The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1303 Offence

Charles was furious at this moment. Holley's frivolous behavior was a disgusting offence in his eyes.

"Get out!" He completely abandoned the calm composure he was trying to maintain.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lu. I... I just couldn't help myself. You have to understand." Holley's eyes slowly filled with tears, making her appear fragile, but beautiful. But Charles was not an ordinary man. Avoiding her eyes, he looked straight at the door and repeated, "Get out or I'll call the security guard." Hearing Charles' tone, Holley began to panic. Seeing him act so coldly, she felt extremely angry and helpless. All she could do was quickly leave the office. Disturbed by Holley's behavior, Charles couldn't turn his attention back on his work. He felt bored and depressed as he looked at the documents on his desk. Shaking his head in frustration, he immediately called his subordinate and asked, "Mr. Zhao, how's the progress of our project with Tarsan Corporation?" Charles hoped that the project could be completed in a hurry and that their cooperation with Tarsan Corporation would be terminated as soon as possible. The longer he was affiliated with Holley, the more disgusted he would feel.

"Mr. Lu, the cooperation project is going smoothly. It's estimated that it will be finished soon," the man responded with trepidation. Upon receiving Charles' call, he was immediately afraid he had done something wrong and Charles was calling to criticize him.

"Mr. Zhao, arrange for our staff to work overtime so that the project can be finished as soon as possible. When the project is finished, I'll double their bonuses."

"Okay. Mr. Lu, don't worry. We'll complete this project soon and we will meet your expectation," the man promised. He wanted to rush to Charles' office just to show him how determined he was.

"Okay, thank you. I'm also aware that our staff are really working hard. It's not easy for any of us, but this project needs to be finished as soon as possible. I hope you can truly pay more attention to it." Hearing his promise, Charles relaxed a little bit. As long as Shining Company sped up, Tarsan Corporation wouldn't dare fall behind.

"Okay. I'll make it happen," the man responded.

After leaving Charles' office, Holley didn't immediately go downstairs. Instead, not wanting anyone to see her in such a messy state, she had rushed to the washroom.

She wiped away her tears and mended her makeup. After calming herself down and suppressing all traces of weakness, she emerged from the washroom and made her way downstairs. She left Shining Company with the same confident demeanour as when she came in.

'I won't give up! Charles will be mine sooner or later, ' Holley thought to herself.

Suddenly, she realized Black was calling her again. While she answered the phone this time, she only said a few words before hanging up in a hurry.

Confused by the abrupt phone call, Black came to the conclusion that Holley was hiding something from him. He decided that he must replace out what was currently going on with her. No matter how much he loved Holley, he couldn't stand being kept in the dark like this and didn't want to break up with her in such an ambiguous way.

Black arrived at Holley's residence early the next morning in a car that he'd never driven before, wanting to be inconspicuous. As he waited in the car, the sun began to shine brightly. After a long time, he finally saw Holley's car emerge from behind the gate.

Quickly starting his car, Black began to follow her, keeping a short distance between their two vehicles.

Suddenly it dawned on Black that Holley was heading to Tarsan Corporation. Was she going to work like usual today?

Putting his car into park, Black waited outside the building as Holley entered Tarsan Corporation. As the minutes passed, he began to wonder whether she work all day. Should he continue to follow her? After entering the corporation, Holley began looking over and processing the documents that had been accumulating over the past few days. When she was done, she decided to call Charles. To her surprise, he didn't answer her call no matter how many times she called.

How was she going to see Charles? Recently, Charles had been troubled by both the company and his family. In order to replace Sheryl and steal his heart, Holley would need to seize every opportunity to spend time with him. But now he wasn't even answering her calls.

Suddenly, an idea popped into Holley's head.

She devised a text message to Charles saying, "Mr. Lu, aren't you curious as to how the news about Sheryl committing a crime got leaked? I have some ideas. Would you be interested in hearing them?" After pressing "send" on her phone, Holley began patiently waiting for Charles' response.

Things unfolded as Holley expected they would. In less than half a minute, her phone began to ring.

Holley answered the phone. "Hello, Mr. Lu."

"Holley, what do you know about the leak? Who on earth was the source of those rumors?" Charles asked eagerly.

"Relax, Mr. Lu. I don't think I'll be able to explain it to you over the phone. How about we replace a place to meet and talk about it?" Taking a sip of her coffee, Holley smiled to herself proudly.

However, it was obvious to Charles that Holley had ulterior motives in meeting with him. Maybe this was just an excuse to see him, but if she truly had clues about the leak, then he needed to replace out. Charles didn't want to miss out on any opportunity of replaceing the truth about what happened.

"Okay. Where are we going to meet?" Charles asked calmly.

"It's almost noon. How about I come to you? Then we can have a meal near Shining Company."

"Okay."

Holley hung up the phone, satisfied. Of course, the clues she had mentioned were just an excuse to meet Charles. Moreover, she was the one who leaked the news. She couldn't betray herself!

But Charles was so anxious for clues. It would be easy to fabricate some vague information for him. 'He'll eat it right up,' Holley thought to herself, grinning.

Having waited outside Tarsan Corporation all morning for Holley to emerge, Black finally saw her leave the building.

When Holley drove by his car, Black swiftly pretended to be on the phone, his head sharply tilted away from the window. After she had passed, he was quick to follow her again.

Half an hour later, Holley stopped at the entrance of Shining Company. But, instead of getting out, she remained seated behind the wheel.

Stopping his car a safe distance away from Holley's, Black watched in puzzlement. He had been anxious about Holley going out so frequently these days. Was she really just doing business with this company the whole time?

Continuing to ponder this, Black stayed in the car and watched Holley. Finally, he saw Holley make a phone call before getting out of her car.