A Matter of Wife and Love

Ashton winced and frowned at the pain he felt. “I don’t have an issue with punishing her. But… she’s with Mr. Oates now, and if Mr. Oates finds out I was the one who punished her, he might tell my father about it. I’d no longer get any allowance if that happened!” he cried.

Elyse was speechless for a while. Ashton was usually an independent and firm man—he often claimed that he was capable of doing anything that he set his mind to. However, now that he had to actually deal with an issue, he simply turned into a big baby! She was disgusted to hear that Ashton still collected allowance from his father. She was tempted to just shove him off a bridge. He’s worse than I am!

“Are you saying you can’t even deal with someone like Rose? You’re so…” Elyse wanted to say that he was useless, but she held her tongue back at the very last second. I’m already in trouble now, and I’m practically at the bottom of the food chain at this point. He’s the only influential friend I have now. I can’t afford to offend him—how would I keep myself alive then?

After a while, she was finally able to hold down her contempt toward Ashton and softened her tone as she said, “If you don’t wish to go against Rose, it’s fine, but I’d like to work under your company. The people at the company I’m working in at the moment are awful, and I don’t want to work with them anymore.”

“Well…” Ashton was still hesitant. He appeared to be a powerful figure in the public’s eyes, but he didn’t receive much respect in the Lowe Family. He was the youngest of the three sons in the Lowes, and his elder brothers were extremely capable and skillful. They both held significant roles in the company and received a lot of their father’s attention and care.

Ashton, on the other hand, never had an interest in running a company. He was a dreamer who enjoyed envisioning and imagining unrealistic scenarios, yet he was also a man of all words but no action. He hadn’t accomplished much in his whole life. His father didn’t even bother masking the fact that he was avoiding Ashton, treating him almost as if he was a pest.

I last helped you. He was the reason my father found out about it. My father doesn’t have a good impression of you now, so it’s

“Isn’t there anything that you can do?” She couldn’t contain her temper for much longer, and she sounded rather agitated. Ashton panicked when he heard the anger in his beloved Elyse’s tone,

house—it was simply a place he

when she saw that Ashton had followed her out. “Get lost. I’m going to look for Leo!” She wasn’t an idiot—she knew that she only had the privilege of being a demanding and authoritative person because of her relationship with Leo back

he heard her words. The Lowe Family had a long history with the Alstons, and Ashton and Leo had practically grown up together. The families had always made comparisons between Ashton and Leo as they were growing up, and the comparisons always brought them to the same conclusion—that Leo was the gold standard to be achieved while Ashton was the biggest failure. Even though

was trying to shame Ashton by mentioning Leo. He felt like she was rubbing salt in his wound. “He probably doesn’t have the time for you. He’s probably with Amelie now. I saw a leather file in his office, and I heard that it consisted of all of Amelie’s files. I’m not sure what he’s doing with that information, but it’s rare for Leo to gather information about

a weak and pale expression on Elyse’s face. Her body even started trembling. If Leo sees the data, he’ll find out that Amelie is Big Eyes! If that gets released, then a lot of things will… Even though Ellen’s cover-up story was flawless, there were still a lot of things that could be found if someone tried investigating the matter! Furthermore, Amelie was alive, and if Leo asked her

back. He treats me so heartlessly, even when he thinks I’m his savior’s sister. If he finds out the truth about my role in this, and if he finds out that I have been lying, then my life will be over. He’s going to do more than just cancel our engagement! Elyse didn’t have the guts to imagine further what the man might do. She might have pulled on her hair and screamed at the top of her lungs if she hadn’t felt the need to control herself in front of

how deep she had dug her nails into his skin. “Please help me. Please, help me to alter the

confused. Elyse took her sunglasses off to reveal the side of her face that had scars on it. Tears were already streaming down her cheeks at that point. The man felt a strong sense of sympathy for the woman, even though

information-providing? I just need you to come up with some false information for Leo before stealing the actual file from him. I’m begging you!” She shook his arms frantically. Ashton had embarrassed himself a few times in front of her earlier, and this