The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1927

They arrived at a nearby restaurant shortly after. Charles kept silent all the way there. It was apparent that he was not in the least bit interested to go out for dinner. On the contrary, Leila was on top of the world, and she kept speaking throughout the journey to the restaurant.

Leila resembled a chatterbox who kept babbling despite Charles not having even paid heed to a single word of her stories.

"Charles, what do you want to eat? Are you up for seafood?" Leila gazed at Charles and, suddenly, her cheeks flushed with blood. She blushed, realizing how she was so desperately ready to do anything that Charles wanted her to.

"I am fine with anything. It's up to you." All of a sudden, Charles felt his heart skipping a beat, and he became impatient.

Charles' sub-conscious reminded him that Sheryl liked seafood the most. But realizing he could no longer have dinner with Sheryl ever again because of Leila saddened him. As soon as he dove deep into the ocean of emotions, Charles took control of himself again, as he couldn't be angry with Leila right now.

"Well, I will place our order then." Leila stared at Charles with a flustered expression. She could read his eyes and sensed what was going in his mind. It obviously was Sheryl!

Charles remained silent after that.

During the dinner, Charles ate without uttering a single word. While Leila could not conceal her happiness at all.

"Charles, the meal is scrumptious. I love seafood! Why aren't you eating more?" Leila spoke while passing Charles some food as if she was Charles' beloved.

Although Charles seemed agitated and sorrowful, she still kept passing him food. It appeared that Leila couldn't comprehend Charles' expression.

"Please, stop it, Leila. I can help myself." Charles reacted in frustration.

Since Charles had found out that Ferry had threatened Sheryl, he had been very annoyed and worried. Nevertheless, he could not ask David to kill Leila because only Leila could tell him what Ferry was up to. Charles couldn't care less about dinner, for all he wanted was to confront Leila about Ferry's evil plan.

Charles did not even eat a bite of food that Leila gave him and passed it back onto her plate instead. Throughout the evening, Charles communicated in a cold tone with Leila.

"Charles, why do you have such an intense hatred for me in your heart? I am fighting an uphill battle with my utmost efforts to get along with you. Tell me, how can I please you?" Leila said with teary eyes. She could no longer bear Charles' rash attitude. She glanced at him, trying to portray herself as the victim.

But, Charles was now well-aware of Leila's victim play card. He knew how Leila always trapped him by gaining his sympathies. This time, Charles wouldn't believe her anymore. He could only put his trust in God to keep his powder dry.

"Have I ever said I hate you? Why do you think this way?" Charles still responded without exhibiting even a bit of compassion towards Leila. He continued eating after he stopped talking.

Leila was baffled, and she could not figure out what to say anymore. So she ate her dinner silently.

It was crystal-clear that Charles was not at all impressed by Leila's melodrama this time. After a while, he finished eating.

"Alright! I am done," Charles said and turned back to pay the bill, hurriedly.

Leila had not finished her meal yet, but she stopped eating too. She caught up with Charles in a rush and left with him.

Shortly, they arrived at the Dream Garden.

"Nancy, please prepare some dessert for Charles."

"No, I am good. I am going to work in the study room," Charles said, snubbing Leila's suggestion immediately, and he went upstairs immediately.

Nancy saw Charles' expression, and she was concerned about him. She was afraid that Charles was dealing with trouble, so she rushed to the kitchen and prepared some chamomile tea for him.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Come in.

Nancy, why are you here?" As soon as Charles saw Nancy, his expression turned agreeable.

"Sir, I saw that you were in a bad temper just now. Is everything alright? Are there some issues with the business?" Nancy asked while putting down the cup of tea on Charles' desk. She sensed that Charles looked relieved now. Nancy had dared to ask him what had happened, as she was genuinely concerned about her master.

"Nothing at all, Nancy. You can go back to sleep," Charles replied in a calm tone. He chose not to say anything about Sher to Nancy.

After all, Leila gave her a good amount of money. So, she was the first on the list to be informed.

But Leila was too busy celebrating her victory and rejoicing over Sher's, so she was not bothered in the least to respond. The nurse had no option other than to phone Charles.

Charles was just about to hit the sack when suddenly his phone rang. The nurse called him at midnight. He picked it up at once without any delay assuming that there must be some emergency.

"What happened?"

"Mr. Lu, Mrs. Shen's hand showed movement just now. The doctor has said that she could wake up anytime soon."

"Are you freaking serious?" Charles responded in disbelief. Charles had some doubts about the news because Melissa had been unconscious for a long time. He could not believe what he just heard. Finally, Melissa would wake up.

"Yes, Mr. Lu. The doctor is doing her check-up at the moment. You need to come here as soon as possible."

"Alright! I will come there in a short while. Please, don't tell anyone else about this." As Charles was about to hang up the call, the nurse intruded all of a sudden, saying, "Well, can I tell it to Miss. Zhang?" The nurse had believed that Leila was Charles' girlfriend. She could not figure out why Charles wanted to hide Melissa's condition from her too.

"I am repeating, please remember not to tell anyone else, notably Miss. Zhang!"

Though Charles didn't know what exactly had happened on that day. Yet, his intuition made him believe that Leila had something to do with it, which he must figure out.

"Well, as you say, Mr. Lu." Though the nurse was bewildered, she still made a promise to not tell anyone else.

Charles hung up the call immediately and dialed David's number hurriedly. Wasting no time, Charles asked him to pick him up from the residence promptly.

Leila peeped from her window and saw Charles going out at midnight. She knew that something serious had happened for Charles would have never left home at this hour. She wanted to go with him. But unfortunately, she could not catch up with Charles' pace.

Leila was very curious and agitated. She wanted to know why exactly Charles went out so mysteriously.