The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1788

"Oh, Dear, you have been with Charles for so long. Yet, you have not known him well enough! He has not bought anything for a woman in so many years. So I would say it is a good start. Don't think too much. You need to do everything step by step. Do you understand?" Melissa looked at Leila reassuringly and comforted her.

She was afraid that Leila would overthink. Melissa grabbed her hand and patted the back of her palm with sincerity in her eyes.

Leila heaved a sigh, and a smile appeared on her lips. She felt relieved to hear Melissa's reassuring words. "Hmm, Aunt Melissa, I know. I bought a suit for Charles today."

She marked Leila's face glowing bright with a big smile as she mentioned Charles.

Indeed, women look most beautiful when they are in love.

Melissa had never seen Leila smiling so happily. Her heart warmed to see how devoted Leila was towards her son. Once again, Melissa was assured that Sheryl could never match the depth of Leila's love and commitment towards Charles.

"You have done a lot today, and there will be a pleasant surprise waiting for both of you tomorrow," Melissa said to Leila, complacently coughing.

Leila looked at Melissa with sparkling eyes. She was curious and wondered what Melissa had prepared for the next day. She hesitated for a while and then asked, "Aunt Melissa, what else have you prepared?"

"It's a secret." Melissa hushed her, gesturing for a whisper with her hands covering her mouth.

She smiled at Leila and pretended to be mysterious.

Leila smiled at her and stopped probing further.

Melissa hadn't had her dinner, so Leila accompanied her downstairs to eat something.

To onlookers, they looked just like a mother and her daughter. The waitress in the restaurant saw that Leila was so nice to Melissa and couldn't help sighing. "Mrs. Lu, is this your daughter?"

"No, she is not my daughter. She is my daughter-in-law," Melissa replied as she glanced at Leila with love and admiration in her eyes.

The waitress was startled to hear that. She had never thought that a daughter-in-law could treat her mother-in-law so well. She couldn't help but admire Leila. She looked at Leila repeatedly with awe.

The waitress could not stop admiring Leila's beauty, as well. Then she thought of Charles' handsome face. 'What a perfect match!' she thought.

At being referred to as her daughter-in-law by Melissa, Leila blushed and said to her bashfully, "Aunt Melissa, I am not..."

"You are the only daughter-in-law whom I can accept," Melissa said to Leila with a smile.

Since Melissa insisted, Leila smiled and remained silent.

They finished dinner soon. In any case, it was Melissa who was eating, and Leila had just accompanied her. She had already had her dinner earlier.

After that, Leila walked Melissa to her room; before heading back to her own room.

After Leila left, Melissa could not stay in her room for long. After hesitating for a while, she went out and walked to Charles' room.

Charles was talking with David on the phone and was getting updates about something that happened in the company when there was a knock on the door. He looked at the door and said to David, "I will talk to you later."

"Okay, Mr. Lu,"