The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1941

"Leila…Leila?" Wade called out loud and patted Leila on her shoulders.

"Oh, you scared me!" Leila exclaimed as she was pulled herself back from her thoughts.

Leila turned to Wade and looked at her with a disgusted expression.

"Oh, I'm sorry! I, I just got a cup of coffee for you," Wade explained, on the spur of the moment, puzzled at her reaction.

"Just leave me alone!"

Leila shrieked and watched from under her furrowed brows as Wade put the coffee on her table and walked back to her seat without uttering another word. She was so upset inwardly that she couldn't just sit there and do nothing. Although Charles hadn't connected the things that had happened so far with her, it was just a matter of time. If Charles came to know about the truth, she would also end up in prison.

She shuddered at the thought and fixed her eyes on the door of Charles' office, though he was not in at this moment. Her heart was beating faster than ever. Then she stood up suddenly and walked to Wade.

"Wade, do you have any idea when Mr. Lu will come back?" Leila could hardly suppress the anxiousness in her voice as she asked.

Wade shook her head. She had noticed the abrupt change in Leila's behavior. She felt that there was something wrong with her.

"I'm just going to the hospital to see how Aunt Melissa is doing. Please, tell Mr. Lu if he asks," Leila said in one breath. She went back to her seat, grabbed her handbag, and trotted to the elevator before Wade could even reply to her.

Just a few minutes after Leila left, Charles walked into the office.

He cast a glance at the secretaries as usual before going inside his office. He stopped at finding that Leila's seat was vacant and asked where she was.

"Oh, Leila said she wanted to check how Ms. Lu is doing and left just five minutes ago!" Wade replied honestly.

David immediately turned his eyes on Charles, who was apparently thinking the same thing as David. As they exchanged looks with each other, both their faces turned pale. Their hearts sank.

Charles spun around and rushed back to the elevator without wasting a single moment, and David followed right after him with his brows furrowed. The urgency of the situation was apparent on their faces.

On the way to the parking lot, David called the security in the hospital and ordered them to keep an eye on Leila.

In the hospital, Melissa was talking with the nurse, who was taking care of her to kill time.

They talked and laughed when suddenly, Melissa spotted Leila at the door. The smile on her face froze right away, and she closed her eyes, pretending to sleep. The nurse was surprised at her abrupt movement, but she understood instantly when she saw Leila walking into the room. She took a towel in her hand, pretending that she was wiping Melissa's face.

"Please, stop this for a while and take a break. I want to spend some time with Aunt Melissa," Leila asked in a deliberately gentle voice.

Having no other choice, the nurse cast a worried glance at Melissa and left the room reluctantly.

When there were only the two of them in the room, Leila took a deep breath and took her seat on the chair beside the bed.

At this moment, Leila was petrified as well as seething in rage. She felt trapped. She was like a bird that would get frightened by the mere twang of a bow-string. She couldn't imagine what she would do if she was thrown into prison one more time.

Although her misdeeds were not revealed yet, and no one came to accuse her, she was well aware of the consequence she would have to face when the truth came out. Now that Sheryl was dead, Melissa was the only person who could bring the truth to light.

Leila looked at Melissa with vengeful eyes. If Melissa woke up from her coma, she would be dead. Leila knew that she had to do something. 'Dead people will never talk, ' she told herself in her mind. She could almost hear a heartbeat slowing down. Slowly her heart hardened as she fixed her gaze on Melissa's sleeping face.

"Please, don't hate me, Melissa. I wish you didn't know anything, and that we could be close to each other like before, but what's done is done!" Leila said in a low but resolute voice, her hands clenching into two tight fists.

Holding her breath, she watched Melissa's face for a long time.

Then she took a deep breath and reached with her hand for the oxygen bottle. Her body trembled as her hands touched its cold surface as if she had touched a dead body.

Leila had never taken anyone's life before. Neither did she ever think about it. But this time, she just had to do it. Leila persuaded herself to go on and finish it quickly. If she became weak now, then she would be the one who would have to go through hell when Melissa woke up.

"Stop it! How dare you! Move back. Now!"

When Leila finally made up her mind and grasped the switch to turn it off, an alarmed male voice reached her ears. The door was pulled open from the outside, and a man stepped in.

Frightened by the intimidating voice, Leila fell onto her hip and looked at the man blankly.