The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1979

"No need. Miss Ruan, go to sleep. I will take care of Mr. Lu." Then David opened the curtain between the beds.

Vicky pretended to sleep.

However, she didn't sleep until the latter half of the night. This was when she concluded that she wasn't going to get a chance tonight.

The following day

Melissa woke up at dawn.

"Did Charles come back last night?" Melissa could remember that it was already getting late when she'd started to fall asleep, and Charles still hadn't gotten home yet. The first thing she did when she woke up was to look for him, and since he was nowhere to be found, he probably still hadn't gotten home yet.

Nancy shook her head.

Melissa shook her head again in response upon realizing that Vicky must have had something to do with it.

This realization left Melissa angry, and she then quickly called Charles.

The phone just kept ringing. Just as Melissa was about to hang up, the call was picked up.

"Hello, Charles, where are you? Why didn't you come back last night?" Melissa's tone was unhappy.

"Aunt Melissa, Charles stayed with me last night. That's why he wasn't able to go home. Please, don't get mad at him," Vicky answered sweetly.

Melissa immediately felt disgusted when she heard Vicky's voice. She clenched her hands into fists and asked angrily, "Where's my son?"

"Charles is still asleep. I don't think we should wake him up yet. It's still so early, Aunt Melissa," Vicky said, seeming to imply that Melissa didn't care about her son.

Before Melissa could say anything else, Vicky hung up the phone.

"Damn it, Vicky. I don't know what kind of magic you're playing on my son." Melissa quivered in anger.

"My Lady, don't be mad. It's not good for your health." Nancy didn't know what else to say to the furious Melissa.

"I'm not mad..." Melissa mumbled to herself. She then gathered herself and told Nancy to make breakfast already.

As Vicky hung up the call, she deleted the phone record too.

After washing, Charles came back to the ward.

"Have a good day. I'm going to work." Charles distantly glanced at Vicky as he picked up his phone from the table, preparing to leave.

Vicky didn't ask him to stay. Besides, she was sure Charles and Melissa were going to fight because of her anyway.

"Okay, take care." Vicky looked bashfully at Charles.

After leaving, Charles asked David, "Have you found anything yet?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu. I was too careless. Someone drugged your food last night," David guiltily said.

Charles waived him off. "You couldn't have done anything. Come on, let's go to work."

"Yes, Mr. Lu."

Charles didn't know Melissa had called him, so he had no idea that Melissa was mad at him. He thought he'd call her to explain why he didn't come home the previous night.

Melissa was just preparing to go and see Clark when Charles suddenly called her.

"Why are you calling me?" Melissa coldly said as she answered the call.