The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1622 Cora Got Irritated

What Leila was suggesting was no different from Holley's idea. Setting up Sheryl had been Holley's goal for so long. Instead of wasting time listening to Leila's unoriginal proposal, Holley directed her attention to something more important.

She thought about Ferry's call. Ferry had asked whether she could help him steal some confidential documents from Shining Company. He promised her that if she was able to do it, he'd write off all scores between them. However, Holley didn't really believe Ferry.

"Holley, are you even listening to me?" Leila asked angrily. She'd been talking for so long, and Holley hadn't said a word, not even an 'um' to acknowledge what she was saying! She couldn't help but feel annoyed.

"I heard you. Going with cyber-bullying Sheryl again? Do you think this is going to work again?" Despite her mind being far off, Holley still knew what Leila had said to her.

"Just help me with this plan! Help me look for hackers. I need to defeat Sheryl once and for all!" Leila swore. She clenched her fists to show how determined she was.

"All right! I get it! Is there anything else you want to say? Because I have to go." Holley hung up before Leila could even respond. She figured Black must have gone to his office to wait for her.

Heading to Black's office, Holley found that he had already eaten dinner. When Holley got there, his face lit up, and he asked if she would stay.

Black looked excited; however, to his dismay, Holley didn't seem to feel the same. She forced an awkward smile when she replied, "I already made plans with Leila for tonight. We're going shopping together and you really don't have to come!"

"I think I should go with you! Why not? I'd like to do some shopping myself," Black insisted.

Holley didn't know what to say. She was a bit annoyed at Black's persistence.

She just wanted Black to take the hint that she was giving him, just this once. She was pretty clear on what she wanted, but he still didn't seem to understand.

She forced a small laugh. "Leila and I will be fine! Besides, I don't think it looks good for two girls to be shopping, while some man follows them from behind. It's fine, you can go home and rest. I'll call you wher I get home, okay?" This was the only way Holley could think of that would both reject Black and at the same time, not anger him. It worked because Black gave in.

Holley was able to reject Black's request sweetly.

Thoughtful as Black ever was, he didn't leave until he'd dropped Holley off at her meeting place with Leila.

She watched as Black got into his car, and waited until the car had disappeared into the distance. Only then did she relax. She didn't waste another moment and hailed a taxi right away. She lied to Black because she spoke to Leila before she went to Black's office. She just wanted to get away from him so she could rest.

Leila snuck inside Cassie's room. Today was her lucky day, as no one was watching Cassie.

She knew that she had to be extra careful because she was the reason why Cassie was here in the first place-she had pushed Cassie down the stairs, which had caused her coma. If Cassie woke up, Leila would suffer because Cassie would certainly tell on her and expose her evil deed.

While Cassie still wasn't showing any signs of waking soon, Leila knew that it would happen sooner or later. Leila had been idle these past few days. As a result, she had time to nurse the paranoia in her mind. Thus, she grew more anxious as each day passed.

Leila cautiously approached the door to Cassie's room. First, she pressed her ear against the door, listening for any noise that would indicate someone being inside. She only heard silence; hence, Cassie was alone. She gently pushed the door open.

When she got inside, she studied Cassie as malicious thoughts crossed her mind. Cassie lay quietly in her bed, still in a coma. She looked so weak and fragile. Right now, her life was dependent on a machine and she was connected to an oxygen tube, that helped her breathe. Leila then decided to remove the oxygen tube, which was helping Cassie to breathe.

"What are you doing?" Cora shrieked. She had been watching over Cassie in place of Nick. She'd just stepped out for a while, so she was surprised to replace Leila when she returned.

Taken by surprise, Leila stumbled a few steps back. Her body was shaking as she turned. Leila was confused when she saw Cora, who was a stranger to her.

Cora didn't know Leila either. However, she had just caught her about to practically kill Cassie, so she guessed her intentions to be bad.

"Who are you yelling at? I'm here to see Cassie. She's my friend!" Leila yelled back. The idea to play innocent had just occurred to her. Cautiously, she acted calm and avoided seeming guilty. Uncertain now, Cora looked back at Leila for a moment before asking, "Well, then, who are you?"

Cora eyed Leila suspiciously, and suddenly a notion came to her. Leila reminded her of someone she knew, though her memory was not clear on this. She tried her best to try and recall, but couldn't. "It's none of your business. And who are you? How dare you talk to me like that?" Leila wouldn't be so stupid as identify herself.

As she spoke, she slowly headed for the door.

Leila knew she had to leave before Cora became even more suspicious. When Leila left, Cora called Nick right away because she had a bad feeling about Leila.

Cora tried her best to describe the woman she'd seen to Nick. Nick immediately knew who Cora was talking about. Who else could it be but Leila?

"Did you see what she did to Cassie?" Nick asked, sounding concerned.

This didn't slip by Cora, so she comforted him, "Don't worry! Nothing's going to happen to Cassie as long as I'm here. I just thought that the woman was strange."

"All right, can you please stay with her? I'm heading there right now." Nick was just about to fall asleep when he received the call from Cora. Suddenly, he wasn't sleepy at all.

Cora then stayed with Cassie. Everything was quiet in the room. The silence was suddenly broken when Nick pushed the door open, rushing in. Cora was taken by surprise as she didn't expect Nick to arrive so soon. She thought, 'What? Can he fly now? How did he get here so fast?'

"Who was that woman?" Cora asked Nick immediately. She couldn't help but be curious because the woman also reminded her of someone she'd seen before.

Nick didn't respond to her right away. He was busy fussing over Cassie; checking Cassie's vitals, the machine she was plugged to, everything. When he was sure that Cassie was fine, he heaved a sigh of relief.

Only then did he snapped out of his bubble. It was only then that he realized that Cora had asked him a question. Frowning, he responded, "Her name's Leila." His voice was as firm and cold as his face.

"What? Leila?" Cora exclaimed in shock.

She remembered the woman from the surveillance camera. That explained why Leila had seemed so familiar when she first saw her.

Cora then started to feel guilty. She thought she should have stopped Leila from leaving.

"I'm going to look for her right now! We need to settle this. How dare she come in here, threatening Cassie's life? Didn't she know that I'm here?" Cora was infuriated. She rolled up her sleeves as she spoke. She was preparing for a fight as she headed to the ICU.

Nick didn't plan on stopping her because he felt the same way. If he could, he'd lock Leila up in jail!

Shortly after, Nick and Cora looked for Leila so they could confront her.

Leila wasn't surprised. Earlier when she got caught in Cassie's room, she'd already prepared herself for this confrontation. She braced herself as she'd already planned on what to say so she didn't need to worry anymore.

Seeing the anger on both Nick and Cora's faces, Leila managed to remain calm. She folded her arms across her chest as she asked, "So what are you doing here? Are you here for Charles? He's doing fine." "Leila, you're a horrible person! Why would you sneak inside Cassie's room when you knew I wasn't there? What were you going to do?" Cora blurted out.

Cora trembled in fear as she recalled the moment she caught Leila. If she'd been just a second late, she didn't even want to think what would have happened to Cassie. She cursed herself for being so careless, but she also despised Leila even more for being so cunning.

"Weren't you at Cassie's room earlier? Didn't I already tell you what I was doing?" Leila sneered.

Cora didn't know what to say upon hearing how arrogant Leila was. She was taken aback by her confidence.

"Leila, stop acting like we're fools! We know what you were going to do! I'm warning you, stay the hell away from Cassie. If you go anywhere near her again, I'll make your life a living hell," Nick barked. He was running out of patience with Leila.