My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 208

on with a loving expression. It had been taken at Joie Nursing Home.Many comments had been left under the original post. Most of them said the two were a match made in heaven.The further Leo scrolled, the tighter his grip became, and the darker his expression.“Why are you only reporting this to me now?” His tone became a lot harsher.Eugene shuddered at the iciness in Leo’s tone before answering, “I just received the news from Miss Harris…”After Eugene’s return, Laura had been reassigned to the communication department.“She’s only reporting it now when it happened an hour ago?” Leo’s voice became even colder. “Fire her.”Eugene was stunned into silence. All this while, he could tell that Leo was far more lenient on Laura than he was on anyone else. Laura had committed several mistakes even graver than this, but she had never been punished for them. Yet, now…Eugene glanced at the news with a thoughtful look in his eyes. He sighed to himself as he replied, “Yes, Mr. Alston.”“There’s one more thing I want you to do,” Leo instructed just as Eugene was about to end the call. Eugene listened dutifully, but his eyes progressively widened as he heard Leo’s command. “Yes, Mr. Alston,” Eugene said at last. After finishing the call, Leo was in no mood to sit around and drink anymore. He got to his feet.“Leo,” Toby called out to stop him.Toby had a perceptive look in his eyes as he asked, “Why are you treating Elyse like that?”He heard the call between Leo and Eugene.Leo simply looked right back at Toby without saying anything. He didn’t plan on answering the question.Toby chuckled. “Is it because of Amelie?” His fingers dug into the couch under him.“You’re mistaken,” Leo refuted coolly.Toby started laughing again. It was a mocking laughter that Toby had never used with Leo in the past. Leo frowned.All of a sudden, he felt a grip on his shoulder. It was Toby who grabbed him.Toby didn’t say anything. Instead, he swung his fist right at Leo.Leo was caught off-guard and took a punch to the face. A bruise blossomed on his handsome face as blood trickled out of the corner of his lips. “Toby! Have you gone mad?” Leo snarled as he wiped the blood off.Toby didn’t answer. He swung his fist again.Leo’s guard was up this time. He dodged Toby’s fists as he raised his own, and the two began pummeling each other…Amelie woke up with a start. Her eyes were still a little droopy, but she saw Brianna sitting on the bed and staring at her with a phone held up.Brianna’s eyes were bright and clear.“What is it?” Amelie asked puzzledly as she stroked Brianna’s cheek.“Ma’s calling you.” Brianna passed the phone to Amelie.It was only then that Amelie realized the phone was ringing. She quickly answered the call. “Why are you calling me this late, Julia? Did something happen?”“I’ve got the most shocking news to tell you!” Julia screeched so loudly that Amelie’s eardrum nearly burst.“What’s going on?” Julia’s tone was so emphatic that Amelie’s heart stopped for a moment as she thought, Did something happen to the company?She grabbed her tablet to check for herself.“What happened to Leo? Why did he suddenly stop lavishing his affections on Elyse?” Julia cried out. “At 8.00PM today, Elyse did her usual b*tchy thing of posting a photo of her and Leo tending to the garden together, and the Internet went wild with praise. Everyone said the wedding bells were ringing soon enough. Quite a number of production companies tried to get her onboard for their projects when they heard about this.”“Uh huh,” Amelie hummed noncommittedly.“But doesn’t that prove his affection for her?” Amelie couldn’t help but recall what happened earlier today. She felt a slight twang in her heart. No wonder they took so long. They were busy showing off their relationship. He shouldn’t have done it during Bria’s event. He went too far.“That’s not all, of course!” Julia raced to finish sharing, “Here comes the twist. At midnight, Leo personally made an announcement saying that the so-called gardening date was just a coincidental encounter.”Amelie was taken aback. “A coincidental encounter?”“Not only that, but Leo even said that Elyse wants to focus on her career and has decided to go back to being just friends with him. He said that from now on, the two of them are just friends and he asks that everyone stops trying to put them together.”“That’s…”“Do you think Leo went crazy? Or did Elyse cheat on him?” Julia kept coming up with different possibilities.Amelie couldn’t make heads or tails of the news either. She went online and checked the article for herself. Not only did it include the photo, but it even had a statement that