When I Was a Wallflower (Leo and Amelie)

Samuel looked at Leo in surprise but then shook his head solemnly.

The building was so badly damaged that it was almost impossible for Amelie to still be alive.

Such a realization made Leo frown even deeper.

A while later, he informed Samuel, “I’ll look over there!”

“Mr. Alston, that part of the building is still crumbling. How about I bring someone over?” Eugene ran

over and suggested.

Leo glanced at him and declined, “No need!”

After saying that, he sprinted over there himself.

While searching through the rubble, Leo dodged a few small collapses before finally coming across a

light-colored figure under a large pillar.

There was Amelie, lying right under the huge pillar.

When the shelves fell, they happened to form a small corner that blocked the pillar and created a small

space.

That small space was where Amelie was in.

“Are you alright?” Leo called out to her the moment he saw her.

Hearing someone calling her, Amelie slowly raised her head and looked over.

It was then that Leo discovered that she was shielding someone below her.

Judging from the gray hair, Leo thought it might be Steven.

“I’m fine, but my dad… he might be injured,” Amelie answered softly. When she saw it was him, a trace

of surprise appeared in her eyes.

She didn’t expect Leo would come and save her.

After a quick observation of Amelie’s position and surroundings, Leo frowned because where she was

was a tight space, so they needed to dig her out.

The things around her and the shelves were supporting the huge pillar, so if they moved any of that, the

pillar would fall and squish the people under it.

However, the situation hadn’t reached the point of desperation either because they could still save

Amelie and Steven by removing the pillar.

“Don’t be afraid. I’m coming to save you,” Leo comforted her.

It was the first time Leo spoke so gently and harmlessly to Amelie. She was terrified at first, but she

was now filled with courage.

She nodded. “Okay.”

Afterward, Leo didn’t say anything else and quickly contacted the rescuers and professionals.

The professionals came quickly and tied several huge iron chains to the end of the pillar while a piece

of heavy machinery was outside, waiting to move the pillar at any moment.

Back inside, Leo and a few rescuers had changed into their rescue uniforms and were ready to save

Amelie and Steven the moment the crane raised the pillar.

There was a safety rope attached around Leo’s waist.

“One, two, three!”

Under the guidance of the commander, the pillar was slowly raised.

At the same time, Leo and the others were being let down slowly according to how they had planned.

Leo pushed away some debris and came to where Amelie was.

Then, Amelie strenuously helped Steven fasten his safety belt and let the rescuers pull him out first.

“Give me your hand. Grab onto me.” Leo landed before her.

As Amelie knew it was an urgent situation, she reached out her hand without giving it much thought.

With his hands linked together, Leo hugged her waist and was prepared to bring her up.

However, before he could grab hold of her, Amelie suddenly pushed him away!

Leo’s body was hanging by the rope around his body, so he couldn’t find his footing and was swung far

away. Then, his back crashed into a concrete slab.

He felt the sharp edge of the concrete pierce his back and was in so much pain that he couldn’t

breathe.

At that very second, the ground began to shake again.

The roof collapsed again, bringing down a huge slab of concrete that landed on the spot where he was

previously standing!

He instinctively grabbed onto the concrete slab behind him and saw Amelie retreating in the opposite

way.

Even though she was moving fairly quickly, she was still hit by one of the corners of the falling concrete

slab.

Pfft! She spat out a mouthful of blood!

The situation had changed in just a matter of a few seconds.

When Leo saw her spitting blood, he felt like a knife was stabbing his chest. The sharp pain was even

more painful than the pain in his back!

Just now, she pushed him away to save him!

Even though it happened in a split second, he still managed to see the gentle light in her eyes when

she pushed him away.

Her eyes were filled with gratefulness, joy, and relief…

“Amelie!” The pain in Leo’s chest seemed to have exploded as he used the leverage on his safety rope

to desperately swing over to Amelie.

He saw her lying there with blood at the corner of her lips and a ghastly face.

Dark red blood was slowly seeping out from her back and staining her red clothes like a silently

blossoming blood-red flower.

It was shocking!

Amelie hadn’t lost consciousness, so she slowly turned her head and smiled at Leo.

Seeing her smile left Leo so heartbroken that his sobs were caught in his throat, rendering him

breathless.

He didn’t have any time to care about his feelings because after the incident just now, the load-bearing

equipment was destroyed, and everything had tilted onto the pillar.

When the pillar’s weight came down again, the shelves shielding Amelie broke and pushed down on

her body, encasing her inside.

Even so, those shelves couldn’t hold on much longer.

“Get new heavy equipment over here and reattach the pillar. Hurry up!” Leo had never felt so flustered

as he roared out his order.

Obviously, his plan of attack was the right one, so the rescuers quickly contacted the others outside.

This time, they sent a helicopter over.

Several iron chains were hung down from the helicopter, and the rescuers that came down with Leo

quickly fastened the chains to the pillar.

“They have to lift the cranes first, so the pillar will definitely shift, but don’t worry because the load is on

that end, so you won’t be in danger.” Leo was speaking to her through a small hole between the

shelves, and he couldn’t help but soften his voice when reassuring her.

Amelie barely managed to nod. She was in bad shape after losing a lot of blood and getting hit by the

concrete slab.

Leo stared at her for a few seconds before screaming his order to the personnel outside. “Start lifting!”

The helicopter above him whirled as the crane was slowly lifted away, followed by the pillar.

When Leo reached out his hand again, they suddenly heard a child’s pitiful cry.

Everyone was shocked.

“Bria!”