The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1696

"Right, I truly hope things will go well. Otherwise, I don't think I can ever get rid of that woman!" Melissa exclaimed anxiously and slouched on the couch.

Now that she was eagerly waiting to see the result, she wished that time could fly.

"Aunt Melissa, I'm going to buy some of Charles' favorite food. Let's celebrate tonight!" Leila beamed at Melissa.

Melissa had lost focus and her mind was already drifting away. In a daze, she nodded her head.

Seeing that Melissa had agreed, Leila walked out of the Dream Garden.

Actually she wasn't planning to buy some food; her motive was to discuss something with Holley.

"Holley, let's meet," Leila said over the phone.

Holley's mind was occupied with Black. When she heard Leila's request, she frowned and answered, "I'm busy right now. Whatever you have, you can say it over the phone."

Leila couldn't help but wonder what had happened to Holley. 'Why does she sound so upset?' she pondered.

But she had no intention of figuring out what had gone wrong with Holley. "The project with Star Company was sabotaged by someone. Did you have a hand in it?" Leila asked, deciding to cut to the chase.

"Right, I thought I had already told you about it. You only have to tell me the final price!" Holley answered impatiently.

As Leila sounded so urgent, Holley thought that she had something important to tell her. Now it turned out she was going on about this useless business.

"Don't hurry. I'm calling to ask you who the person behind you is!"

Leila had been pondering over this issue for days. No matter how she tried to scratch her head, she couldn't come up with anyone who would deliberately rival Charles while remaining hidden in the dark. That was why she had called Holley.

"Don't ask something you shouldn't be asking. Such an action might get you into trouble. You got what you want, and I got what I want, so consider this topic closed. Curiosity might kill you!" A hint of nervousness flashed across Holley's eyes. Luckily Leila wasn't talking to her face-to-face, or else she might have discovered something was truly wrong.

"All right. Until you tell me who the person is, I won't reveal the price. But go ahead. Take your time to make the decision!" Leila had her bargaining chip, and she knew that she had gained the upper hand in this deal. After she said that, she hung up the phone.

Leila's attitude deeply annoyed Holley, but there was nothing much she could do about it.

Even though Leila still hadn't gotten the answer she wanted, she succeeded in intimidating Holley. That wasn't a bad result after all. Now all she could do was wait for Holley's call.

After contemplating the issue for a while, she headed towards a nearby supermarket.

In the meantime, Charles had just reached the court.

The driver parked the car just opposite the court. Raising his head, Charles saw Sheryl.

It just happened that Sheryl was getting out of a taxi.

Charles couldn't help dashing to Sheryl. Swiftly, he grabbed her.

Before Sheryl could respond, she was pulled by Charles.

The sudden action of Charles' annoyed Sheryl, who yelled to him, "Get off me!"

However, Charles didn't seem to hear her complaint. He still dragged Sheryl back to the car.

Unfortunately for Sheryl, she couldn't compete with Charles in terms of strength. Pushing Sheryl into the car, he ordered the driver, "Get out!"

The driver heeded his order and got out of the car.

The sudden push by Charles hurt Sheryl. Before she could open her mouth to complain, Charles sprang towards her and started to kiss her.