When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)
Chapter 254

Chapter 254

Bafflement enveloped the two hosts in different degrees after reading the note as they exchanged a glance.

"Here's the thing," The male host hesitated for a moment before announcing with a professional smile, "The production team has decided to add another pair of guests to the show at the last minute."

Add another pair of guests now? Can the production team be any more casual about this?!

Everyone was gobsmacked by the host's words. Even Amelie had quirked her brows slightly.

Just who are these people the production team so willingly added in at the very last minute? mused Amelie just as the hosts told the crew to open the door and welcome the additional pair.

The music played the next second, and the golden door turned black, slowly opening, forming an increasingly wide gap.

Everyone including her looked toward the door and found a tall, slender figure exiting the door.

He had the physique of a model but a more commanding presence than one, and when he approached the stage, his movements were crisp and strong, and his presence stirred the entire studio.

"Leo Alston?!" Giada exclaimed.

"What is he doing here? Isn't it said that he's low-key and rarely makes an appearance?"

"What's going on here? Are entrepreneurs beginning to steal our jobs too?"

The other celebrities began mumbling to each other.

It wasn't just them. Amelie, too, was shocked by Leo's appearance. Never would she have dared to imagine how things would be like in a reality TV show if the stern-looking and silent Mr. Leo Alston ever joined one.

"What is Leo also doing here?" Jodie was just as surprised. Clearly, even she wasn't let in on this.

At that, she swept her gaze across the other female guests and landed on Amelie in the end, glaring daggers at the woman, who couldn't help being taken aback when Amelie caught the gaze.

Why is she looking at me like that? Does she think Leo has come for me? Really? I doubt it. We're already divorced. Even if we have any interaction because of Bria, we'd merely say hi and look away. So for whom could he have come if not me? Jodie? Doesn't really look like it.

While musing, she found Leo's gaze shifted in her direction, but it wasn't on her. Rather, he sized Blake up icily.

So he has come to inspect Blake for Jodie? Amelie couldn't help assuming.

After all, Leo might usually let Jodie do whatever she wanted, but he was strict about her marriage.

"Can you please tell us for whom you have come, Mr. Alston?" The female host couldn't stop herself from asking. Her gossip radar was off the charts at this point, and her eyes were twinkling with great affection, looking like she wanted to throw herself on Leo.

This is the Leo Alston we're talking about here. The most eligible bachelor in the city. Sure, he was once married, but his looks, abilities, wealth, and family background were more than sufficient to overshadow the failed marriage.

Instead of answering the host, Leo gazed inadvertently toward where the other guests were seated, only to coincidentally meet with Amelie's eyes.

Amelie thought his eyes were icy, but it wasn't worth being alarmed as his eyes were always icy. However, her heart skipped a beat for some reason.

"Bring the other guest up," he ordered, ignoring the host's question, making her stumped for a moment. In all her years of being a host, this was her first time being ordered around onstage.

Even as upset as she was, she still reflexively raised the microphone to her mouth. "Let's welcome our next mystery guest."

The door opened once again, and what Amelie first saw was the oh-so-familiar white strap maxi dress.

The owner of the dress left her hair hanging loosely around her waist, and she had a stunning face. Elyse?! The mystery guest is Elyse Clayton?!

The other female guests' countenances turned awful at Elyse's entrance, and they all looked toward the director.

None of them had forgotten how the production team had kicked the humiliated Elyse out just before the show began filming.

You invited an ill-reputed celebrity back?!

The director scratched his head uncomfortably while gesturing to Leo with his chin, signifying, 'the one who pays gets the final say'. No one would dare say a word, even if Leo wanted to bring a murderer onstage.

So, Leo's the one who brought Elyse back onto the show? Amelie's heart shattered into two halves and sank into the depths after receiving the director's cues. Just how much does Leo love Elyse?

In the past, he would coddle and condone her actions again and again, and now, he would even be willing to go against his low-key personality to help her get back onto the stage.

Just then, a hand silently held hers. "You okay?" Blake asked softly.

His palm was clean and warm, and his eyes were laced with worry.

Amelie shook her head in response, and to avoid causing a misunderstanding, she withdrew her hand.

"Director, the members of the two teams aren't equal anymore. Why don't I drop out instead?" She approached the director. I have no obligation to watch the two being lovey-dovey.

The next second, Leo turned his piercing gaze toward Amelie. Does this woman want to back out as soon as she sees me?!

His eyes narrowed further as his gaze turned increasingly malice, looking like he wanted to pierce through Amelie with them.

Elyse, on the other hand, stood quietly next to Leo, looking as benign as a doll.

Plus, the two were engaged in the past, so everyone began guessing if they wanted to get back together.

After hearing Amelie's words, the young woman deliberately made a dramatically shocked expression, behaving as if she had completely forgotten about how she had just been exposed earlier.

"Things really are different when you have a backer," Fiona gibed frostily. "Even I'm thinking of backing out."

"Please hold on." The male host hurriedly saved the day. "The two of us will also be partaking in the activities with everyone."

In other words, they would be a part of the team too.

Though the male host was pulling his most professional smile, the cold sweat on his back was dripping non-stop. Why do they have to do this to an originally perfect show?! I swear my hosting career is on the verge of ending!

At that, he put his hands together and begged Amelie and Fiona to spare them.

"Let's go," mumbled Leo, who walked toward Amelie's group before the host could speak further.

Okay, fine, this show doesn't need its hosts at all. The male host whined before nudging the female host toward Fiona's group.

Next, they had to pick a leader for their group, and Fiona's group appointed the male host as their leader quickly.

However, things were evidently grimmer in Amelie's group.

Now with Leo and Elyse a part of their already strange group, they became incredibly stressed and the most talked about participants of the show.

How were they going to choose? Who would dare speak up when they had Leo, a commanding entrepreneur, standing amongst them like a mobile freezer?!

"How about you become our leader, Mr. Alston?" suggested Chester Hale, the actor who joined them last.

"Don't mind me," Leo said impassively. It was an indefinite no.

Chester scratched his head at that, and Amelie believed his scalp would nearly be bruised at this point.

"Mr. Hargreve's the oldest among us. I think it'll be perfect if he's our leader," Blake suggested softly.

He was talking about the quiet tall actor.

He turned to Amelie after speaking up, looking like he was asking for her opinion.

His eyes were constantly laced with a kind of intoxicating tenderness, and she believed she had been lacking love for too long, or how could she be infatuated by a young man's smile?! "Sounds good to me." She was rather impressed with Fabian Hargreve as well.

The man had appeared in several reality TV shows, and Amelie had seen how he could always regard the overall picture while caring for everyone. What was more, he was the oldest among them, so his words were more credible.

"I second it." Giada raised her hand after sizing Leo up.

The others naturally had no problems with the decision when three people agreed to it.

The first adventure was titled 'Love vs. Wild', and the hosts ushered everyone out of the studio without explaining the details of the activity.