The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1450 An Appointment

"There is no need for that. Thank you," said Cassie. She figured that the receptionist had called only because Jordan had asked her to do so before leaving.

"All right, then. If you need anything, please tell us," said the receptionist.

"I will. Thank you,"

Cassie said and hung up. She felt something strange in her heart.

'Jordan does actually care about me. He really means it. Nick and I are pretty much done. Will it be hard on me if I start a new relationship right away?' Cassie thought to herself.

In Dream Garden

Melissa was having her morning tea and relaxing in the garden. She wanted to go to the beauty salon with some of her friends, but she didn't expect that Leila would pester her with calls so early in the morning.

She was annoyed. 'I don't know why she is calling me this time, but I know it's nothing good. I thought we had an agreement that we shouldn't be contacting each other since she left the Lu family. But she just doesn't learn,' Melissa thought to herself angrily.

She set her phone in silent mode and placed it on the table. She decided to ignore all the calls, so that Leila would understand and stop bothering her.

It was funny how sometimes people change their attitude overnight. Melissa used to adore Leila. She wanted to give the best of everything to Leila and Melissa just hated to see her get hurt.

But now, all that was gone. The fondness had disappeared. It was as if she never cared about Leila at all. She even treated Leila worse than how she treated strangers.

Her heart had changed so quickly.

Maybe it was just that Melissa never really loved anyone but herself from the beginning. She was nice to Leila only to satisfy her own desires and to meet her own goals. Hence, the fondness that had come in like a tidal wave, had disappeared as fast as it had come.

Finally, after a while, Melissa's phone stopped vibrating. It was a relief because she thought that she didn't have to deal with Leila anymore. However, her phone screen lit up with a message notification. The text message was from Leila. "Aunt Melissa, I'm at the end of my rope. I have nowhere to go. I'm asking for your help because I'm desperate. Please come and see me once. If you think that our friendship is not worthy anymore, then I won't attach any importance to our friendship either. I might just end up telling Charles and Sheryl some of the things that you have done. And I will tell them everything honestly and in detail."

As soon as Melissa finished reading that text, a second one arrived.

"Looking forward to hearing from you. I hope you won't disappoint me or I will disappoint you."

Melissa was surprised at first, and then frightened. If Leila revealed all her secrets to Charles, he would be pissed.

'The last time I fell into the trap set by that bitch, Charles was so angry. After that incident, my life has become worse than before. I feel isolated at home, and Charles remains distant. Not to mention, he cut down my allowance. When I go out with my friends, I don't feel like I'm the rich one anymore.

If she tells Charles about those things, this time, he might kick me out of the house!' Melissa thought in a panic.

'If I leave the Lu family, I will have to lead a life that is not worth living. I will have no money and no one to order around. I would rather die than live like that. What is the meaning of living like that anyway?' she thought in disdain.

Melissa trembled at the thought of living the life of the poor.

She quickly typed a message, responding to Leila. She wanted to comfort her first, just in case she was planning to do something impetuous.

'I will make an appointment with her and listen to whatever she has to say. If she asks for money, I can still refuse her at the time, 'Melissa planned in her head.

She responded, "Leila, I was a little busy, that's why I couldn't pick up your call. If you want to talk to me, I'm absolutely willing to meet you. Tell me the place and time. I'll come."

Melissa checked the content of the message thrice to ensure that there was no issues with her words. Then she hit the send button.

When Leila received that message, she sneered in disdain. She could feel the hypocrisy in the message. 'That bitch, ' Leila thought, gritting her teeth.

'There's no way that she was busy. I know her! That bitch has nothing to be busy with!'

She sent the location and time to Melissa.

At a cafe

Leila reached early to their meeting place and waited for Melissa to arrive. She sat at the table next to the window, and the scene outside the window was starting to bore her. That was when Melissa finally showed up.

Before Melissa arrived, Leila didn't even dare to order anything for herself from the cafe. She was afraid that if Melissa didn't turn up like she had promised, the meagre amount of money she had wouldn't be enough to pay for the coffee.

The thought depressed her. Sorrow was pasted all over her face. She hadn't been sleeping well lately because of all the stress. She had dark circles around her eyes and she was in no mood to wear makeup. So, her face looked pale and exhausted. People who saw her would think that she was ill.

Melissa sat down in front of her and put her handbag on the side of the table. She looked at Leila's sulky face. She secretly blamed Leila for being useless. 'It has only been a short while since she left the Lu family. And she has already ended up like this. What a loser!'

Melissa looked her up and down. 'I thought she had a pretty face, but now, she doesn't look that good anymore. She looks so ugly right now, trying to get more money than she doesn't deserve. How could I have been so blind to choose an ally like her? She was never a competition for Sheryl. Oh my God. What was I thinking?

Looking closely now, she's not even half as pretty as Sheryl. No wonder Charles didn't give her a second look.

But all that doesn't matter anymore. She's useless now and she is a loser who is supposed to disappear forever. However, here we are. She still wants to extort money from me!'

Melissa regretted ever having formed an alliance with Leila. If she had had better ways other than joining hands with Leila at the time, she could have already kicked Sheryl out of the Lu family, and she would have long become the mistress of the Lu family.

Although she hated seeing Leila again, she put up a kind face and greeted her. "Leila, long time no see. How's everything going?" She acted so naturally that it seemed like Leila had not been kicked out of the Lu family and like they were still good friends.

Leila replied, "Hi, Aunt Melissa. We really haven't seen each other in such a long time. I've been missing you, and the time we spent together, no matter how good or bad it was. I also remember the time when we were in prison. I often finished your work first and then rushed to do my own work after that. At night, we provided strength to each other and we somehow managed to get through those miserable days."