The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1031

The air was tense when the talk turned to George and Sula's futures. After Donna admonished George for his actions, she turned back to Caspar. "Caspar, the reason I invited you here today is to resolve the problem. I know you're angry about George's unacceptable behavior towards Sula—so no matter how much you punish him, he deserves all of it. But right now, the most important is that you take their marriage seriously," she said in a firm but gentle tone.

She cast a sincere look at Caspar and continued, "Yes, George has done a lot of stupid things before—but you can see that he has changed now. Why don't you give him a chance?"

"Give him a chance?"

Caspar sneered with a mocking smile. "Donna, we have known each other for so many years. I know George clearly. Although he was obedient to you before, did he ever heed your warning about the whole thing with Holley?"

"No matter how useless I am, Sula is also the apple of my eye. I will never agree to their marriage. I won't give him the chance to hurt my daughter again," he continued in the same icy tone.

He turned to look at Sula with pleading eyes. "If you marry a man who doesn't love you, you'll have a hard time in the future," he warned.

However, Sula stood her ground. "Even if it will be hard in future, I'll accept the consequences," she said firmly. "How could you say that I will fail if you don't even give me a chance?"

"Sula…" Lizzy's voice called her out. She stepped closer to her daughter and also tried to convince her otherwise. "There are some things you have to know…Sometimes, you won't get any reward no matter how hard you work. You blamed your parents who didn't give you a chance to pursue your happiness before, but you should carefully remember the days when you stayed in Y city. Did we try to stop you from pursuing your own happiness?" she said.

Soon enough, Lizzy's persuasive words made a bitter smile cross Sula's face.

'Yeah, I tried to pursue my happiness. I wanted to give up when I got really depressed, but George finally gave me a glimmer of hope with his actions, ' Sula thought.

Sula's thoughts were cut off when Lizzy spoke again. "I also talked to your dad recently. While we don't deny the fact that you and George are really equal in status—so we agreed that you both made a wonderful match…

There were so many rumors and gossips as well during that time. We heard things about the deep and intimate love between George and Holley, so I talked to your dad and we agreed that it would be better to bring you back home to end your pain. George isn't interested in you, but there would always be someone else who would regard you as his treasure. Sula, I told you before that a lover who loves you is much better than a lover you love. If you find a lover who loves you, you will live a prosperous life." For a while, Sula remained silent as she pondered over Lizzy's extremely convincing words.

She clearly knew the fact that her parents had traveled this far because they sincerely cared about her happiness.

"Mom…" Sula whispered. After having thought about it for a while, Sula turned to Lizzy with a bitter smile on her face. "I understand all the things you said, but do you understand me too? It took me such a long time to get together with George. I know that I would have to confront the problems should there be any. Now that I have made my choice, I am not afraid to face any consequences."

The atmosphere went quiet once again. It was true that Sula had a valid point too. She inched closer to Lizzy and held her hands as she continued, "Mom, I'm not a little kid anymore. I can decide for myself."

"Aunt Lizzy," George's deep voice carefully joined in. He stepped forward behind Sula and turned to Lizzy, then said, "I'm not afraid to tell you the truth between Holley and I... It was definitely a mistake from the beginning to the end. She had deceived me for three years. To be honest, I'm even ashamed to say that out loud."