The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1059

"What happened next? Did you profess your love for him?" Melissa hastily asked Leila.

With a weak smile, Leila replied in a sad voice, "Actually no. In the end I couldn't gather enough courage to do it."

With a deep melancholic sigh, Leila revealed more details. "The reason I had the opportunity to work as his secretary was because that woman introduced me to him. She was my friend as well as my benefactor. I truly couldn't bear to be her enemy if I were to compete for his heart. So in the end, I just didn't have enough courage."

"So what happened then?" Melissa prompted, her eyebrows furrowed in curiosity.

Melissa guessed something must have happened; otherwise Leila wouldn't be in prison now.

"Later…" Leila paused to gather her thoughts before continuing, "Later I found out that there was actually no love between him and that girl. Their relationship started by accident, which made me think there might be hope for me after all."

Smiling softly to herself, Leila continued, "So I tried my best to do whatever he instructed me to do just to get his praise and catch his attention. I chose to work by his side silently and not reveal my true feelings for him because I didn't want to trouble him," Leila said quietly. There was sadness in her voice and it was clear that this had been difficult for her.

"Didn't he notice your infatuation at all?" Melissa asked in confusion. Although men's sense of affection was less sensitive than women's, it was hard to imagine that this man wouldn't catch on to Leila's true feelings.

"Maybe he noticed but pretended not to." Leila's weak smile faltered as she continued to explain her story. "Later on, I discovered that he had already fallen in love with that girl. She was even pregnant.

But their happy life together was suddenly cut short when that woman went missing. He nearly went mad trying to find her. He searched for her everywhere, but she was just nowhere to be found," Leila added, shaking her head slowly. Glancing over at her Melissa, she continued hesitantly, "I have to confess something to you...Right before that woman went missing, I had met up with her. At the time, she was experiencing a difficult birth. When she finally gave birth to a beautiful boy, I took him away and brought him up until he was three years old."

Staring at Leila in shock, Melissa prompted her to continue. "After three years, I took the boy back. I thought maybe if I brought the boy to him, he would fall in love with me and we could start a life together." Leila paused and looked down at her hands. "But when I saw him, I could tell that he was still deeply in love with the woman. He was beside himself with grief. He drank excessively every day and he was not the same man I had fallen in love with."

"Oh, you silly girl…" Melissa sighed pitifully, shaking her head. While it was true that young women in love made mistakes, Melissa had never heard anything quite like this.

"I know what I did was wrong, " Leila responded, trying to explain herself. "But at the time, I felt so desperate, I really didn't know what else to do but to take the boy." As Leila spoke, she knew how inadequate her reasoning sounded, but she continued, "I know it was so selfish and naive, but I just thought this would allow me to be with him forever."

Nodding empathetically, Melissa replied, "So what happened next? Did you get along with the boy? How was your relationship with the man?" Melissa quickly covered her mouth with her hand as if to stop herself from asking more questions. She was very curious, but didn't want to rush Leila.

"That boy…" Leila's voice trailed off. There was a good chance that the boy was the reason she finally broke up with Charles.

Although she raised him, the boy didn't show any intimacy towards her at all.