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.”

looked at her watch. “There is still some time before the ceremony. I’ll

her composure, not wanting to let Donia notice her

fall to the ground

Melissa’s words filled her mind, she pulled her new hairdo in frustration, not caring if she would mess it

some time, the door opened, and Elyse raised her head abruptly. She saw Leo entering the room with

a stern and quiet person, and it was getting hard for Elyse to get closer to him after everything that happened. Although he looked at her silently, Elyse still felt her

get up. “Leony.” As she spoke, she

back and said, “I just found out that I

call from Mrs. Alston, and she told me that you didn’t know the exact date of our engagement.

expose her lies and said, “It’s not too late. After

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 now that things have gotten

at her, he couldn’t help but soften his

the look in his eyes and felt happy. Then, she lay her head on his shoulder as she explained, “I have my reputation to uphold, Leony. I

can tell the public that you regret being engaged with me. I’ll

words, Elyse looked at him in

willing to ruin your reputation just to

looked at

had long disregarded his

that I am an ungrateful woman who manipulated your feelings. They will never look at me the same way. Moreover, they will think that I am an ill-mannered woman. I’ll

be it