A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 189

“What took you so long?” On the other end of the phone, Melissa’s voice was in haste and impatient.

Hearing her words, Elyse rolled her eyes in disdain, unhappy with Melissa’s attitude. Just as she was about to retort, she heard Melissa’s words. “Leo just came back and refuses to hold the engagement. I have done everything I can to help you. Now, it’s up to you if the engagement will go through.”

When Elyse heard her words, she was stunned. “What do you mean? Did you not inform him about the engagement?”

She knew that Melissa couldn’t have gotten Leo to agree to this matter. Hence, she asked Melissa if she had tried persuading him all this while.

However, Melissa didn’t reply to her. The only sound coming from the phone was the beeping tone—Melissa had hung up on her.

At that moment, Elyse was furious. She gripped her phone tightly and almost threw it away. However, she stopped herself since there were still many people outside the room. If they were to know about this matter, she would be doomed.

Thinking about this, Elyse clutched the phone tightly and leaned against the wall while breathing heavily. Her eyes were filled with dissatisfaction. After all, there was no way she would give up when things had come to this point.

She gritted her teeth tightly, almost drawing blood.

At this moment, Donia’s voice rang by the door. “Did something happen, Elyse?”

Hearing her voice, Elyse turned around and was met with her questioning gaze. Donia’s gaze was like a light shining on her, making her nauseous. However, she suppressed the feeling and said, “I’m fine. I’m just nervous and tired, that’s all.”

at her watch. “There is still some time before

wanting to let Donia notice her

to the

not caring if she would mess it up. At this moment, she was only thinking about

Elyse raised her head abruptly. She saw Leo entering the room with a

and it was getting hard for Elyse to get closer to him after everything that happened. Although he looked at

As she spoke, she darted toward

a step back and said, “I just found out that I have an

so why not sooner?” Elyse forced a smile and acted innocent. “However, I just got a call from Mrs. Alston, and she told me that you didn’t know the exact date of our engagement. I’m sorry about that. If I had known about this

not too late. After

Leony? It wouldn’t matter even if you don’t know the engagement date, right? After all, we are going to get engaged soon.” Then, she bit her lips in disappointment. “Are you going to break your promise? If that’s the case… you should have told me sooner. How will I walk out of this matter

but soften his gaze when he saw her

her head on his shoulder as she explained, “I have my reputation to uphold, Leony. I have sent all the invitations, and many guests have arrived. What will they think of me if we were to call it off abruptly? I would be

away, his words were cruel. “It’s easy. We can tell the public that

his words, Elyse looked at him in

your reputation just

looked at

long disregarded

filled with horror. She looked at him with tears in her eyes as she spoke. “Even so, my reputation will still be ruined. Everyone will say that I am an

you whatever you want, be it an