The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 729

At the hotel

Laura and Junia stood in front of the hotel gate. They were waiting for Anthony to pick them up. Laura was slowly gaining confidence that she could dissuade her son from marrying Sheryl. Till now their plan had been working for them. After Laura pretended to faint, Anthony thought she was really ill and stayed with her most of the time. And she knew that Anthony had never seen Sheryl since then.

Both Laura and Junia were happy that their scheme worked.

Hence, both the ladies stood there sharing niceties with each other. Laura took this opportunity of Anthony's absence to pep up Junia a little more. Laura patted Junia's hand and said, "Junia, I have done everything I could to help you. Next it depends on you in terms of whether or not you can win Anthony's heart. You must grip this opportunity."

"Aunt Laura, don't worry. We have won half the game. Now Anthony has a good impression of me," Junia said smiling confidently. As both the ladies thought that they had out smarted Anthony and after all the games they played, he would most definitely move away from Sheryl, neither of them noticed that Anthony had gone out of the hotel.

Anthony had had a stomach upset, so he had gone into the washroom at the hotel. When he went out, he wanted to play a trick on them so he tiptoed to them. At that time, Laura was speaking with a smile, "A good impression on you? That's great. I don't have any other wish except that Anthony and you get married. Only then will all my efforts be worthwhile."

"Don't worry, Aunt Laura," Junia spoke with a big smile on her face. "I have followed your instructions and it has really worked. My disagreeing with your behavior in front of Anthony has helped me win his trust. Now he feels that I will give him sensible and genuine advice. Hence, he even listened to me when I asked him not to see Sheryl any more, ' she added with a confident smile on her face. "So now I think I have the opportunity to be with him," she added.

"That's really good," Laura said with a big smile. She felt relieved, thinking that Sue could finally replace that single mother in her son's heart who had no family background. 'Anthony is young and blind in love. He will never understand why I am doing all this. But whatever I am doing is only for his good. Perhaps he will understand when he becomes a father himself, ' Laura thought to herself. Then she continued her words, "I know my son. He wouldn't listen to you if you oppose him. But if you can make him feel that you are on his side, it will be very easy to convince him. I don't think that woman will be able to keep my son happy. You are destined to be my daughter-in-law." Saying this, Laura touched Junia's cheek lovingly.

"Aunt Laura..." Junia lowered her eyes as she blushed. She felt a little shy. "It is you who know your son best. If you hadn't pretended to be ill, I wouldn't have got a chance to approach him." She showed her great gratitude to Laura.

As both the ladies were freely speaking about how their scheme was working well for them, they did not even notice that Anthony was standing right behind them. After hearing their words, Anthony was dumbstruck.

A playful gesture that he had planned for surprising his mom turned out to be a great revelation for him. He just wanted to frighten them by cropping up, but instead the one who got truly scared was none other than he, himself.

This was so ridiculous.

All the while he had just been a fool! He froze at the spot he stood. Too scared to even call them. Too scared to confront them. Needless to say, he was heart broken by what his mom had done to him. But it left him to become absolutely numb.

Suddenly, Laura felt it was taking unusually long for Anthony to come back. "Why hasn't Anthony still arrived here?" Laura asked. Having said that, Laura suddenly had an uncanny feeling that kind of scared her. She then turned around and there he was. Anthony was standing right behind them.

He stood there motionless. His face was as white as a sheet, as he stared right into his mother's eyes. It was utter embarrassment for Laura. As Junia noticed Laura had turned absolutely silent after turning around, even she felt something was wrong. Then even she turned around to come face to face with Anthony. Both the ladies were dumbfounded to see him. Laura tried to gather her speech as she stammered, "When… when did you arrive, Anthony?"

She wanted to confirm if Anthony had heard their talking. Anthony looked at her without even casting a glance at Junia who stood there, petrified.

Anthony curved his lips in a sarcastic smile and said, "I arrived when both of you were busy appraising each other."

Laura understood that he had heard everything. She could not find words to explain to him. "Anthony, please listen to me. I can explain it…" Junia spoke hastily. She took a step forward and tried to hold Anthony's hand. But Anthony just shook her hand.

"That's enough. What else do you still want to explain?" Anthony asked her in an angry voice without even looking at her face. "You want to fool me again?" Now he turned towards her and gave her a sardonic smile. Junia lowered her eyes immediately. Then he continued his words, "I was so silly. You just said a few words and I just believed in you. Junia, I did not expect this from an educated and independent girl like you!"

"Anthony!" Laura frowned at him as she interrupted his terrible words, "What are you speaking?" She tried to defend for Junia, "It has nothing to do with Junia. If you truly want to blame someone, you should blame me. It was me who instructed her to do so."