The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1443 The Mission

The woman complained for some time. After a while, she slowly put her fingers under Nick's nose, trying to feel his breath.

"What a relief. He's still breathing," she said out loud. She needed to hear it to believe it. She was supposed to move her hands away when an idea hit her. She decided to put her hands on Nick's forehead instead, and felt that his temperature was beyond normal.

'God, this man is burning from fever!' she thought.

She stood up, and hesitated on what needed to be done.

'I do need money, but if he is so sick, I will need to think this through to make a wiser decision. What if something happens to him? What if he dies because of me? I won't be able to get out of this easily,' she thought to herself.

Reaching inside her bag, she found her phone and dialed a number.

"Hello, I'm in," she said as the other party accepted the call.

"Good job, Lily. You know what to do next, right?" The man at the other end of the line sounded cold and emotionless.

Lily trembled to the sound of his voice. She knew that this man was true to his words and he got the power to destroy her at his whim.

"I know, but..." Lily hesitated.

"But what? Are you backing out now? Did you forget about your ten-year-old son? Think about it. If you don't get this money, you won't be able to send him to a good school," the man said it like a warning. His statement sounded more like a threat when he put it that way.

Lily nodded unconsciously. But when she realized that the man couldn't see her, she answered to the phone in a hurry. "Don't worry. I didn't say that I won't do it. It's just...this man has fainted out," Lily explained. "It seems like that he is sick."

"Sick? Then think of a way to wake him up. Anyhow, he has to be conscious while you are with him. Otherwise, that woman won't fall into our trap," the man at the other end of the line instructed. Lily had no choice but to agree with him. "Okay, I will think of a way."

After she hung up, she went back to where Nick was. Putting his right arm around her shoulders, she managed to hold him up from the bed. She then led him to the bathroom.

At that time, Nick had lost all consciousness. He couldn't do anything but to follow Lily. His legs lost all the strength, so he could only lean on Lily. Most of his body weight was also dependent on Lily's legs for support.

With all her might, Lily tried so hard and spent a lot of time to get Nick to the bathroom. She put him in the bathtub slowly. Then she helped him took off his bathrobe, exposing his white skin and slim body. Lily was not in the mood to appreciate this man's body. Right now, all that she cared about was how to make Nick feel better and how to wake him up. She held the shower head in one hand, and adjusted the temperature of the water with the other. Then she started to help Nick to clean up his body.

A few minutes later, the bathtub was filled with enough hot water to cover most of Nick's body. Lily turned off the shower and watched Nick closely.

She waited for a while before she checked the water again, only to replace out that the water was about to go cold. Lily started filling the bathtub with hot water again, making sure the temperature was warm enough.

Lily repeated this for three or four times, then finally, she reached out her hands to touch Nick's forehead. Luckily, his temperature had now gone down.

By then, Lily's face had already turned pale and she looked really tired and weak. Relieved that his fever subsided, she finally got the time to take a good look at Nick.

She sighed and thought, 'It's a pity that such a handsome man with a nice body cannot be mine. He is much better than all of my previous clients. It will actually be nice if I can get to lay this handsome today.' Lily's imagination started working. She began touching Nick's chest with her hands. It traced down the lines of his muscles. When her hands were about to touch the mysterious region of his body, her wrists were caught by his hands.

"Ah!" Lily screamed. She wanted to take a step behind but she couldn't move.

The hands that caught her wrists were so powerful that when he pulled her suddenly, she immediately fell forward. The next moment she knew, she laid on top of his body.

Lily looked up in fear, her eyes meeting his.

She felt something magical from those eyes, attracting her to fall into a fantasy dream unconsciously. Lily went into a trance, forgetting his hard grip on her wrist.

For a long time, they remained silent. Then, Nick asked a question all of a sudden in a hoarse voice, "Who are you?" His eyes was more of accusing than questioning.

That was when Lily realized her situation. She wanted to get away from the man's chest and stand up. However, with her wrists in his hands, she couldn't get away. She answered in a hurry, "I'm just passing by. Your door was open. I heard that someone was in there. And you sound like in pain. I was worried about you, so I came in and took a look."

Nick heard what Lily said, but he was acting like he didn't hear anything at all. His hands were still holding onto Lily's wrists tightly. His head were so in pain that he felt like it was killing him. He didn't see things very clearly at that time and his didn't gain his full consciousness by then. He only felt that a soft body was close to him. The smell of woman's perfume was all around, which made him a little aroused. "What did you say? Who are you?" Nick said, but he was just mumbling.

Lily looked at him in surprise. She explained everything ten seconds ago, but this man seemed not understanding at all. 'Is there something wrong with his head because of the fever? Why does he ask me the same question again?' Lily thought to herself.

"Are you all right?" Lily didn't answer him again. Instead, she asked a question back.

But Nick didn't seem to hear her question. He stared at Lily, but it seemed like his eyesight was still hazy. He mumbled, "Cassie, Cassie. Are you Cassie?"

'Cassie?' Lily thought. She paused and thought for a moment upon hearing this word. She immediately realized that Cassie might be another woman-a woman she didn't know or maybe a woman this man loved.

Lily wanted to tell Nick that she was not Cassie. But before she could say a word, she felt him closer as something warm touched her lips.

It was just a short kiss. Although the man broke away very quickly after that kiss and kept his distance, Lily felt that her heart missed a beat when he kissed her.

She was not an innocent girl anymore, at least she thought so. She saw herself as an experienced and mature woman, who worked in a dirty place with dirty clients. She had been with countless men. It was just a kiss, and it could not even be counted as an appetizer.

'But why am I so nervous?' she asked herself.

She felt something different from that kiss. Something she had never had before.

She could clearly feel the love from the man when he kissed her. He was so careful. The man treated her like the most precious thing in the world.

'However...' she thought bitterly, 'However, I'm not Cassie. And I'm never going to be like that woman.'

With that thought, she calmed herself down and tried to focus on her mission.

She put her arms around Nick's neck. Leaning forward, her face slowly came close to his.

Her mission was to seduce this man tonight. She was supposed to trick him into sleeping with her.

And only by completing this mission could she get that money, which was enough to send her son to a decent school and give him a better life.