The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1889

"Black, I had a dispute with Sheryl because of a project in the past. Isla is her best friend. I know she still blames me for it..." Making use of Aron's interruption, Holley quickly came up with something to attack Isla.

"You... Holley, you're lying!"

"Isla, I've been very tolerant lately. It isn't fair for you to be mad at me because of Sheryl's downfall. She is the person responsible for everything that is going wrong in her life. I don't understand why you hold me responsible for it!" Having said that, Holley started to weep.

Black was heart-broken once he saw her in this state. Wrapping her in his arms, Black tried to console Holley. His gaze shifted to Aron, and he said, "Who is this?"

"My wife!" Aron wasn't a person who would wince easily. Now that Isla was in a difficult situation, he had made up his mind to step in.

"Better ask her to watch her actions!"

"I advise you the same!" Aron retorted back.

Earlier, Isla had been under the impression that Aron had come to pull her away. But now, it turned out that he was here to help her. 'I'm so glad that he's here!' she thought to herself happily.

"Okay, let's just wrap this matter up. I don't care what happened between Holley and Sheryl in the past. The bottom line is, it has nothing to do with you. Hence, I don't see the point in you arguing about it!" Black sensed that there would be a huge row between Holley and Isla if he didn't stop it. Now that he had been freed from his confinement, he had no intention of creating any more trouble. If anything went wrong, he might end up locked away again. Considering all of this, he decided it was best to let the matter go. Using his calmest tone, he tried to prevent the altercation from leveling up.

"I have to settle this right here and right now! Holley, have you forgotten what you had done to Sheryl in the past? Now tell me, what is the project that you're referring to? Is it a project about how you framed Sheryl?" Isla jeered.

Holley was struck speechless. Black wasn't aware of Holley's past, and Holley had no intention of showing it to him. Initially, she had hoped to hide it from him. Deep down, she knew that if he found that out, their relationship would surely get affected.

At that thought, Holley suddenly covered her stomach and pretended to be suffering from acute pain.

"Holley, what's wrong?" Black asked with a nervous look.

"Black, it's painful!"

"I'll take you to the hospital right now." When Black was about to take Holley to the hospital, Isla blocked their way.

"Let me warn you!

If anything happens to the baby, I'll make you pay for it!" Black stated angrily, gritting his teeth.

Aron pulled Isla aside.

Then Black and Holley left.

"What are you doing?" Isla shook his hand off and decided to follow them. However, they were already out of her sight.

"Didn't you see that? Holley was pretending to be sick. If you had blocked her way, she would definitely have found a way to blame you for her health. It would just have given her an opportunity to attack you." Aron truly suspected that Holley was feigning pain. But it never occurred to him that her pregnancy was also a facade.

But if something had happened to Holley, he knew with certainty that Isla would have to take the blame for it.

"Today is her lucky day!" Isla spat. Although Isla often acted on impulse, she was a clever woman. When Aron reminded her of the consequences, she slowly realized he had a point. Finally, she concluded that it was best to let Holley go, for the time being.

Afterward, she asked Aron to drive her back to the company.

There was a moment when she had thought of framing Isla. However, Isla had never touched her. On second thought, she also realized blaming Isla for her miscarriage would undoubtedly enrage Isla. Isla was a fierce woman. She wouldn't think twice before attacking Holley for the awful deeds she had done in the past. 'In short, it would bring more harm than good, ' Holley told herself.

That was why she gave up on the idea of framing Isla.

"Luckily you're fine. Who was the woman we met just now? And what was she talking about? Was there ever a fight between you and Sheryl?" Though Black had no idea who Isla was, he knew Sheryl was Charles' ex-wife. In fact, he had met her on a few occasions.

"Oh, yes, but it was just a minor issue. There was a project. They were close to getting it, but we successfully took it from them. Since then, Isla hates me. She makes use of every opportunity to defame me!"

"She's terrible! I'll ask someone to give her a warning! I don't want her to mess with you anymore!" Black's face twisted as if he was enraged by Isla.

"You don't have to do that. It's a private matter between her and I. If you get into trouble, the whole company is going to be affected! I know Aron has some partnership projects with the company. I don't want you to be worried about it. There's nothing Isla can do to me, other than cursing!" Holley suddenly turned nervous when she heard that Black was going to warn Isla.

'If he decides to confront Isla, it's definitely going to be a disaster! I just want to stay away from that woman! What if she reveals all my darkest secrets to Black? No way! I can't let that happen, ' Holley thought to herself.

Seeing Holley's insistent look, Black respected her choice.

"All right, but I'll assign two guards to protect you. Please, don't say no to that. I am truly worried about your safety!" Black pleaded, sounding genuinely concerned.

"I'm okay with that!" Holley heaved a small sigh of relief.

Soon, they arrived at a restaurant near the cinema.