The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1939

"Leila, I think you may have misunderstood my intentions. I didn't make a promise to you. What I want is the Shining Company. Consider your options again. Without the Shining Company, you can marry Charles. But if Charles is still the CEO of the company, you can't marry him." All of a sudden, Ferry sat up straight and tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table.

He made Leila more and more nervous.

She knew Ferry was greedy, but she didn't know that he'd actually want the entirety of the Shining Company.

"In fact, if I'm the president of the Shining Company, you can be my vice president. You'll get the happy life you've always wanted. Meanwhile, Charles will have nothing, and he'll want to marry you," Ferry dreamily said. He purposely did this so he could lure Leila in.

It worked. Leila was seemingly tempted.

As much as Leila wanted to be the wife of the president of the Shining Company, she had no choice as Ferry was already threatening her. If she could save her life and earn a lot of money at the same time, she'd have no problems with that either.

"I'm not discussing this with you. If you don't agree to this, I assure you that you're going to die. It's not like you have any other choice." Ferry was smiling as he spoke. It was as if he wasn't threatening Leila's life.

"Don't worry. I know. I'm not stupid. If there's nothing else, I need to leave." Leila didn't even stay for coffee. She left right away.

When Leila had come back, she acted naturally as if nothing had happened. However, she noticed that Charles was being cold to her again. She had to pinch herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming.

She couldn't help but wonder if something had happened. When she saw Wade, she pulled her aside and asked, "What's wrong with Charles?"

"Nothing. Why? What's the matter?" Wade looked at Leila, confused.

This left Leila in a bind. She thought, 'Does Charles know that I met with Ferry?

No, no. He couldn't. It's impossible.'

Leila racked her mind, trying to figure it out. She then prepared a cup of coffee—the kind that Charles liked best—then knocked on the door of his office.

"What's the matter?" Charles was looking through his files. When he raised his head to look at Leila, he had a cold look on his face.

Leila still didn't know what had happened. She was taken aback by this sudden change as she couldn't figure out what was putting him in such a mood.

When Charles saw the look on Leila's face, he knew he had to take the acting up a notch. So he cleared his throat and used a gentle tone to speak to her. "I'm sorry. I've been a bit distracted. I was thinking of something important."

"Nothing. Mr. Lu, I didn't want to bother you. Here's your coffee," Leila said, smiling.

After Leila put down the cup of coffee, she didn't want to leave the office yet, so she gazed at Charles and said, "Mr. Lu, what else can I do for you?"

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me. You can go and rest." Charles suppressed his aversion for Leila, so he just kindly asked her to leave.

He had always been cold to Leila, but he couldn't afford to give her the cold shoulder anymore as she might get suspicious of him.

As soon as she left his office, his face shifted to gloomy and cold. He couldn't afford for his plan to fail now.

Three days later

Ferry got the project that Charles was bidding for. He was quite happy and excited. What he didn't know was that this was going to be short-lived.

"Boss, congratulations! You were able to scoop the Shining Company's project," his men happily congratulated him.

While Ferry knew that his men were just trying to flatter him, he was still happy to hear this.

Ferry let out a chuckle then took a sip of his wine. He raised his glass and said, "Everyone did great. I will make sure to reward you all."