When I Was A Wallflower

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.”

When Donia heard her words, her expression softened. Then, she nodded and looked at her watch. “There is still some time before the ceremony. I’ll take the girls out of the room while you get some rest.”

Elyse maintained her composure, not wanting to

did she fall to the ground when the crowd had

Melissa’s words filled her mind, she pulled her new hairdo in frustration, not caring if she would mess it up. At this moment, she was only thinking about how to make Leo agree

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

a stern and quiet person, and it was getting hard for Elyse to get closer to him after everything that happened. Although he

“Leony.” As she spoke, she darted toward

Leo took a step back and said, “I just found out that I

that you didn’t know the exact date of our engagement. I’m sorry about that. If I had known

and said, “It’s not too

was implying, she still acted surprised. “What do you mean, 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 now that things have gotten to this point?”

at her, he couldn’t help but soften his gaze when he saw her

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

didn’t push her away, his words were cruel. “It’s easy. We can tell the public that you regret being engaged with me. I’ll

looked at him in

willing to ruin your reputation just to

looked at

disregarded his

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 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 lose my

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