The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1652

It didn't take long for Cassie to wake up. Nick was busy looking at her, and he was excited to see that she opened her eyes. "Hey, how are you doing?" he asked in a low voice.

"I'm doing great," Cassie replied with a smile and lifted her hand to touch his cheek.

Nick leaned forward so Cassie could reach him. Cassie had just come out of the operating room, and he could see that she was too weak to hold anything.

"Oh, thank goodness you're awake, Cassie! This is all my brother's fault. You wouldn't have passed out if he didn't say that to you!" Cora said with both relief and guilt. It took her all of her strength to finally speak out because it was so embarrassing. If something happened to Cassie, she would never have forgiven Jordan for this.

"What? Are you serious? What did he say? I'm going to kill him!" Nick shouted as he got up and stared at Cora.

Cora was taken aback by his sudden outrage. She stepped back and avoided his gaze.

Cassie hurriedly sat up and tugged Nick's shirt, as if to make him calm down. Nick then sat down, still holding Cassie's hand. She took a deep breath and lay back on the bed again. "It's alright, Nick. If it weren't for him, then I wouldn't have regained my memory. I remember everything now. It was Leila who pushed me down the stairs from the rooftop after she told me something terrible. It was she who had plotted Charles's accident! But her target was Sheryl, not Charles. It was Sheryl, Nick!"

Cassie spoke so fast that she had run out of breath. She gasped for air as her head started spinning again. She closed her eyes to relax.

"I'm afraid you two need to go out now. It's not good for Cassie to get too excited or too overwhelmed. She needs some rest for now. You can visit her later," the nurse said. She had just come in and immediately saw the pallor in Cassie's face.

Nick squeezed Cassie's hands and stroked her hair before leaving with Cora. He waited outside Cassie's room as he thought about what she'd just told him.

As they had expected, it was Leila who was behind all these accidents.

Nick felt a chill run down his spine. He called Sheryl right away to tell her.

When Sheryl heard this, she wasn't surprised at all. She had been suspicious of Leila from the start, and now that Cassie had told them the truth, she knew she was right. She also couldn't help but blame herself for getting Cassie involved in this whole mess.

"Nick, please, take care of Cassie. Don't leave her alone. I'm afraid Leila won't stop if she finds out. I promise you I'll make her pay for all of this!" Sheryl clenched her hand into fists out of anger. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain shoot through her palm. Her fingernails had dug into her flesh so deeply that she had started bleeding.

As soon as Sheryl hung up the phone with Nick, she called the police right away as she didn't want to waste any more time.

Meanwhile, Leila had just returned to Dream Garden after being confronted by Sheryl.

Instead of going upstairs to find Melissa, she took a seat on the sofa in the living room and blankly stared off into space.

As soon as she entered the room, Nancy noticed her swollen face so naturally she kept her distance from Leila.

Leila wasn't normally one to back down from a fight, but it seemed as if with Sheryl, she had no choice. Only Sheryl could do that to Leila.

Not long after, Melissa woke up from her nap. She had been tired from spending the day shopping with her friends. She felt her throat was a bit dry, so she decided to go downstairs for a glass of water. It didn't take long for her to see Leila.

When Leila heard the footsteps, she immediately started crying harder. Nancy couldn't help but wonder why Leila didn't choose to have a career in acting—she was so good at it!

Melissa intended to chat with Leila when she saw her, but when she heard the sobs, she quickened her pace. She walked towards Leila, completely forgetting the exhaustion she felt. She asked, "My dear, why are you crying? Are you okay? Who did this to you? I can't believe it!"

Leila pretended as if she had only just seen Melissa. She sniffed and stopped crying before looking up at Melissa.

"What's wrong with your face? Oh, my God! Did someone hit you? What happened?" Melissa shouted. Her eyes were widened in disbelief.

Leila's face was delicate, and it angered Melissa to see it swollen. Melissa was shaking in anger now.

"It's nothing, Aunt Melissa. I'll be fine. I shouldn't have stayed in Charles' house and gone to the hospital every day to try to attend to his needs. It's fine. I don't care if his wife slapped me in the face. It's my fault anyway," Leila blurted out, still choking from her tears.