A Matter of Wife and Love by Mila

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.”

not wanting to let

did she fall to the ground when the crowd had

if she would mess it up.

Elyse raised her head

quiet person, and it was getting hard for Elyse to get closer to him after everything that happened. Although he looked at her silently, Elyse still felt her

moment, she managed to get up. “Leony.” As she

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

I just got a call from Mrs. Alston, and she told me that you didn’t know the exact date of our engagement. I’m sorry about that. If I had

not too late. After all,

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

her, he couldn’t help but soften his

she 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 we were to call it off

“It’s easy. We can tell the public that you regret being

his words, Elyse looked

reputation just to call

looked at

disregarded his so-called

“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

want, be it an advertisement or a

his words, Elyse felt like she was being pushed to the edge, and there was no escape for her. She tried to speak but didn’t