A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

Chapter 185

Melissa’s face stiffened.

Leo’s words made her angry and embarrassed

It was embarrassing to be questioned like that, and it ticked her off because she was his mother. It was natural for her to arrange his marriage. What he said meant that he didn’t take the engagement seriously!

But she knew that this wasn’t a time to quarrel with him.

Instead, she took a deep breath and said, “You saw the situation. Elyse was so upset. What if she really went through with it? Plus, all the reporters were here. How would you explain it to them? Either way, it will impact her and her family. I trust that you won’t want that to happen either.”

She couldn’t help but sneak a glance at Leo after speaking. When she saw that he didn’t intend to refute, she discreetly breathed a sigh of relief.

Melissa took a few steps toward him and continued, “It’s just an engagement, not marriage. If you don’t want to be with her, you’ll have chances to break off the engagement in the future. Now is not the time.”

…

Downstairs, Ashton stood in front of Elyse’s bed, pacing in circles.

He couldn’t help but reprimand her, “You know how dangerous that was, Elyse?! Don’t you dare do such dangerous things again in the future!”

Elyse listened to his words indifferently. Her face was a blank mask.

After listening for a while, she muttered, “I’m tired. Come back again tomorrow.”

Ashton stopped pacing as soon as he heard her request. Nodding, he stated, “Okay, I’ll come back tomorrow, then. Listen to me and be obedient. Stop thinking about what you have and don’t have.”

It was when Ashton left that Michael decided to approach his daughter.

He sat closely beside his daughter.

Then, he quietly said, “This Ashton guy really cares about you, so much more than Leo. If it doesn’t work out, don’t get hung up on him. You should consider Ashton.”

Elyse immediately changed her tune and rolled her eyes at her father. “Ashton is just an ordinary guy. Not only is he not the only son, but he’s also not a capable man. Being with him is like throwing myself into a pit of fire!”

Michael was so surprised by his daughter’s outburst that he choked before quickly covering it up with a cough. His fists were clenched tightly.

“But Leo doesn’t care much about you. If the reporters weren’t there, he would’ve rejected the engagement long ago.”

think Melissa came here on her own? She’s the kind of woman who only cares about her reputation and

everything with her explanation. He looked proudly at Elyse. “As expected of my daughter. She’s just as smart as I was when

immediately clouded by

the reporters, he isn’t someone who can be manipulated easily. If he doesn’t buy your

if he doesn’t care about me, he would still care about Elie?” Elyse wasn’t worried at all. “As long as my sister is still on his

assured Michael. “Good. That’s

also wished for

way, they would be

overjoyed with her plan. Before leaving, he hurriedly told Elyse that she must take good

quietened, Elyse took out her phone and checked

the news of the

her lips twitched into a smile and a cunning gleam appeared in

promise of engagement,

then sent a short

…

the hospital

but after the things that happened, she simply had no

her temples and thought about how she could postpone the engagement indefinitely and finally peel off Elyse like

was deep in

She was a long-term

“Madam Yancey, I’m so sorry. I’ve already told Madam Freeman I won’t be joining you ladies

line. “It’s alright. I understand that you’re too busy witnessing your son propose

giggling over the

tugged into

news of the engagement. However, Elyse was not her choice of daughter-in-law

reluctantly answered everything Genevieve asked with only a

“Your daughter-in-law is as arrogant as she was four years ago. Your son has already proposed to her and yet, she’s still sitting on her high horse. Why don’t they get married straight away instead of getting

the Alston Family. Melissa’s expression darkened when she heard Genevieve mentioning it so carefreely. She was

reputation as much, she would

back her annoyance before saying calmly, “An engagement seems good. We’ll take things one step at a

the news of Mr. Alston and Miss Clayton’s engagement spread on the Internet, the citizens made up a lot of rumors. A lot of

hung up the phone, her face was already pale

bit of the news was covered with the engagement of Leo and Elyse. To top it off, there was a long

were as

herself, This means that my plans have been