Chapter 223 Clinging to Leo

Ashton winced and frowned at the pain he felt. "I don't have an issue with punishing her. But… she's with Mr. Oates now, and if Mr. Oates finds out I was the one who punished her, he might tell my father about it. I'd no longer get any allowance if that happened!" he cried. Elyse was speechless for a while. Ashton was usually an independent and firm man—he often claimed that he was capable of doing anything that he set his mind to. However, now that he had to actually deal with an issue, he simply turned into a big baby! She was disgusted to hear that Ashton still collected allowance from his father. She was tempted to just shove him off a bridge. He's worse than I am!