The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 602 Let Me Stay With My Child

Leila stretched out her arms and hugged Charles tightly. In a sob, she said, "If you want, you, Charlie and I can live a happy life too. I will take good care of you and our family. Charlie is a sensible and

considerate child. For sure he will be very happy if we live together."

Charles got annoyed of what he heard. All the while, Leila had been saying that the reason why she kept on coming every day was to visit Charlie. But now that Charles was in front of her, all she could say was about their future. He forcefully broke free from Leila's hug and pushed her away. Since Leila already had a sprained ankle, she easily lost her balance and fell to the ground again.

Her hands were cut by some pebbles on the ground. Blood started to drip but she seemed not to notice it. It was also painful but Leila had already became numb. She didn't mind the pain. She just stared at Charles who was standing in front her. Charles' indifferent behavior was more painful than the cuts in her hands. She bitterly asked, "Charles, do you... do you really hate me this much?"

"Yes," Charles replied curtly. Then he continued, "At least you are smart enough to know that I hate you. And I'm telling you this only once: Even if you were the only woman left in this world, I would rather die alone than marry you."

Charles felt so stupid for thinking that Leila might have already changed. Now, he realized that this woman was hopeless. Leila was getting more and more annoying in his eyes.

"You..." Leila was too angry to utter a word. She clenched her fists and was finally able to shout, "Fine! Since you have admitted to hate me that much, then, give my child back to me. We will leave this city forever and I will take care of him alone. We will stay away from you and never bother you and Sheryl for the rest of our lives."

"If you want to leave, then go!" Charles shouted back. "But, I will never let you take my son. He's staying with me." Charles continued, "You don't own Charlie. You hid him from me for so many years and I didn't even know his exist. Now that he's with me, you can never take him away anymore."

"Are you trying to make me lose everything?" Leila glared at Charles furiously.

"If you want to see Charlie, you are always welcome to see him," Charles answered. Charles wasn't that cruel. After all, Leila was Charlie's mother. So, he didn't intend to totally tear them apart.

"No way!" Leila obviously didn't agree to Charles' idea. Then, she added firmly,"No matter what, I'm already determined to take Charlie back. I've never wanted your money. All I ever want is my child."

"Leila..." Charles was getting impatient. Deep creases had started showing on his forehead. "You gave birth to Charlie without my knowledge. I should have blamed you for hiding it from me but I didn't. Anyway things already happened. However..."

Charles paused for a while before he continued, "Now that I know about him and I have acknowledged him as the child of the Lu family, there is no way that you can take him from me again. I hope you are clear with that."

"You are really forcing me to die, aren't you?" Leila was already frustrated. She had spent lots of efforts and she had done so many things in the past just to have Charles. Otherwise, why would she take Charlie away from Autumn?

In the past few years, Leila brought up and took good care of Charlie. She did everything for him. And she would never allow Charles, Charlie and Autumn to live happily together while she went down the drain No!

Leila took a deep breath and calmly said, "Charles, the reason why I came here today is to ask Charlie to go with me. He is my child and no one can ever change that fact." Leila realized that shouting and getting angry would only make the situation worse. Charlie became more persistent in keeping Charlie. So she thought of changing her tactic. "As for you," she paused for a moment before she continued, "you and Sheryl will have your own child in the future. You can even have more children. As for me, I only have Charlie. He is my only child. I hope you could understand now why I am very eager to get him back." "But come to think of it," Charles replied. "Charlie will have a better future with me. I can send him to reputable schools and he will get a lot of connections. If he lives with you, what could he get? What could you give him?" Charles wanted Leila to understand that Charlie's future was all that mattered to him.

However, instead of giving in, Leila sneered,"He has been doing great when he was still with me. I know all along that I can't give him the same level of education and the resources that you can. But at least, he won't suffer being bullied by another woman."

"You don't need to worry about him. I can promise you that I will take good care of him and give him only the best things in this world," Charles assured.

Leila didn't want to listen to Charles anymore so she stood up and tried to open the car door. She would never give Charlie back to Autumn after taking care of him for so many years. However, Charlie had already locked the car door when he saw what Leila was about to do.

'What the hell?' Leila was struck dumb. She couldn't believe that Charlie would do such thing to her.

Leila knocked on the window and yelled at him,"Charlie, open the door! This is mom. Open the door and get out. You must go with me right now."

But Charlie just remained seated and focused on his smartphone. He pretended not to hear Leila at all.

Hopeless, Leila turned to Charles furiously. The calm expression she tried hard to put in earlier was now gone. She shouted, "I'm warning you, Charles! Open the door for me now! I've already told you many times that I would bring Charlie with me today!"

"You have already seen it yourself. Charlie doesn't want to go with you." Charles was never moved by her warning. All Charles wanted to do right now was to end this conversation and get inside the house so he said, "Leila, I won't make any compromise on this issue so let's end this up. You can do anything. You want to sue me? No problem. You can hire the best lawyer to help you. I'm not afraid of it."

Leila felt like it was no use arguing with Charles anymore so she turned back to Charlie. "Charlie, Charlie!" She kept on knocking the window again as she yelled at Charlie. "I'm your mom, Charlie. I brought you up and I took care of you since you were a child. Could you really abandon me just like this since you found your father?"

Charlie furrowed his eyebrows. As much as possible, he didn't want to get involve in his parents' fight. But Leila already became so annoying that he could't take it anymore. So he shouted back,"Leila, I've been doing great since I came to live with dad. And my life has even become better without you. So, I will never want to live with you anymore. Please, stop disturbing my life and just leave me alone."

Leila was once again struck dumb by what Charlie said. She never thought that the kid who she had taken care for so many years would be this ungrateful.

She smiled bitterly and asked Charlie,"Son, did you hate me too?"

Charlie knitted his eyebrows more. Leila was really annoying. She always liked putting the blames on other people. She could never accept her mistakes.

Charlie just glared at Leila outside the window without saying a word.

Leila became more furious but hopeless. So she turned to Charles again for help. She didn't want to give up just like that. She grabbed Charles's hand and begged,"Charles, I know I've done so many mistakes in the past. I would be willing to make things right as long as you would let me stay with my child. Please, Charles. I'm begging you."