My Sugar and Your Spice (Amelia and Leo)

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.”

here on her own? She’s

looked proudly at Elyse. “As expected of my daughter. She’s just as smart as

was immediately clouded

in front of the reporters, he isn’t someone who can be manipulated easily. If he doesn’t

would still care about Elie?” Elyse wasn’t worried at all. “As long

assured Michael. “Good. That’s

also wished for

way, they

leaving, he hurriedly told Elyse that she must take good care of her

out her phone

the news of the couple getting engaged was all over the

smile and a cunning gleam

promise

sent a

…

other end, Melissa had left the hospital and

an appointment to play poker with her friends but after

the engagement indefinitely

was deep in

She was a long-term friend

sat up hurriedly and puffed up her chest before answering the phone. “Madam Yancey, I’m so sorry. I’ve

understand that you’re too busy witnessing your son propose to your future daughter-in-law.” Her voice

over the phone. “Congratulations, Mrs.

face tugged

However, Elyse was not her

everything Genevieve asked with only a

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 engaged? This marriage wouldn’t be like the one

was a big humiliation to the Alston Family. Melissa’s expression darkened when she heard Genevieve mentioning

as much, she would have started cursing Genevieve

deep breath to hold back her annoyance before saying calmly, “An engagement seems

go too far, talking about this and that. A lot of assumptions will surface. As soon as 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 people are saying that

the phone, her face

on news webpages and sure enough, just like Genevieve said, every bit of the news was covered with

of them were as Genevieve