The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 1762 Holley Is Caught Under Duress

"Just get straight to the point. You don't need to pretend in front of me," Leila firmly said to Holley.

Holley could tell that Leila wasn't going to be up for her plan so she just laughed and said, "I just

wanted to ask you what's going on between you and Charles."

Charles was Leila's weakness. Just a mention of his name and it was easy to hook Leila on. Holley

was smart enough to use that.

"I don't think that's any of your business."

This reminded Leila of Charles. Soon, her face looked gloomy, and her voice had lowered.

"You have to stop chasing a man who doesn't even love you."

Leila felt her heart twist in pain upon hearing this.

"Holley Ye, are you looking for trouble?" Leila snapped.

"We're sisters. I just don't want to see you losing both your money and your efforts when this all comes

crashing down," Holley said seriously.

It was very cunning of Holley to use the sister card. If Leila didn't know what kind of person Holley was,

she would've fallen for her trap.

"Oh, really? If you're my sister then what do you really think?" Leila asked, pretending to agree with

Holley.

Holley was pretty obvious. Leila could tell that Holley would get upset if all her efforts were put to

waste.

"If you don't end up with Charles, at the very least, you should have your own money so you can

protect yourself. I have an idea that could get you more money or maybe, you could even end up

owning the Shining Company. Are you interested?" Holley proposed.

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Leila got excited. She'd wanted Shining Company from the start. At first, she just wanted to be married

to its president, but if she could own it, then that would even be better.

"All right, Holley, tell me about your plan," Leila replied softly. She'd become visibly more relaxed.

Holley knew that she already had Leila as long as she talked about money.

"Since you're Charles' secretary, you have access to all of the company's and Charles' confidential

files." Holley was skeptical at first to mention this to Leila. She didn't even expect that Leila would ask

about her plan, but now that Leila did, she was pretty confident about her proposal.

"Yes, I do. Do you want me to steal any of those files?"

The look on Leila's face shifted. She'd never expected this of Holley—that she could be so ruthless,

although she was clear that Holley couldn't have any good ideas. It might have been an illegal plan, but

it was the only way Leila could get what she wanted. She knew Holley had her own selfish motives, but

that didn't matter to her.

Leila was getting what she wanted, and that was all that was important. She already knew that Holley

was planning something, and she was interested in what it was. Apparently, Holley was going after

Charles this time, but she couldn't figure out why. What would Holley get if she went after Charles?

Leila kept quiet until Holley had told her everything.

"Great. Now listen, as long as you can get a hold of any of those files, you can find a way to make the

company suffer. Charles wouldn't know what to do, and then you can come to him with help. You'll be

supportive, caring, and loyal. Who's to say that Charles wouldn't fall in love with you?" Holley said, a

triumphant look on her face.

"Hmm, the plan could work. I'll see what I can do. Thanks, Holley, you're so nice," Leila said merrily.

She was an expert at faking smiles.

Holley was relieved upon hearing Leila's approval. She already knew that Leila was pretty easy to

manipulate. What surprised her was that Leila listened to her entire plan so easily.

"Of course, we're sisters. You're very welcome," Holley responded, finally allowing herself a smile.

"Okay. If there's nothing else, I need to go now."

Leila hung up the call before Holley could respond.

When the busy tone filled Holley's ears, she sighed in relief.

Meanwhile, Leila was rhythmically tapping on the table with her fingers. After a pause, she picked up

her phone and dialed a number, a light smile playing on her lips.

When the line was connected, Leila immediately said, "I need to know Holley's whereabouts,

specifically what she's been doing these days."

"Okay, Ms. Zhang. It's the same price for tailing Sheryl. Is that okay?" The private detective was glad to

get a phone call from Leila.

Leila was taken aback but quickly gathered herself to respond, "Okay. As long as you get the job done,

money is not a problem."

The private detective chuckled upon hearing this. Nodding his head, he lightly responded, "Ms. Zhang,

don't worry. I make a living out of this. I'm sure I can get the job done."

They ironed out a few details before hanging up the phone. After that, Leila got lost in her thoughts.

Before, when she asked the private detective to tail Sheryl, Leila couldn't help but worry. Fortunately,

she was able to get some information against Sheryl, and she had used it to get Charles to believe her,

and it worked.

In Holley's residence

After Holley's call with Leila, she headed home, taking extra precautions. She thought hard about it,

and she decided that she was going to call Ferry. After all, she had persuaded Leila to get in on her

plan, which could eventually lead to destroying the Shining Company. She needed to tell Ferry that.

As soon as Holley took out her cell phone, she heard the door being kicked open. She wasn't even

able to dial. She trembled in fear as she looked at the door. This time, she was alert.

A group of people in black suddenly barged inside Holley's house.

Holley got on her feet, looking at them. Her face was pale and she looked terrified. "Who... Who are

you? What do you want?"

The intruders were also wearing headgear as if to protect their identities. It looked like they wanted to

kidnap her. How could she keep calm?

"Cut the crap. Just behave yourself and come with us. If you do, we'll stay away from your face.

Otherwise, you can't blame us for what we do to you," the person in front said coldly as he pointed at

Holley.

Even though the headgear that the intruders were wearing was covering half their faces, Holley was

still terrified to look at them. If she didn't do what they said, they could hurt her.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming with you," Holley said in a low voice out of fear.

The intruders saw that Holley wasn't going to put up a fight, so they didn't hurt her. They just roughly

pushed her to follow them downstairs.