The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1540

Bang!

Charles turned around upon hearing the loud noise, and found Leila kneeling on the floor. Any passersby could see her since the door to his office was open. His secretary stood aghast, not knowing what to do.

"What are you doing? Get up now!" Charles shouted at her. He was pretty angry that Leila dared to push him, but it would be too awkward if he would help her up.

Sobbing, Leila stared at Charles with teary eyes and said, "Mr. Lu, I know you don't like me. But Aunt Melissa is like my own mother. I'm sincere! Had I not known her, I couldn't have survived my time in jail. She has been so kind to me so I have regarded her as family. If you don't know, I lost my mom when I was very young, so I've never felt a mother's love. Aunt Melissa has changed my whole life. She saved me..."

Truth be told, Charles was moved by her confession. Even though Leila wasn't a good person, she might have really cared about Melissa.

Noticing the hesitation in Charles eyes, Leila knew that she could still change his mind. So she immediately added, "Mr. Lu, I am not asking for your permission. I would still follow you even if you won't allow me. You can't stop me!"

It was the critical moment now. She and Melissa had gone so far. If she didn't follow Charles to show him her sincerity, their efforts would all be in vain.

Charles raised his left arm to check out the time. It was getting close to their agreed time. And here he was caught up in this discussion. Time was ticking really fast, and he couldn't afford such delays.

Glancing at Leila, who was still down on her knees, he took things into consideration. She seemed to care nothing about her own dignity, ignoring all the curious and contemptuous gaze she was now getting from other people.

Considering the fact that she had been imprisoned before, Charles expected her to care more about self-respect. But in order to help Charles in saving Melissa, she could cast away her self-esteem. Charles knew that he shouldn't ignore her anymore.

After thinking it through, he decided to accept Leila's offer.

"Fine. You can go with me. But you have to listen to me all the time. If you dare to get in my way, I promise I won't spare you!" Charles snapped. Truth be told, Charles didn't fully trust her. He couldn't forget the malicious things that she had done to his family. He was afraid that her presence would make further trouble.

"Mr. Lu, rest assured that I won't do anything foolish. Aunt Melissa has been kidnapped. I'll try my best to help out. I'm willing to risk my life just to save her!" she promised. Charles didn't respond. He just turned around and took his leave.

Seeing that, Leila struggled to get up. However, maybe because she had been kneeling down for too long and her feet became numb, she was unable to find her footing initially and fell down to the floor again.

Hearing the sudden thud, Charles couldn't help but turn around to see what happened.

"I'm fine. I can get up," Leila said immediately. She then tried her best to stand up and staggered out behind Charles.

Charles remained silent as he strode out of the Shining Company.

He drove to meet the kidnappers, with no intentions to call the police. He thought it would be better if only a few people knew about the incident.

Checking out the location that the kidnappers provided him earlier, Charles sped along until he arrived at a deserted wilderness.

Having lived in this city for so long, Charles had never been to this place until now. An unfinished building stood alone in the middle of nowhere. It was broken and dilapidated. 'Who owns this property?' Charles couldn't help wondering. Shaking his head out of all other thoughts, he tried to focus on his mission. His priority now was to save Melissa.

Getting out of the car, they walked around the area to find the kidnappers. However, there was no one onsite. The kidnappers had used burner phone to call him, so he couldn't call them back. He was left with no choice but to wait for them to contact him.

"Mr. Lu, are you sure this is the place?" Leila asked carefully.

She was well aware that the location was right, but she pretended that she was clueless about it, as she and Melissa had planned.

"Why do you think we are here?" Charles replied impatiently, casting a sharp look at Leila.

She shut up immediately and remained silent.

After a while, they went back to the car to wait for the call.