My Sugar And Your Spice

Chapter 223

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 Ashton rarely voiced out, he often felt a sense of aversion toward Leo.It was clear that Elyse 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 someone else. He barely does it to other girls!” Ashton couldn’t help himself from speaking up. As expected, his words brought 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 about it…Large beads of sweat trickled down Elyse’s 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 Ashton.“Ashton!” She clutched onto his arm once more. She didn’t even realize how deep she had dug her nails into his skin. “Please help me. Please, help me to alter the details in the files!” she cried.“Why do you need to change the files?” Ashton was 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 she looked like a complete mess at that moment.“Don’t question me—just do what I say! Isn’t your family business related to 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 time, he finally found something that he was capable of helping out with. “Calm down. I’ll do it for you,” he uttered as he held onto her hands.“Hurry up and do it!” Elyse gave him a harsh shove.…Leo was in a good mood that night. He had a meal with Amelie and Bria, and this was the first time he felt a sense of kinship in their family of three. Looking back now, I really failed to appreciate all the good times we once had. He couldn’t help but think about Amelie while he was on the way back. The smile on his lips remained frozen on his face throughout the whole ride home.Eugene, who was in the driver’s seat, was shocked to see the smile on Leo’s face. Eugene hung his mouth wide open. He had always thought of Leo as a stern person, and he had barely ever seen Leo smile since he first met him. What’s he smiling about? Is it Bria? Eugene considered the possibility of Leo thinking about Bria, but his gut feeling also told him that Leo’s smile didn’t seem like the type of smile he would make for his daughter.Eugene was a father himself, so he knew how he would have a compassionate and loving smile on his face whenever he thought about his kids. The smile on Leo’s face… looks more like it’s for a woman. But he doesn’t have any women around him, Eugene thought. “I want to head back to the office.” Leo’s voice sounded from the backseat, disrupting Eugene’s train of thought.Leo’s voice was icy and hard. The warm smile on his face earlier had been replaced by an icy frown. Eugene shuddered at how quickly Leo could change his expression. “The office, right?” Eugene had been too distracted to pay attention to Leo’s words earlier. Furthermore, Leo had finished all of his tasks that day. Why does he want to go back to the office?Eugene didn’t understand what was going on, but he followed his orders and sent Leo to the office anyway. “You can get off work now.” Leo took the keys from Eugene while dismissing him from his duties. After that, Leo headed up to his room. He didn’t have much work to do,