A Matter of Wife and Love

Chapter 184

Leo pulled Ashton away. “The most important thing right now is to find the best doctor for her and go about the best treatment plan. I’ll try to get in touch with one.”

Leo then turned to leave.

Behind him, Ashton gritted his teeth. “Damn it!”

He really hated Leo’s attitude.

Leo quickly contacted top experts abroad and called for a private plane to pick them up. Within ten hours, the top experts would arrive.

He frowned after making all these arrangements and suddenly missed Bria a lot.

With that in mind, he went to buy some toys and rushed to the child’s school.

Bria didn’t know what was going on between him and Amelie and was very happy to see him.

The two stayed together for two hours before Leo left and went back to the company.

At the entrance of the company, Laura greeted him anxiously. “President, you’re finally back. Something happened to Elyse.”

Leo and Laura rushed to the hospital and saw Elyse on the roof of the hospital.

She stood on the edge, trembling as if she could fall off at any second.

Her face was bleak and full of despair.

Ashton stood at the side in fear. He was trying to persuade her to come down.

Beside him was Elyse’s father, Michael. He was yelling at her, looking terrified. “Elyse! Don’t scare me. Come down quickly. I’ve already lost your sister. I can’t lose you too. As long as you come down, I’ll do anything for you.”

At this moment, she burst into tears. “Dad, I’m very sick. It’s meaningless for me to live! This is karma. My sister is punishing me. I pretended to be her, and I caught feelings for someone that I shouldn’t. On top of that, I never learned how to cherish it!”

“Why would your sister punish you? She cared about you so much. Even… even when she knew she was dying, her last words were to let you stay in this world instead of her and be happy on her behalf. She loved you so much.”

“No, no. That’s not true!” Elyse cried out and covered her ears tightly, refusing to listen.

Noticing Leo, Michael ran to grab him. “Mr. Alston, please. Please say something to her. Elyse cares about you so much. As long as you talk to her, she will surely listen.”

Melissa, who heard the news, had also run over.

When she saw the scene, she was visibly upset. “What is going on? The reporters have gathered downstairs. What would the reporters say if she jumped? They will start to make assumptions and it’ll be linked to us, saying that we forced her to her death! Leony, you have to stop her immediately!”

All Melissa cared about her entire life was her reputation. As such, how could she possibly let such a thing happen now?

When Michael heard what Melissa said, he muttered again, “Mr. Alston, Elyse is desperate and insecure. Please, for Elie’s sake. Please help her, even if it’s just a lie. Elie has done so much for you. It won’t be too much of a favor for you to marry Elyse now. Elie wanted Elyse to live on for her. Isn’t that more or less asking you to marry Elyse?”

Leo didn’t bother responding.

Among everyone’s panic, he was so calm that it was frightening.

Those eyes glared at Elyse from a distance. Without even moving his mouth, his eyes spoke thousands of words.

When Elyse met his eyes, her heart beat faster and she could hardly stand without support!

She began to think. If Leo didn’t show up to stop her, would she go through with it?

If she did so, she would be smashed to pieces!

Elyse’s legs suddenly turned to jelly.

Michael saw it and kneeled in front of Leo. “Mr. Alston, please, save my daughter. Please save her! As long as you save her, I’ll do anything for you!”

On the other hand, Ashton looked annoyed as he ran his fingers through his hair.

At this time, Laura came running towards Leo. “Those reporters found out it’s Elyse who’s going to jump. They’re already rushing upstairs! Mr. Alston, what should we do?”

Leo frowned and stared at Ashton.

The man who acted like he wasn’t afraid of anything flinched immediately.

“Okay. I agree to the engagement!”

A loud voice came from behind them.

Everyone turned and looked around.

Their eyes fell on Leo.

However, their stares didn’t last long because the voice clearly belonged to a woman.

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In the end, their stares landed on Melissa.

Melissa took a deep breath and looked at Elyse. “Come down. I’ll get him to propose to you.”

Elyse seemed to be taken aback by her words and she stood there blankly.

Ashton and Michael took this chance to pull her down from the ledge.

Instantly, a group of people surrounded her.

After a while, Michael pulled Elyse to Leo. “Elyse, did you hear that? Mr. Alston said that he wants to be engaged to you. From now on, he’ll be by your side forever.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the reporters rushed in.

Cameras and phones started flashing as the crowd rushed in.

Some reporters asked, “Miss Clayton, I heard that you were about to jump off. Is that true?”

“What made you do this?”

“That hospital gown. Are you sick?”

“Is it terminal?”

“Did you do this because of your illness?”

“As your boyfriend, did Mr. Alston fulfill his responsibilities when you were sick? Are you overwhelmed by stress?”

“Everyone, this is a big misunderstanding!” Melissa stood up and shouted when she heard the reporters directing the situation toward Leo. “Elyse is indeed sick, but she isn’t trying to commit suicide. My son came up to propose to her. She was so happy she jumped up.”

She nudged Leo discreetly after speaking.

However, Leo didn’t move and said nothing.

Ashton stood up quickly and supported Melissa’s claim. “Yes, I witnessed the proposal just now. They’re both my best friends and I wish them all the best.”

“My daughter and Mr. Alston have gone through a lot of ups and downs in their relationship. Now it’s blossoming and I couldn’t be happier!” Michael announced as he held his daughter with tears in his eyes.

It was only then that Elyse came back to her senses and she nodded gently. “Thank you for your concern, everyone. I am just a little unwell, but Leo has always been by my side. I’m very happy!”

“That’s right. Leo wants to bring her into the family. They will be getting engaged first.” Melissa’s engagement proposal didn’t mean that she wanted Elyse to marry into the Alston Family. It was just to calm everything down temporarily.

Now that they saw the Clayton Family really push them toward marriage, they hurriedly came up with a white lie.

Elyse smiled shyly and cooperatively leaned into Leo’s arms.

The reporters pointed their cameras at Leo, waiting for him to speak.

Melissa winked, and Laura immediately came to her senses and rushed to stop them, “Since everyone knows what happened, you shouldn’t pester them anymore. If there’s any more news, we’ll notify you all.”

Even though no one else dug deeper for information, just the news of their engagement was more than enough for them to write about. In the end, they all left.

Ashton and Michael hurriedly helped Elyse return to her ward when the reporters left.

Leo didn’t move but looked at Melissa with a frown, “When did you get the right to decide about my marriage?”