The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1774

"You can leave now. I know what to do." Burying his head back in his work, Charles didn't even spare another look for David.

Seeing that Charles was now busy, David immediately left his office

As soon as the door opened, Leila's eyes lit up. She had been waiting outside of Charles' office for a few minutes now. Seeing David coming out silently, she called out to him, "David, aren't you going to congratulate me?

"For what?" David replied, feeling irritated. He couldn't help but furrow his brow while she beamed with a self-congratulatory expression.

"Isn't it obvious? I have done what you can't. Weren't you looking down on me before? Now, look at me. I'm not worse than Sheryl. I can also be Charles' most capable assistant. And, I'll definitely be the wife of the CEO!" she whispered in his ear after taking one step closer to David.

Leila's words took David by surprise. He was dumbfounded for a second. When he came back to his senses, Leila had moved away and was no longer beside him.

Waving back at David, Leila smiled as she sat behind her desk, her meaningful expression irritating David even more.

He already knew this woman had her own agenda. Although he was eager to expose her, he was waiting for the right time. He needed concrete evidence to convince Charles.

With Leila in charge of all preparations, the banquet went smoothly.

Knowing that Charles disliked dinner parties, she found an excuse to leave with Charles shortly after it had started.

"Mr. Lu, why don't you go ahead? I need to go back to the company to finish working on a file," Leila immediately said to Charles when they were finally outside of the hotel.

Casting a brief look at Leila, who was dressed in an evening gown, Charles offered, "Let me drive you back to the company."

Considering Leila's contribution to tonight's event, Charles felt that it was the right thing to do. It was already late, and with her dressed like that, it wouldn't be safe for her to be roaming around the streets at this hour. The truth was, he didn't care about Leila, but he didn't want to see himself as being inhuman.

"Will you?" Deep inside, Leila felt pleased, but she projected herself as being embarrassed instead.

Nodding, Charles didn't say another word. After a moment, he motioned for Leila to get into his car.

Leila got inside silently.

While in the car, Leila started making small talk, mostly about the company. Charles occasionally responded to her, but he didn't initiate any discussion himself.

After Leila had run out of things to say, the silence grew between them. Fortunately, the company was not far away from the hotel. Otherwise, it would have been completely awkward for Leila.

"Thanks, Charles. Drive slowly and safely."

Getting out from the passenger seat, Leila said with a smile as she looked back at Charles from the open door. Not waiting for his response, she then closed the door. She waited until Charles drove away. When his car was no longer in view, she walked towards the cafe across the street, instead of going upstairs.

The truth was, Leila had nothing to do in the office, but Melissa had asked her for a favor, and she couldn't say no. Melissa wanted some private time alone with Charles to discuss something important. So Leila agreed that she would spend a few more hours outside and leave the house to Charles and Melissa.

Leila had done so many things, hoping to receive Charles' acceptance along the way. It seemed that Charles had finally changed his attitude towards her. But it wasn't enough. She needed to spend more time to get him to completely accept her.

However, she felt that it was taking too long. Her patience had already been tested. Now she would need to hasten her pace.