The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 1788 Indebted To Leila.

"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,"

David said as the call was ended. Anyway, there was nothing special that had taken place in the

company recently. The worst had happened, and there would be nothing worse than that in the

following days.

After hanging up the phone, Charles went to open the door. He had thought it was Leila coming to see

him, but unexpectedly Melissa came in.

"Mom, what brings you here?" Charles asked Melissa, surprised. Initially, he became concerned,

thinking that something must be wrong with her. He looked at her from head to toe to confirm that she

was fine, and finally, he felt relieved to see that she was alright.

"Nothing. I just wanted to chat with you, so I came to see you," Melissa explained as she stepped into

Charles' room.

She took a seat on the sofa and came straight to the point. "Charles, do you get along with Leila?"

"Mom, we have come out this time because I wanted to spend some time with you, not her. Can you

please stop talking about her?" Charles seemed to be irked as he replied to Melissa with a frown.

Melissa was taken aback by Charles' words. She sat straight as she held back what she was going to

say. She suddenly realized that it was too early to talk about it at the moment, lest it would lead to an

unfavorable result, making it more difficult for Leila and Charles to get along with each other.

She changed her expression immediately and smiled. "I didn't mean that. I just want to say that Leila

has been taking good care of me these days, and you need to treat her better to express our gratitude

to her."

Since Charles wouldn't fall in love with Leila so easily, Melissa had no other choice but to make him feel

guilty.

Hearing Melissa's words, the frown on Charles' face slowly disappeared. He nodded in agreement with

her words.

Melissa paused for a while as she marked the changing expression on Charles' face. "That's all I

meant. I'm asking you to do anything else. I just don't want to owe Leila anything. You know you have

not spent much time with me. Had it not been for Leila, I don't know how I would have spent these past Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

few weeks..."

After this Melissa started to talk endlessly about what had happened between her and Leila. Melissa's

over-enthusiasm for Leila annoyed Charles.

It was not that Charles was not aware of how caring Leila was towards his mother. But he didn't think it

was a reason enough for him to be in a relationship with her. After confirming his decision, he

interrupted Melissa.

"Mother, you don't need to say more. I know Leila has taken good care of you, and I will return the

favor." Charles still looked unhappy as he spoke. His annoyance could not evade Melissa's eyes.

"Charles, I am relieved to hear that. It's already getting late now. Go to bed. I am going back to my

room." Melissa slowly lifted herself from the sofa. She realized that it was pointless talking to Charles at

the moment. After all, Charles' expression was self-explanatory. If she continued to speak, she would

only irritate Charles further.

"Okay. Mom. Good Night."

Charles held Melissa's hands and helped her as she walked out of his room. After seeing that Melissa

returned to her room, he relaxed and went back to his room.

As Charles walked inside his room, he was lost in thought for a while. Then he picked up his cell phone

and texted David to tell him about something to pay attention to in the company. After that, he hit the

sack.

It was the most tiring day Charles had ever had in all his life. He just hoped that Melissa would recover

soon so that he didn't have to face Leila anymore.

For the sake of Melissa's feelings, Charles couldn't drive Leila away. Even if he was seething in rage,

he couldn't vent his anger. He had no other choice but to endure it.

In the next room, Leila was just too excited to fall asleep. Her heart was overwhelmed with thoughts of

the time she had spent hanging out with Charles today.

She turned over in her bed, repeatedly. Every time Charles' face appeared in front of her eyes, she

could not help breaking into a smile, and her heart started to beat faster.

She picked up the sapphire necklace from the nightstand and looked at it again and again. It was

Charles' first gift to her. And it was such an expensive one!

In her opinion, Charles had a thing for her.

At this thought, Leila smiled shyly and checked the time. It was late, and she remembered the special

arrangement for the next day that Melissa mentioned. She didn't want to be in low spirits in front of

Charles, so she forced herself to go to sleep.