The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1854

"Okay. Mr. Lu, don't worry. I will send somebody to investigate the matter right now." Seeing Charles getting so nervous all of a sudden, David realized that Ferry must be a dangerous person. Realizing the urgency in the matter, David didn't dare to neglect it. After giving all the updates about the Shining Company to Charles, he left the room.

Walking out of Charles' room, David immediately passed the instruction to his subordinate to execute the next plan of action. After making sure that he had delegated all the tasks to the concerned people and that everything was in place, he tried going to bed. However, he could not sleep well that night. He remained restless out of fear that something bad might happen at night.

David spent half the night worrying and could not fall asleep until the latter half of the night.

In Charles' room

After David left, Charles remained lost in his thoughts for a while. The moment when he was attacked by three men, and they almost stabbed him in his back, the only thing that gave him the strength to fight for his life was the thought of Sheryl.

Sheryl's face had flashed in front of his eyes and compelled him to fight back. He did not want to die. He could not die and leave Sheryl in this way.

Still lost in his thoughts, Charles took out his cell phone and looked at Sheryl's number in the contact list. After a few moments of gazing at the number, he tapped on the back button returning to the home screen. He had wanted to call Sheryl several times, but every time he gave up on his plan at the last moment.

Charles knew that it was not the right time yet. If he called Sheryl at this point, he would only invite trouble for her. Hence, no matter how much he yearned to hear her voice, he had to endure the pangs of separation from the woman he loved for the time being.

He shook his head to stop himself from thinking about Sheryl. Trying to drift his thoughts to the dramatic incidents that took place today, he felt grateful and indebted towards Franklin. He thought he would never be able to return the favor.

The next thought that came to Charles' mind was that of Angel. Her unsolicited concern towards him was annoying.

Charles' mind remained active with such random thoughts that kept him awake until the latter half of the night. After that, as he was just about to go to close his eyes, he suddenly heard some faint noises. But since he was on high alert, he could hear the sounds loud and clear.

A smile appeared on Charles' face and he wondered if they had started to take action so soon.

The arrival of a new threat proved that Charles had guessed correctly. It appeared that those three people earlier tonight had not been sent by Leila. Rather, these were the killers that she had hired.

Judged from the footsteps, Charles realized that there were only two people. It seemed that the other side didn't think highly of him.

The footsteps were approaching slowly. Charles lay still on the bed, fully prepared for the counter-attack.

In an instant, Charles heard the sounds of cold steel. As the wind blew over his face, he dodged.

The attacker was unprepared to find Charles fully alert. He was supposed to have been sleeping at this hour! He was completely taken aback when Charles defended himself.

"What? Do you come to kill me? Shouldn't you have studied what kind of person I am before coming here?" Charles sprang out of his bed with a dagger in his hand. It could be seen shining in the dim light of the night lamp.

"Cut the crap. You are going to die today."

The two masked men in black made eye contact and nodded at each other knowingly. Then immediately, they attacked Charles.

Hearing that, Charles couldn't help laughing at their confidence. He was undeterred by their attacking stance. Rather, he was waiting to see how the two of them had planned to execute his murder.

Charles was alert, ready and bearing arms to combat the contract killers. After a scuffle, the men in the masks found themselves in a disadvantaged position.

With every strike they hurled at Charles, they were ruthless and would try to hit any vital points that could kill him in just one stroke.

However, they were appalled to see that Charles was not intimidated by their attacks. He fought back, even matching their strength and delivered a fatal cut to one man.

As Charles' dagger hit the man in black, he fell to the floor and did not move.

The other man was startled to see his partner die in front of his eyes. He stood still for a while and then hurled another furious and fierce blow at Charles. But he was hardly a match for Charles and was duly taken care of by Charles very soon.

David, who was sleeping in the other room, was awakened by the sounds coming from the next room.