screen.Her footsteps were so light she looked like she was floating.“Ah! Foxy is also my idol!” The artists on stage couldn’t help but squeal passionately.Foxy had gotten the attention of seemingly the whole world.However, the perfect smile on Elyse’s face immediately froze at Foxy’s appearance.Elyse knew better than anyone that Foxy was Amelie!This damn woman!How did she have the connections to have the opportunity to show off by herself?!Seeing Foxy here suddenly made Elyse feel as though her being here was only incidental to Foxy’s appearance.Even the hostess’ compliments for Elyse had suddenly become as unimportant as an unsolicited opinion.F*ck!Now that her spotlight was snatched away from her, Elyse was filled with so much hatred for Amelie that she could chew a hole in her.On the other hand, Amelie seemed oblivious to the other woman’s disgust as she stopped in front of Elyse.Her clear gaze unashamedly scanned Elyse from head to toe.For some reason, that one look made Elyse’s chest feel tight and she involuntarily cowered to the back.She turned around just enough to take one step to the last position and stand up straight.The cameramen in front of the stage happened to capture Elyse quietly shrinking away, making her at a loss for words.As this was the first time the two hosts met Foxy in real life, they had to ask more questions.A few minutes had passed by the time they brought their focus to the next segment, which was the female celebrities’ confession time.It was a simple segment. All the women had to say was whether they had someone they had a crush on, their crushes’ occupations, or their characteristics.This segment would play a guiding role in the arrangement of the male guests. The female guests would either explicitly or implicitly hint at a lot of things, but they would not reveal who their crushes were.“What about you, Foxy? Do you have someone you like? What kind of man is he?” The hosts quickly got to Amelie.Amelie smiled under the mask as a hint of lightheartedness appeared

in her eyes. “Does it have to be a man? Can’t I have a crush on a woman?”A commotion immediately broke out in the crowd.Her words were simply earth-shattering.Taken aback by the unexpected information, the hostess didn’t know how to respond. Fortunately, the host responded quickly, “And there is a reason that everyone likes Foxy—you’re straightforward! Can you tell us a thing or two about the lady you have a crush on?”Instead of answering straight away, Amelie looked to Elyse with a half- smile on her face.Even though her gaze wasn’t threatening, Elyse still felt her body break out in goosebumps.Why is this b*tch looking at me?The host took the hint and asked, “Are you interested in Miss Clayton?”Amelie casually smiled and glided over to Elyse. “Am I not allowed to?” she asked, her head cocked.Elyse had no comeback.What is Amelie up to? Did she join this program to pick a fight with me? People will have a prejudice against me if they think I’m not straight! It wouldn’t have mattered if we were overseas, but this country isn’t that open-minded yet!“That reminds me…” Amelie continued, “We have history, don’t we?”Her words were getting more and more outrageous by the second.Elyse knew that she wouldn’t have the chance to rectify this if she didn’t explain it properly today.No director would hire her if she didn’t give a good explanation!Suppressing the bubbling anger in her, Elyse forced a smile and decided to clean Amelie’s clock so that Amelie would admit to her mistakes.And so, she began, “Sorry, but I would like to clarify—”Before she finished her words, she saw Amelie slowly approaching her before lifting her mask for Elyse’s eyes only. “Speaking of which, last night…”

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“Shut up!”Elyse, who was immediately reminded of what happened at the racetrack last night, abruptly yelled to stop Amelie.I’ll be in deep sh*t if she reveals it!As soon as she said that, she saw countless ambiguous gazes directed her way.“Aww, Miss Clayton’s shy!” the male emcee teased.Elyse thought she heard a buzz in her ears after the emcee said that. She turned to Amelie, who still looked innocent as she shrugged.Sh*t! I fell for her trap!Amelie looked at the stupid woman in front of her who had dug a hole and jumped into it voluntarily. As she calmly fixed the mask back on her face, she answered her words with a smile. “Okay. I’ll listen to you.”Elyse, who was on the verge of losing her temper, could only clench her fists.“How sweet! I want a considerate girlfriend like her as well.” The hostess came back to her senses and exclaimed in an exaggerated manner.How were they supposed to bring the show to an end after a couple like that had popped out of nowhere?Of course, there was no way for them to end this peacefully.They had no choice but to bite the bullet and go with the flow.They could only hope that their program would end up alright too.At this moment, Elyse wanted nothing more than to have the program banned.Her fans were mostly male stay-at-home nerds. They wouldn’t worship her anymore if news like this got out!With her head filled with such thoughts, Elyse was not herself the whole time.She only stood there in a daze.Unfortunately for her, the director team thought Elyse and Foxy’s relationship had topicality, and they kept alternating the camera shots between the two of them.Each alternate shot felt like a reminder to the public of what happened earlier.Elyse proceeded to storm out of the studio after the recording.“Damn it! Damn it!”When she got home, she gave her all to rip apart her pillow as she pretended that it was Amelie.She kept at it until there was cotton everywhere.The whole Internet was now discussing her romantic relationship with Foxy, and Elyse’s number of followers on Facebook was decreasing at lightning speed.She had already lost 200,000 of them before two hours went by.She didn’t have many followers in the first place, and she only had a handful left now.No matter how she huffed and puffed and panicked, she couldn’t think of a way to deal with this.Now that she didn’t have a public relations team, she could only spend her own money to reclaim her innocence. She spent a lot of paid posters, but it didn’t work.She could barely control her

temper when she tore open two more pillows.She only stopped and calmed down when she felt tired.“Amelie, you fool!” Elyse suddenly let out a sneer. “You call this revenge? You are dragging yourself down as well!”Elyse only had a few hundred thousand followers mostly made up of nerds who were not loyal to her. She couldn’t care less if they decided to unfollow her.But Amelie had tens of millions of followers.Live streamers were highly dependent on their fans’ support.Let’s see who’s going to watch her live streams after her followers unfollow her.She won’t even know if no one is watching her stream!The thought of that instantly put Elyse in a better mood.She wanted to see for herself how pitiful Amelie could end up!She then took out her phone and quickly went to Foxy’s page.Seeing that Foxy was streaming, Elyse happily tapped into the video.She immediately heard Amelie’s beautiful voice singing a pop song.“Ha! So what if you sing well?” Elyse mocked, her eyes quickly scanning the number of people in Amelie’s live broadcast while she hummed.“I knew it!” Elyse saw the number of viewers at a glance. The number at the beginning of the series of numbers used to be four or five but today, it was one.She lost tens of millions of followers in just two hours. Hehe! Serves her right. Elyse was overjoyed. She even thought that her failure was a huge victory in disguise.She patiently waited as she firmly believed that Amelie would be left with no supporters at the rate that she was losing followers.“You’re left with 10 million fans now. What a pity.” In a moment of excitement, she typed in a sarcastic comment and hit send.As soon as her comment was sent, another message immediately replied to her. ‘Dude, do you even do math? I’ll teach you if you haven’t. C’mon now—ones, tens, hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions…’Elyse was so angry that she was about to call the person who replied an idiot when several comments popped up. ‘Congratulations, Miss Foxy! The number of simultaneous online users in the live broadcast room today has exceeded 100 million!’The comment was copied and re-sent by many people, instantly flooding the screen with the words ‘100 million’!What I saw just now was not 10 million, but… 100 million?H-How is that possible?Refusing to believe it, Elyse began to match the numbers one by one. “Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands… A million.”Elyse counted five times and the results were all the same.Are they nuts? Why are they supporting her when their idol turned out this way?They must be stupid!She suddenly felt that she was the mole in a Whac-A-Mole machine, being

beaten from all directions with all kinds of attacks—an uppercut, lower cut, left uppercut, right uppercut, and finally… KO!…Amelie had just ended her stream when she received a call from Julia.“Damn, girl, you actually attracted 100 million people with news about you being into women! You are the only one who can make such a high-profile scandal. No matter if it’s now or then, you are definitely the one who leads the live broadcasting industry in and out of the country. You have left an honorable mark on the history of the development of the Internet.”“Alright, alright. Stop flattering me with those big words.” Julia’s praises were giving Amelie a headache. “Say something I can understand.”Julia giggled. “Elyse lost two-thirds of her handful of fans because of this, and the remaining one-third probably won’t last for a week. You’re pretty evil, aren’t you?”This was what it meant to destroy someone without spilling blood.Amelie let out a soft chuckle at that. “I only made her lose some fans and made her life harder in return for her attempt at my life. I’m already very generous as is.”“You’re amazing!” Julia wished she could turn herself into a mini-Julia and kneel in front of Amelie. “By the way, how are you so bold? Didn’t you consider the possibility of it backfiring?”Amelie’s actions today were too bold even for someone like Julia.“Internet celebrities are different from celebrities. My fans, especially, were won over by my talent, considering how they have never seen my face. What they want is my content. They don’t pay much attention to the kind of person I am and what I think of love. As for the sudden increase of 50 million followers today, they came to my page because of my status as an ‘out-of-the-closet celebrity’, but they stayed because of my content.” Amelie analyzed slowly and eloquently explained.Julia felt like she was in an advanced theoretical course. She was left stunned before realization hit her. “In other words, appearances don’t last, so do your inner work? Amelie, do you still need someone to warm your bed? Let’s keep the goodies within the family. Take me in.” She began to tease Amelie then. “Elyse reeks of a nympho. You might choke on her scent. How about you consider me?”“Sure.” Amelie laughed at Julia’s nonsensical words. “As long as Samuel is fine with it, I’ll take you in right away.”“Pshh!”They continued to chat for a while before Julia suddenly changed the topic. “Elie, have you ever wondered why Elyse wants you dead?”

 

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Amelie was taken aback for a moment. It was not like she hadn’t thought about this question before, but she always felt that the reasons she came up with were too far-fetched.All this while, she had little to no interaction with Elyse, knowing her only through Leo. Now that she and Leo were divorced, Elyse had no reason to target her anymore.“Probably because she’s jealous of my talent,” she deduced.Julia was amused by her response and chuckled. “Well, you’d better be careful then. From now on, all the live streamers on the internet will probably be jealous of your talent. You might even have people trying to assassinate you every day.”After exchanging a few jokes, they hung up.Then, Amelie lowered her head and flipped through the official Twitter account of ‘Show Your Love’. As she had expected, the whole of Twitter was in chaos because of her and Elyse’s affair; Their fans were even bickering with each other.Since Elyse’s fan base was too small, it was not enough to make an impact. They were all attacked by Amelie’s fans whenever they wanted to start an argument. After that, none of them dared leave any comments anymore. Gradually, the whole event turned from argument to discussion.Everyone expressed their understanding for Amelie to go public with her ‘relationship’, but there was some occasional criticism, saying that she had poor taste and wondering why she chose a fake b*tch like Elyse.Following that, someone exposed a bunch of Elyse’s indecent behaviors.The production team loved effects like this. So, they didn’t address these comments. Instead, they released a teaser saying that they’d recruited a male guest and that there would be surprises for the next episode.The characteristic of the show ‘Show Your Love’ was that they first gathered all the female or male guests and then, through their appearance on the first episode, attracted celebrities or well-known individuals who were interested in these guests to sign up for the show.Amelie participated in this show purely to mess with Elyse, so she didn’t care about who the male guest on the next episode would be. After only taking a glance at the teaser, she closed it right away.After calming down, she couldn’t help but think of the question Julia had asked as she propped her chin up.The next day, she took Bria downstairs to go to school as usual. Since their house wasn’t far from the kindergarten, she decided to walk Bria there.The morning air was fresh, and Halport, as a model of a civilized city in the country, was

green with lush trees and clean water. There were even birds flying around, truly living up to its reputation as a desirable city.Along the way, Bria bounced and hopped, greeting every street vendor. She was cute and friendly, which made all the vendors like her. In the end, her arms were full of soy milk, croissants, and sandwiches that the vendor gave her.When Amelie saw Bria carrying a variety of breakfast items in her arms, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Is this a genetic mutation? She wasn’t someone who could talk to anyone. Only when she was on air would she be more relaxed. As for Leo, his quiet personality made it impossible for him to be loved by everyone.Just as she was immersed in her thoughts, a white car drove past her at a distance of mere inches from her foot, startling her. She quickly pulled Bria to the side, away from the road, and her eyes followed the car instinctively. At this moment, what she saw was a beautiful face full of hatred. Elyse?Elyse’s car drove off without stopping. At once, Amelie’s gaze turned bloodcurdling.When Amelie arrived at the kindergarten, she saw Elyse’s car parked on the side of the building, partially covered by the leaves. When the car window was wound down, she could see Elyse’s white clothes and her tightly clenched jaw. Seemingly afraid of being recognized, she was wearing large sunglasses as well.Amelie didn’t look any further and calmly handed Bria over to the teacher, instructing the teacher to pay close attention to her safety.“Don’t worry, Miss Dillon. Unless it’s someone you designated for pickup, we won’t let anyone take her away,” the teacher quickly replied.“Okay, thank you.” Amelie walked out after bidding goodbye to Bria and the teacher. As soon as she turned around, her wrist was grabbed by someone, and the person pulled her to the side. The one pulling her was none other than Elyse. Elyse pulled her roughly and with great force. Since Amelie wanted to know what Elyse was doing there, she followed her to the car without struggling.Elyse then pushed her into her car, and they drove to a deserted area before stopping. After stepping out of the car, Elyse slammed the door shut, which was enough to show how furious she was.On the contrary, Amelie slowly unbuckled her seatbelt and casually opened the door. Without bothering to close it, she rested her arm on the car door and looked at Elyse calmly.With her hands on her hips, Elyse paced back and forth before confronting Amelie. “What do you gain by making me fail, Amelie? Can you stop targeting me?”Amelie’s gaze remained calm as she put on a smile. “It’s true that your failure doesn’t benefit me. If it weren’t for you targeting me, I wouldn’t waste

my time talking to you. How about this? Tell me why you want to kill me, and I’ll let you go.”“What are you talking about? I never wanted to kill you. Don’t make baseless accusations!” Although Elyse intended to negotiate with Amelie, she knew she should never admit this. It was Ashton who did it, after all. I just need to keep denying it since she won’t be able to find any evidence, either.Hearing that, Amelie nodded nonchalantly and smirked. “Since you deny it, I guess I’ll have to continue then, right?” As she said that, she looked at Elyse with a meaningful gaze. It was plain and simple, but in Elyse’s eyes, it was full of murderous intent.Elyse knew that Amelie was not someone to be trifled with. Once she concludes that I want to harm her, she won’t spare me for sure. Previously, she had already made me suffer because of that little trick of mine. The investors who had initially seen potential in me after I joined ‘Show Your Love’ are now all avoiding me! If this continues, I’ll lose my place in the entertainment industry!Meanwhile, Amelie had no interest in waiting for Elyse to engage in her thoughts, so she turned around and started to walk away.At that sight, the furious Elyse clenched her fists tightly. “Must you be so merciless, Amelie? I will bite too if you push me too far! Let’s not forget that your precious daughter is in school, and she will cross that road every day. Do you suppose she’ll be gone if I had just driven a little further ahead?”When Elyse was talking, Amelie was gradually walking away, but at these words, she spun around. Before Elyse could even see what had happened, Amelie was already in front of her, pressing her throat against the car window.“Ah!”Amelie’s grip on her throat suddenly tightened to the point where she couldn’t even draw a breath.At the same time, Elyse struggled to pull Amelie’s hand off her, but it was like a pair of pliers, immovable from her neck. Her face was squeezed against the car window, making it completely distorted. In the end, her sunglasses couldn’t withstand the pressure and shattered with a crack. The broken edge bounced against her face, leaving a bloody mark.Just then, Amelie’s face slowly approached her. Her usually carefree expression was twisted with intense anger while she glared at Elyse with a death stare.Elyse had never seen Amelie enraged, so it caused her body to tremble in fear.“Listen!” While squeezing Elyse’s neck, Amelie brought Elyse close to her own face and said word-for-word, “If my daughter loses a single strand of hair…”She pointed her long finger at Elyse’s face, causing her to flinch as she wanted to dodge it. Yet, Amelie pressed her finger forcefully on Elyse’s wound, wiping away the beads of blood

and then slowly smearing it back on her face. “I promise you a painful death!”With a loud bang, she pushed Elyse back against the car window before walking away.With her head spinning, Elyse slid to the ground as she leaned against the car window. At that moment, she was like a dead chicken that had had its fur all plucked. She hugged herself tightly, but her trembling still couldn’t be stopped. What on earth was that, Amelie? Dang it!On the other hand, in a hidden location where nobody would notice, a camera was silently recording the scene…