Chapter 222: The Road Home
Amelia bit her lip as she looked at her phone for the umpteenth time. She had no clue what happened during the dinner, and part of her was afraid to check the news headlines, fearing that she would find out about the dissolution of her engagement from the media.
But hours passed, and there was still no announcement from Lady Vanity. Her eyes were beginning to close; she had eaten a nutritious dinner with Isaac and Aiden and was now slowly entering a pleasant food coma. Aiden had promptly made himself scarce after dinner ended, claiming that he was going out on a bike ride.
He invited Amelia out, but Amelia shook her head. While the anti-nausea medicine was working its magic to ensure her dinner stayed inside her, a bike ride might prove too much for the pills to combat. It couldn’t even help the niggling anxiety that was threatening to overwhelm her, whenever she thought about the dinner at the Montgomery household.
How could she compete with the memory of Matteo’s deceased mother? If she was in Matteo’s shoes, it would have been an impossible choice. Matteo might fall in love with another woman in the future, but he only had one mother.
With a sigh, Amelia prepared for the worst. If Matteo did undo the engagement, she was still an heiress and... her hand instinctively went to her belly, stroking it contemplatively. She would have to figure out what to do with the baby, assuming it even existed and it wasn’t an overly aggressive intestinal bug.
Finally, her phone rang. Matteo was on the line! She quickly picked up. Before she could ask, he spoke first.
"It is resolved. They will not give you any more trouble."
Amelia’s heart froze. "What do you mean? Are you marrying Emmeline?" Was he sacrificing himself to keep her safe so that she would remain unaffected?
"No, of course not. I merely told them what I thought of their paltry schemes and told them to shove their offer where the sun doesn’t shine." Matteo let out a rare chuckle, and Amelia detected the slight disbelief― not at her words, but at his own actions.