The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1797

The shop Leila had chosen was the biggest formal dress store in Malaysia. The moment she entered the glass doors, her attention was caught by its interior. The store had white and turquoise walls, white birdcages with flowers entwined through the bars, potted plants and mini white picket fences sectioned off different areas, and wall decals of flowers, birds, and butterflies gave the place a very whimsical feel. The clothes rails lining the walls held the store's fashion collections, which were sorted by style. Knowing that it was famous all over the country, Leila had high expectations of its sales personnel when it came to professionalism.

"Good day, Madam." Another one of the salesladies approached her with a smile. "I'm Anis. I'd be happy to assist you in finding a perfect dress. What kind of party are you going to attend?" Leila had to pause and think for a while, an embarrassed expression flashing on her beautiful face.

When Melissa had handed her the invitation card earlier, she hadn't mentioned what kind of party it was, but Leila remembered the name of the venue. Feeling enlightened, she replied to the saleslady, "It is for a party on the ship, Twilight, tonight."

Thinking that it was a big party, Leila thought the saleswoman would have an idea what type of dress would be suitable.

"Just this one." The saleslady pulled one of the dresses from the rack. She didn't explain too much but smiled when she saw Leila's confused expression. "A lady who will attend the same party tonight chose a dress of the same color for another style. Although it was not the same style, I think..."

"Okay. This one, please." Leila interrupted the saleslady before she could finish explaining. Taking the dress with her, she went back to the fitting room to try it on. After a few minutes, she came out and asked the saleslady to pack the dress for her.

Walking out of the formal dress store, Leila expressed the need to do her hair. Charles was highly annoyed. Fortunately, the hair salon was not far from where they were. Otherwise, Charles might have refused to go with her completely.

"You go ahead. I will hang out in the neighborhood." Charles suddenly stopped and turned away from Leila when they reached the front of the hair salon. Not giving her time to respond, he continued walking, leaving Leila behind.

Leila was aware that she couldn't stop Charles, so she wouldn't do anything useless. Hesitating for a while, she just watched his back as he walked away. After another minute or two, she finally decided to enter the hair salon.

Charles wasn't planning to buy anything. He was just unwilling to accompany Leila. If they were back home, he would have sent some random employee to accompany her, sparing himself the trouble. But they were overseas, so he had no choice but to satisfy her and his mother.

Taking his time, Charles accidentally saw a small shop at the corner of the walkway. Stunned, he stopped to check out the great variety of beautiful pieces displayed in the glass cabinet. They all reminded him of Sheryl. All of them were what Sheryl liked. For a second, he had the impulse to buy it all but had to give up the thought in the end.

Sheryl had insisted on divorcing him, and until now, Charles couldn't think of a way to solve that problem.

Leila was between them. Although he didn't like her, they had shared the same bed several times. In the beginning, Charles had wanted to use his money to cope with her, but it appeared that she didn't want his money, nor would she leave him alone. Just thinking about it gave him a bad headache.

Charles didn't know how long he had walked, but when he got Leila's phone call, it was almost time for the party.

He picked Leila up, and they went to the ship, Twilight, together.

After Charles parked the car, Leila joyfully looked at the giant ship in front of them. Although she had been to many parties in their country, it was her first time to attend a party on a ship. Hence, she was both excited and curious.

After they boarded, a lot of people recognized Charles. Although the party was held overseas and the guests were a mix of foreign businessmen, a lot of them came from their country. Of course, some of the participants from both home and abroad had a business relationship with Charles' company.

As soon as the party started, Leila was like a prancing peacock, moving closer to Charles whenever they met anybody else. She said hello to everybody, regardless of whether she knew them or not. She was afraid that others didn't know she was Charles' woman and that the man next to her was the president of Shining Company.

"Go have a seat over there," Charles ordered Leila casually. "I am going to greet my clients." Charles was silent the entire time until he saw a specific client from a distance.

"I will come with you," Leila responded with a smile as she held onto Charles' arm, gesturing for him to come over in a hurry.

Charles couldn't shake off Leila's hand with all the eyes on them. So left with no choice, he walked over to his client with her.

"Mr. Zhang."