The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1694 Vomiting

Holley had been thinking of leaving for a long time. So, she surely wouldn't say anything more to Rex.

The moment Rex finished speaking to her, she quickly rushed out of the mansion.

After Holley left, Rex made a call. A while ago he still seemed deeply worried, but after the call, he seemed to be much more relaxed.

In the meantime, Holley was having a hard time. When she left the mansion located in the suburbs, she hailed a taxi in an attempt to go home. In the cab, she kept looking back, afraid that Rex would have someone follow her. She was also worried that Ferry would appear again.

Holley knew that there was no turning back now. If Rex didn't trust her, or if he spoke to Ferry, she would be dead. She'd had no other choice, though. The most important thing right now was to save herself from the immediate trouble she was in.

Thinking about that, she was so scared that she started to sob. The taxi driver noticed that his passenger in the backseat was crying, by glancing in the mirror.

"Hey kid, did you just have a breakup?" he asked sympathetically. He was eager to offer some advice to the sad girl, who seemed to be fairly young. He believed that his life experience might be helpful to her. "No!" Wiping the tears off of her face, Holley looked out the window. She had no intention of sharing her feelings; nor did she want to show her ugly side to a total stranger.

"Girl, let me tell you something. You're quite good-looking, so don't get too involved in relationships yet. There're a lot of things in life that are worth exploring. If you fail in a relationship, that doesn't mean that you've failed in your life!" The taxi driver couldn't help offering more advice to the sorrowful girl.

"Excuse me, do I know you? Why are you judging me? Can't you just focus on driving?" Holley raged at the driver.

'Even a total stranger is shaking his finger at me! What the fuck?!' she angrily roared in her heart. The driver was stunned for a moment and gave up on saying anything more.

Suddenly, the air in the cab became so tense that it was almost suffocating.

Holley heaved a long sigh and turned to look out the window again.

Before long, the taxi finally arrived at her home. She quickly made her payment and got out of the taxi.

Holley started walking down the street to her house when, just a few meters away, she saw Black.

Black was sitting on a bench, looking at the ground.

Inhaling deeply, Holley slowly walked up to him.

He had his head hung low, so he didn't notice Holley. It was only when a pair of long legs appeared in his vision that he raised his head.

All of a sudden, he sprang forward to her and wrapped her up in his arms, murmuring, "Holley, you're back! Where have you been?"

Black's body was covered in the smell of alcohol. It was evident that he was already drunk. Even in such a delirious state, he could still recognize her though. Since Holley didn't speak, he continued, "I don't care where you've been or where you're going. I'll always replace you. You're mine..."

Black was smiling like a child as he gently kissed her forehead, and said, "I swear that I'll take care of you. I'll love you. Please, don't leave me!"

When he said that, he looked like he was going to cry. A myriad of feelings were running through Holley's heart and she fell into deep thoughts.

When she first got close to this man, she had her own agenda. She wanted to make use of him to reach her own goals. After all, the man had a strong family background. However, as time went by, she started to have true feelings for him.

If she had to replace someone to blame, she could only blame Black. He had loved her whole-heartedly no matter what. She could feel his sincere love for her, and couldn't help falling love with him. At that very moment, she suddenly realized something.

'I can't be so selfish, and I can't allow Black to risk his life for me anymore. There's no way that there's going to be a happy ending between him and me. If we continue in this way, he'll definitely suffer!' she thought to herself.

She didn't want to hurt Black. Eyes turning red, she quickly came up with a way forward.

The only solution was to tell him outright so she could protect him.

The only hope for Holley now was that Rex could handle everything for her. Otherwise, she would trap herself.

"Holley, please, trust me!" Black hugged Holley even tighter, afraid that she wouldn't trust him or stay with him.

Even though he was quite smelly-he was caked in the scent of alcohol and body odor-there wasn't a single trace of disgust in Holley's eyes. She patiently answered, "All right. I trust you. Should we go upstairs and get you cleaned up?"

"As long as you trust me, I will do anything for you!" Black exclaimed.

It was like Black was a little kid. Smiling, Holley nodded and said, "Okay, let's move slowly. Let's go back home, all right?"

"Okay, okay." Black nodded heavily.

Helping each other, they soon made their way into Holley's house.

Black started to vomit after the walk. He had been sitting on the bench for a long time, and the night breeze was quite cold, so it wasn't surprising that he would throw up after he had to start moving. Holley couldn't help frowning. Pinching her nose, she tried to avoid the smell.

"Aww..." After he finished throwing up, he seemed to feel much better.

He laid down on the couch.

Heaving a sigh, Holley quietly called out to him. "Black?"

When she got no response from him, she started to clean the house up. Black had vomited a lot, so it took Holley hours to get everything cleaned. While lying on the couch, Black began drunkenly talking to Holley. "Holley, are you still here?"

"Yes!" Holley knew that if she didn't respond to him, he would keep calling her name over and over again. Having no other choice, she had to keep the conversation going with him.

"Holley, please, give me a hug! Hug!" Black said loudly to her, laying back with his eyes closed.

Holley had to put down the cloth in her hand and went over to hug him.

After he was satisfied, he fell back asleep. Holley was so tired that she slumped to the floor.

It was very late when Holley was done. She took a quick shower before she went to sleep.

The next day when Black woke up, he had an agonizing headache.

Every inch of his body felt uncomfortable. He struggled to open his eyes a bit and was surprised to replace that he was in Holley's house.

He tried to remember what had happened last night. Even though he couldn't exactly remember everything, he still had memories of how Holley had taken care of him so patiently while he was puking.

At that thought, Black felt deeply touched. He was so grateful, and it was so overwhelming, that it flushed away the memories of the night when he saw her with Ferry. In truth, he had chosen to forget that incident on purpose.

"Oh, you're awake now! Come to the kitchen and have some breakfast!" Holley came out from the kitchen to greet him when she saw that Black had woken up.