The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1480

"Cassie, Nick told me what happened between you," Isla said. "There has been some misunderstanding. You've got it all wrong, Cassie. All you saw that night was set up by Jordan."

'Misunderstanding? Jordan?'

Cassie couldn't believe her ears. She turned toward Isla with a surprised look.

Cassie had been torn apart since that night. Even if her sanity led her to a disappointing conclusion, her heart always refused to believe what she witnessed. Cassie's eyes were flickering with hope at Isla's words, even though Isla wasn't yet to tell her the whole story.

"Let me tell you the whole story. Nick didn't know the woman. They were not even friends. That night, the woman just happened to spend the night in his house, but nothing else happened. No matter what you saw, it was simply not true." Isla paused and looked at Cassie. "And then on your way back from Nick's house, you met Jordan. Didn't you find anything strange about that? Why did he happen to be around Nick's house? So late at that night!" Sheryl reasoned.

Cassie gauged what Isla told her and reviewed the incidents that took place that night again in her mind. With the version of Isla's story, Cassie's mind got instantly cleared up. She felt a little guilty of herself, and blamed herself inwardly, 'I felt that something was not right. I shouldn't have been so suspicious. I was tricked by Jordan, but I had no idea. I didn't see through the situation and thought it was all Nick's fault…'

Seeing the confused expression on Cassie's face, Nick took a step forward to stand in front of her and looked into her eyes affectionately. He explained, "Isla and Sheryl are right. Cassie, I have nothing to do with the woman. I haven't done anything intimate with her. Jordan was the one behind everything and tried to separate you from me."

Cassie's heart was brimming with conflicting emotions at the moment. "Then you could have explained it to me earlier, shortly after that night. Why didn't you do it?" Cassie looked into Nick's eyes and questioned, trying in vain to feign sternness. Her eyes had become two pools of tears as she spoke, betraying all her endeavor to act strong.

"I wanted to, but you didn't leave me any choice back then!" Nick sighed, his eyes still full of affection. He was intended to chase after Cassie outside and explain his innocence to her. But he dreaded that Cassie might be too disappointed with him and refuse to listen to any reason he put forth. Besides, it would be rude for him to leave the woman alone without a reasonable excuse.

Cassie got emotional upon hearing Nick's explanation. She almost believed Nick. Tears rolled down her cheeks. But suddenly Cassie shook her head and shouted at Nick, "Liar! You are lying to me!"

Dumbfounded, Nick didn't know how to respond. He didn't anticipate Cassie would treat his words with disbelief.

Why would Cassie allege that Nick was lying? And that too after he explained everything to her in explicit detail!

Sheryl exchanged a look with Isla. Both of them were as startled as Nick himself.

'Has Nick changed into a dishonest man, and is it only Cassie who noticed it?'

"I still remember the picture that you shared on your WeChat Moments. I saw a woman's hand in the picture. That is why I thought you loved another woman…" Cassie paused and buried her face into her hands. Her mind was in a mess. Then she started to blame herself for having been too paranoid. At the same time, she also felt happy to receive Nick's apology and his sincere explanation before it was too late.

"Ah, you mean that meal photo? That hand belongs to my client's girlfriend. The three of us were having a meal that night. They took every chance to show off their love. If you still have doubts, I can call that client right now and prove it to you." Saying this, Nick took out the phone to dial the number.

"No, Nick. I trust you." Cassie immediately gripped his hand to stop him. And her face turned bashful when she looked at Nick.

Now Cassie regained her lost faith on Nick. No matter what Nick would tell her, she was not going to have any doubt in her mind.

"Cassie, I have never lied to you! Never!" Nick almost raised his hand, ready to swear to God.

Sheryl and Isla exchanged their looks again and smirked. In their eyes, Nick was an aspiring man with integrity. But God still didn't spare him out of the trial of love.

"But why didn't you answer my calls? You haven't spoken to me for so long. Did you decide not to see me ever again?" Countless questions rushed back to Cassie's mind again. Now that Nick finally opened up in front of her, she felt it was the right moment to pour out all the grievance and depression she bottled up in her heart for such a long time.

Nick's face hardened at Cassie's query. He was clueless about how to convey his feelings properly. He had always loved Cassie and waited for a moment to explain to Cassie in person since that night. The truth, however, was that Nick felt insecure to see Cassie getting along with Jordan. He felt heartbroken. The realization that Cassie had someone else with her who wasn't him almost crushed him. That was why he eventually chose to take a long business trip to pull himself out of his sorrow and forget Cassie forever.

"That's because…because…" Nick failed to find words to explain the situation. At this point, he couldn't confess to Cassie what was actually going on in his mind. It would make him look like a coward in her eyes. Even he felt ridiculous when he thought of it. He refused to pick up her calls because he was afraid that he would be crushed. At last, Nick gave up explaining, with a flushing face.

Sheryl felt anxious for Nick. In fact, she wanted to take Nick's place and talk to Cassie on his behalf, if she could. Wisely, she gave Isla a gentle nudge, to ask her to keep helping Nick.