Chapter 146


    “Let’s break up.”


    An explosion erupted in Elyse’s head, and she looked at him with unblinking, confused eyes as though


    she didn’t understand what he meant. “W-What did you say?


    “We’re not suited for each other. Let’s break up,” Leo repeated.


    “Leo…” Her mouth opened and closed several times until she finally uttered his name. As she stood


    there, paralyzed on the spot, her brain slowly regained its functions, but the more she thought about it,


    the more her body trembled. “W-Why do you have this thought all of a sudden? Aren’t we doing well


    the whole time? Are you breaking up with me because of this?”


    “It’s not because of this matter that I’m breaking up with you,” he answered in a clear voice. “It’s the


    decision I made after careful consideration.”


    “Careful… consideration?” The words hit her like a sledgehammer, and tears rolled down her face


    freely again.


    So, the whole time when I thought he was mine again, he was thinking about… breaking up?


    Proud and arrogant, Elyse thought that if she humbled herself and pleased Leo, he would present his


    heart to her on a silver tter. In the end, he ignored all of her efforts!


    She bit her lip hard and couldn’t say a word. All she could feel was Leo silently trampling on her face,


    ravaging it over and over again!


    Meanwhile, after Leo finished all he had to say, he gave her a slight nod before walking outward.


    It was then that Elyse finally snapped back to her senses and lunged at him to stop him. “Leo, you can’t


    do this! I don’t want to break up with you!” Tears flowed down her cheeks as she held him from behind.


    “I know you’re still mad over what happened four years ago. I was the one who was too stubborn back


    then and put you in such an awkward position because I didn’t make things clear immediately. Back


    then, I was… too young. Furthermore, your mother disliked me so much, so I only wanted you to lower


    yourself and spoil me in public


    to teach her a lesson. It was really.. just a moment of folly.”


    While she was speaking, her face was filled with unease.


    When it was exposed that she cheated, she chose not to exin herself because she wanted Leo to


    set his dignity aside and protect her in public. If word of this got out, many would call her shameless


    and ignorant, but at that time, she thought all of this was right.


    “I’m sorry. You spoiled me so much back then that I became arrogant and didn’t know when to stop,”


    she quickly apologized.


    I en lowered his head and nced at the hands that were ssed together tightly around him Then the


    odoos


    “Elyse,” he called her name softly, but his tone had never been so gentle before. “I know exactly what


    happened four years ago.”


    His gentle voice failed to instill a sense of security in Elyse. Instead, she turned even more nervous,


    and right after, she felt more embarrassed than ever!


    “You indeed wanted to teach my mother a lesson, but it’s also true that you slept with that man,” he


    said


    indifferently.


    Suddenly, she turned into stone, and even her blood flow stopped. “Leo…. Then, why didn’t you—’


    “Do you want to ask me why I didn’t expose you back then when you told me that you didn’t sleep with


    that man? At that time, I had already married Amelie, and it was pointless to expose your lie. Moreover,


    I’ve already slept with her when you cheated on me, so I was in no position to expose you.”


    Speechless, Elyse finally knew that the glee she felt when she thought that she had fooled him was all


    but an


    illusion.


    Humiliation and embarrassment washed over her like a big bucket of water.


    After a long while, she asked weakly, “Since that’s the case, why are you still so aloof to Amelie?”


    At the mention of Amelie, Leo’s calm face turned a little solemn, and the emotions which he didn’t


    understand himself shed in his eyes. “I was aloof to her because I resented her for going back on her


    word and setting


    me up.”


    The son of a magnate who was doing very well in the business world was set up by an unknown girl;


    this was no different from being cut in the chest by a knife.


    “Speaking of which, we should actually thank her. If it isn’t because of her, Genesis, the Alstons, you,


    and I won’t be having it so good now.”


    This time, Elyse released her grip before Leo had to shove her aside, and she stood there weakly like


    all the energy had been sucked out of her.


    For the past four years, he had never said anything like that, but now, he wanted to thank Amelie.


    What did this mean?


    This meant that his attitude toward Amelie had already changed, bit by bit, so it was only a matter of


    time before he fell for her!


    Before he even finds out that Amelie is Big Eyes, he’s already…


    On Elyse’s face, there was only destion, and her chest felt so cold that it was as though the Siberian


    desert was there: icy cold and barren.


    At the thought that she was defeated by Amelie, who was brought up in a vige, she felt her chest


    being pricked by needles.


    She was unwilling to admit defeat.


    Hence, she shut her eyes and said, “Leo, even if I was wrong in that matter, I received my punishment


    and lost you for four years. In those four years, I missed you so much that I became depressed, and


    even when I had thoughts ofmitting suicide, I still didn’t dare to look for you. Isn’t this enough? Can


    we let bygones be bygones and just remember the days we spent at Quinn Town? How amazing it was


    when we lived with and depended on each other back then.”


    As Elyse had never experienced anything from those years, she couldn’t say anything in detail and


    could only mention it vaguely.


    Leo and Big Eyes promised each other that they would never mention that period in their lives again,


    and this was the reason Elyse was able to stay by his side under the guise of ‘Big Eyes’ for such a long


    time.


    In the past, she felt awkward when she stood in as Amelie, but such was the nature of humans; the


    more she repeated the lie, the more she took it for real.


    At this moment, she had lost all traces of shame and spoke about the past as if it was a matter of fact.


    She was well aware that this period of time carried great importance to Leo, or more urately


    speaking, the existence of Big Eyes held a great significance to him.


    Sure enough, the knot between Leo’s brows rxed, and he turned around to hold Elyse’s shoulders.


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    Happiness flooded into her heart. Suppressing the delight within, she pursed her lips and gazed at him


    with a pathetic face. “Leo, let’s spend some time at Quinn Town, shall we? I really miss the times from


    back then.”


    “Sure,” he agreed readily.


    Seeing that he had agreed, Elyse thought that her scheme had worked, and she wanted to throw


    herself into his arms, but he held her shoulders stiffly to stop her.


    “I can return to Quinn Town with you, but not as your boyfriend. Only purely as your friend.”


    She was dumbstruck, and shock appeared on her face once more. Did I lose again this time? Even Big


    Eyes is not working anymore?


    Her heart raced against her chest loudly, and she called out his name tentatively, “Leo… You’re kidding


    with me, right?”


    In the past, Leo could tolerate all of her nonsense because he mistook her for Big Eyes, and she


    couldn’t believe that he would turn so heartless all of a sudden.