The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1442 A Fever

"Leila," the manager called as soon as Leila's hand reached the door handle. It appeared like she was about to say something, but finally she didn't. When Leila looked at her doubtfully, she waved her hands and asked her to leave.

The manager kneaded her forehead. She felt so worried about Leila. She didn't know what that client would do to Leila that night, but she knew that he wouldn't go easy on her and that Leila was not going to be happy about it.

Colorful ray of lights alternately beamed from the center of the dark club. On the dance floor, people were dancing like crazy. They were shaking their bodies and dancing to the rhythm of music, like there was nothing they would worry about at all. Everyone was into the loud upbeat music and the dance.

Leila was sitting in a VIP room in the nightclub. From time to time, she lifted the curtain to watch the people on the dance floor. She had an urge to run out of the room to join all those people in venting all their stress on the dance floor.

But when she thought about the person who was sitting next to her, she could do nothing but to suppress that urge. This man, who was sitting beside her, had his hand moving all over her body.

This client of Leila was an upstart who had a lot of money. He attempted to take Leila to a hotel the other day, but Leila refused. Every time he called Leila to accompany him, she felt it was so difficult to deal with him.

And at that night, that client asked Leila again to get out of the nightclub and go to a hotel with him. "Leila, how about you go with me tonight? And we will have some real fun together."

Leila managed a smile, looking embarrassed. "Conan, you know about me. I don't get fun out of the nightclub. I only serve you with my accompany in the nightclub. I can talk to you and drink with you, but I'm not coming home with you," Leila refused.

Conan came closer to Leila and whispered a high price in her ear. He knew that the price he gave was quite impressive, so he was confident that it would make her change her mind.

'She works in this nightclub simply because she needs money. So money is all I need to convince her. It's that simple. If she is clever, she will say yes, ' Conan thought.

However, contrary to his expectation, Leila refused again. And that made him angry. He felt that Leila was not giving him face, so he looked at Leila with an unhappy look.

Leila noticed the change in his expression, she felt so afraid. Although she felt that she was shaking inside, she gathered her strength to look Conan back in the eye and showed how determined she was. "I'm going to ask you again. Are you going, or not?" Conan's anger was going to burst out of his eyes.

However, Leila shook her head firmly.

"Leila, I'm giving you a nice offer. Try to refuse me again and I'm going to give you a better one," he said, gritting his teeth. He grabbed Leila's arm so tightly that it left some bruises on her arm. Leila wanted to cry out in pain, but when she saw Conan's unhappy face, she lost all courage to do so.

But what Leila didn't expect was that her nightmare didn't stop there. After Conan gave her his last warning and not received her positive response, he made a gesture towards the people at the door. Then, a few strong men came in front of them quickly. They were all tall and muscular.

They lined up in front of them, their bodies almost blocking all possible way out. Leila was terrified. Tears started running down her cheeks.

She didn't know what Conan wanted to accomplish in calling these bodyguards into the room, but she had a bad feeling about what was going on.

Leila gathered her courage and tried to break through the wall that these men built. She wanted to get out of that place, but the bodyguards stopped her. They didn't even have to try so hard. "Conan, what do you mean? Why are you doing this?" Leila's voice was shaking. She could no longer hide her fear. She could feel that her hands and feet are getting cold.

"Isn't it obvious? You know what I mean. Since you don't want to come with me, my baby. I'm going to replace another way to make you obey. Some special way," Conan said slowly. He looked at Leila, like she was already naked. In his eyes, Leila was just a product that he wanted to buy, and he stared at her to evaluate her price. Leila felt so uncomfortable. The next thing she knew, the bodyguards held her by the arms and walked her out of the room. At once, Leila understood what Conan wanted to do.

She shook with fear. Looking at Conan with a lovely face, she wanted to beg him for another chance. But the bodyguards didn't stop at all and went directly out of the nightclub. While being led out of the nightclub, Leila tried to fight against the mighty hands that were holding her, calling out for help from the people that passed by. However, her voice got drowned in the noise and loud music in the crowded nightclub.

At last, she was desperate. She realized that she couldn't escape from what was coming for her that night. She already lost most of her strength, so she went with those people numbly.

Leila had no idea where they were taking her. She could only comfort herself that such things like rapes didn't happen to her for the first time, so she wouldn't suffer from the fact that she was a women who was unclean again.

'Whatever. I'm already a dirty woman. What else can I be?' Leila finally gave in to her helpless thoughts.

Meanwhile, at Nick's home

Nick was lying in the bed unconsciously. He got drenched in the rain that day and he felt like he might catch a cold. He thought that he would be fine after a good rest. He didn't expect it would be getting worse so soon. His cold grew into a fever the same night. He got a terrible headache and even felt that his mind was not clear.

Digging into his medicine cabinet, he searched and found his fever medicine and had some of pills. However, his condition didn't seem to improve.

He went back to his room and lay in his bed, still feeling dizzy. His head ached so much that he felt like a train was crashing on it.

He tried to reach out to get his phone a few times, but he couldn't do it. He didn't even have the strength to get up. He stayed in his bed unconsciously. With his burning fever, he thought that if he died now, it wouldn't be that bad after all.

In the middle of this crisis, Cassie appeared in his mind all of a sudden. Although his mind was in a haze, he clearly remembered the first time he met Cassie in a hospital room.

Cassie's smile and laughter, her happiness and anger, and all of her emotions were clearly exhibited in his head. In that moment, he deeply realized the fact that he couldn't forget Cassie, nor everything that had happened between them.

"Cassie..." Nick mumbled in a low voice. It was no use. She wouldn't hear her.

He felt that his lips were so dry when he spoke. "Water. I want water," he pleaded.

However, he was too weak to get up, let alone get water to drink.

Just when he thought he was going to die of thirst or fever, he heard his bedroom door open. He wanted to open his eyes to see who came in, but his vision failed him. He tried to squint twice.

At last, before he lost his consciousness, he saw a person walking towards him. He tried to focus on the silhouette to figure out who it was, but his eyelids were so heavy that it only took a few seconds before they shut closed as he fainted.

The person was already beside his bed when he passed out. The sexy woman in a hot dress stopped as she saw him close his eyes.

'Did he just faint? Or is he dead?' the woman asked herself anxiously. She stood in front of Nick, with fear on her face.

'Oh, my God! Is he dead? I am not going to accept this cursed mission. They didn't tell me that this man was going to die!' the woman thought to herself.