A Matter of Wife and Love
Chapter 164

Chapter 164

Ashton had no idea what was in Elyse's mind at that moment as he hugged her tenderly in his arms.

After leaning onto him softly, she started sobbing while hugging him. At the same time, he gently patted her back to comfort her.

With something on her mind, she didn't dare to cry for too long. So, she stopped crying after about 10 minutes.

"Have some water." Although he had never served anyone before, he still clumsily poured some water for her.

Without stopping her snivel, she lowered her head and took the glass. From time to time, she would rub her eyes, making them red and swollen.

When he saw her red and swollen eyes, he felt sorry for her. "Why did you tell Leo about this? He'll just be suspicious at best. So, as long as you firmly deny it, he can't do anything to you." Elyse had told him this herself, so he couldn't understand how she could make this mistake.

As she took a deep breath, a contemptuous feeling for Ashton arose. He's really stupid, indeed! How can he not understand such simple logic? Yet, she still spoke politely. "Although I pretended to be Big Eyes because I cared too much about Leo, it's still unethical. I simply couldn't get over my conscience. So, I feel better after telling him. Moreover, even if I didn't tell him, he could investigate it himself, too. Do you want me to wait until he replaces out everything and then expose me? I don't want that!"

When he heard that, Ashton gritted his teeth. Although he wasn't smart, he understood what she meant. Being exposed after Leo found out himself would be 100 times more embarrassing than admitting it herself. Yet, he still felt bad, so he kicked the leg of a chair. "It's all Leo's fault. He's the one who made you feel wronged and humiliated. He should take responsibility! How dare he even mention breaking up?! He should be marrying

you!"

At this moment, Elyse secretly scoffed in her mind. This man only knows what etiquette, integrity, justice, and fairness mean when talking about others. He has also done so many things and played so many women. He's

far worse than Leo.

Not only was he incapable, but he was also frivolous and liked to stand on moral high ground to criticize others, thinking that he was always right. This was also the main reason why she wasn't willing to bother him when he clearly cared more about her than Leo.

Suddenly, she feigned a sigh and said, "Clearly, I'm not worthy of him, so I don't blame him for not marrying me. What I'm worried about now is that, with his personality, he'll definitely try to replace out who Big Eyes is. Given our relationship, we'll have to meet every day. If he brings Big Eyes back, isn't that going to humiliate me to death?" As she spoke, tears rolled down her face again.

Ashton became even angrier upon hearing these words. "Damn it! He's the one who got the wrong person, but be made you suffer humiliation? What is this?I" person is already married and has a family, but if not, who can resist his charm?"

Ashton didn't think that Leo had such great charm. He was always serious and boring, going about his days in a routine and talking about business. Just looking at him was tiring. However, which woman in this world could reject money? That Big Eyes woman is probably going to divorce her husband once Leo replaces her, even if she's already married.

"This won't do!" He slammed his fist on the table. "There's only one solution to this-we need to make sure they don't meet!"

"I'm afraid it's too late. I see how urgently Leo left. He's probably going to replace that woman throughout the night." Elyse frowned and looked outside worriedly. After Ashton kept his fist to himself, he straightened his clothes. "I'll figure out a way to stop him now! Wait for my good news!" He then left in a hurry.

With squinted eyes, she looked in the direction where he had gone. Only after he disappeared in the elevator did she quickly close the door.

Then, she picked up her phone off the table and dialed a number. "Give Ashton some guidance. Let him know what he should do and try to buy time." This fool will only make things worse if not guided. The moment she hung up the phone, a sharp and vicious gleam appeared in her calm eyes.

It was not that the Big Eyes matter couldn't be hidden from Leo, but the reason she admitted to it was that she wanted to leave a good last impression on him so that they wouldn't be awkward when they met in the future. However, there was also another more important reason. It was to prevent him from actually bringing her to verify the truth. If he were to do so, he might replace out who the real Big Eyes was from Ms. Albert.

Amelie ruined my life. Who does she think she is to win Leo's heart?

With this delay, she could do a lot of things.

On the other hand, Leo did plan to go to Quinn Town overnight, but he didn't take action right away. Instead, he sat in the car, smoking,

He had made a mistake for ten years, so he couldn't face himself, let alone faced Big Eyes.

Did she look for me as promised back then? Was she disappointed because I ignored her? Did she leave me because of Elyse? Does she still hate me now? Whenever these questions arose, he felt a sharp pain in his

chest.

Several years in the business world had made him think he had built up a heart of stone, but at this moment,

As he held his chest, he tried to smoke. The smoke entering his lungs intensified the pain, but he didn't stop as he took this as a punishment for his carelessness back then.

It wasn't until he had thrown numerous cigarette butts onto the ground that he rubbed his brow and contacted a driver to come and drive him. Although his eye had recovered, he had replaced his cornea after all, so it couldn't be compared to a completely normal eye. The dim light at night wasn't enough for him to drive.

Within minutes, the driver arrived, and he started the car right away. After 10 minutes had passed, they were already on the highway.

The whole time, Leo looked out the window and remained silent, making the atmosphere in the car dull. When the driver sensed that Leo wasn't in a good mood, he didn't even dare breathe too fast as he tried to minimize

his presence.

Suddenly, a phone rang, loud and clear, breaking the silence in the car.

Shocked, the driver glanced at Leo before frantically searching for his phone. In the end, he realized it was not his phone ringing but Leo's.

Seeing that Leo still hadn't answered his phone after a long time, the driver cautiously reminded him, "Mr. Alston, someone's calling you."

Only then did Leo come back to his senses and pick up the phone. "Hello?"

"Mr. Alston, you asked me to compensate Elyse earlier. How much money do you think will be appropriate?" Laura's voice came from the other side of the phone.

When Leo asked her to replace him a driver, he casually mentioned the compensation when he gave her the order. However, she couldn't decide on the amount, so she had to ask.

With his brows furrowed, he said, "Ask her how much she wants."

"Elyse says that she doesn't want any compensation," she responded in a low voice.

In fact, Laura was quite surprised that Elyse and Leo would end up being like that.

In her eyes, Leo had always been very indulgent toward Elyse. Even when she was caught cheating by the media, he never went against her. After that, when she went abroad, he even visited her several times. Now that he suddenly wanted to break up, she couldn't figure out what had gone wrong. However, she knew very well where she stood now, so she wouldn't ask too many questions. While rubbing his forehead, Leo said, "Give her 50 million, then."

"Are you sure about that?" Even though Laura had seen so much in her life, she still gasped in surprise as

she rarely saw such a large sum of money. By right, Leo and Elyse were just dating, so it would already be very generous of him to give her more than a million in compensation.

While they were still talking, his phone rang with a new incoming call notification. He couldn't help but take the phone down from his ear to take a look.

The moment he saw that the flashing number on the screen was Amelie's, he instinctively ended the call with Laura and answered Amelie's call.

As soon as the call was connected, Amelie's voice came through. "Seriously, Leo. What do you want?"