The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 1772 Another Accident

"Father, I know you only want what's best for me, but what I want is to be with Holley. I don't care about

her past. That doesn't matter to me because I love her. Why can't you accept that? I believe everyone

has a good heart. Holley has been nothing but nice to me. You may not fully understand what I see in

her, but you can't say that she hasn't been good to me. We love each other very much. I don't ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

understand why you're so against us."

Black honestly didn't understand why Rex hated Holley so much. Where was it coming from? Was it

just because of her past?

"What's past is past. I don't judge people based on their past, but some people are bad to the core. A

woman like Holley's only going to end up killing you."

Rex had seen a lot and had been through a lot. He knew enough to see through a woman like Holley.

He knew for a fact that Holley wasn't a good person. She was only going to cause trouble. A woman

like her was only going to end up taking Black's life.

As Rex thought of all this, he became even more sure about what he had previously assumed of

Holley.

"Father, I don't believe for a second that Holley could hurt me. She wouldn't feel threatened if she

intended to kill me in the first place. In my whole life, I've never asked for anything. I'm afraid I'm going

to have to insist that I have this one thing, the only thing that I've asked for in my entire life," Black said

firmly as he looked his father in the eye.

He had said his piece to get Rex to agree to his marriage. He wholeheartedly believed that Holley was

a good person. She was good to him, and she was in no way a terrible person.

Rex was furious.

He'd asked Black before to manage the company, but he didn't end up doing a sincere job. Now, Black

was even willing to defy him over a woman.

It could only be assumed how capable a woman Holley was. Rex would never let her in the Hu Family,

no matter how much Black insisted.

"Enough. No matter what you say, I'll never accept Holley as a member of the Hu Family," Rex said

with a tone of finality. As soon as the words left his mouth, he turned to leave without even waiting for

Black to respond.

Still, there was some part of Rex that doubted. In fact, he'd already changed some of his attitude to

Holley. After all, Black was able to deal with Jason, and Ferry was never going near Holley again. Plus,

Holley was pregnant.

Maybe he'd reconsider if Holley truly showed how much regret she had for her actions.

Rex felt better upon thinking of this, but he wasn't going to tell Black. He wanted to intimidate Holley

enough to make her think that no matter how much Black loved her, she wasn't free to do anything she

wanted.

In Dream Garden

Charles was preparing to go to work, while Melissa thought of an excuse to make Leila stay.

Initially, Leila planned to go to work with Charles, but Melissa suddenly asked her to stay. Leila wasn't

too happy about that, but she didn't show this.

As soon as Charles left, Leila turned to look at Melissa. "Aunt Melissa, are you going to ask me to go

shopping with you?"

Leila hoped that Melissa asked her to stay for something important because she didn't want to waste

time just hanging out. There were so many things going on in Shining Company. This was her chance

to show how invaluable she was to the company.

"Leila, it's like you don't know me at all. Why would I be in the mood to go shopping right now? I have

something to tell you!"

Melissa said urgently and quickly skimmed the area to check if Nancy was around. She was relieved to

find that no one could hear what they were going to talk about.

She had been up all night thinking. It was because she'd found out that Holley was pregnant.

She'd then decided that Leila and Charles needed to sleep together. She asked Leila to stay so they

could talk about their next move.

"Aunt Melissa, what are you going to tell me? You're being so mysterious." Leila looked at Melissa,

confused.

Melissa lowered her head and whispered to Leila, "Leila, I thought about this the entire night, and I

think you should sleep with Charles. You're wasting time just standing by and doing nothing."

When Leila heard that Melissa wanted her to sleep with Charles, she couldn't help but feel excited. She

turned to Melissa. "Aunt Melissa, what do you mean?"

"Holley's pregnancy gave me an idea. It'll get on Sheryl's nerves and force her to rush the divorce, all

the while leaving you no choice but to stay with Charles," Melissa said firmly.

She seemed confident and satisfied with her plan.

Leila was puzzled as she didn't know what Melissa's plan was yet. She asked expectantly, "What do

you have in mind, Aunt Melissa?"

She had purposely shown Melissa her desire to be with Charles to get her sympathy and thus her help.

Melissa could see the sincerity in Leila's eyes. She was relieved to find how much Leila truly loved her

son. She grabbed Leila's hand and leaned closer as she whispered her plan to Leila.

Leila grew bashful upon listening to Melissa's plan. She blushed and nodded as she gleefully

responded, "Aunt Melissa, you're too good to me."

Much to Melissa's delight, Leila merrily shook her arm.

"Well, you're good to me too. That's why I do the same for you. I am so lucky to have met you.

Someone as insignificant as Sheryl can't keep us apart. Don't worry. I'm on your side. As long as

everything goes as planned, you'll be my daughter-in-law one day."

Melissa's excitement increased as she spoke. She looked at Leila with assurance.

Leila nodded tearfully. She lowered her head to wipe her eyes before responding, "Thank you so much,

Aunt Melissa. You have no idea how much this means to me."

Melissa knew how moved Leila was as she watched her tear up. Then she said, "All right, stop crying

now. You need to get to work."

"All right, I'm leaving, Aunt Melissa. Take care."

Leila stood up and politely excused herself before heading to work.

In Shining Company

As soon as Charles arrived at his office, David knocked on the door and entered.

David didn't look well, and Charles saw the hesitation on his face as soon as he came in. He frowned.

"All right, what's the problem? Tell me."

"Mr. Lu, all of our confidential files for one of our projects were leaked online. All of our internal

information is all over the internet. People are asking for compensation and..."