The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 672 Holley Played It Well

Donna stared at her with piercing eyes and said, "Holley, my son isn't here right now. So there is no need to pretend that you are innocent. You tried very hard to look like a meek sheep, but I found it harder to believe!" Donna curved her lips in a sarcastic smile as she stared at Holley and continued, "But I am impressed. After this splendid performance of yours, I can't think poorly of you from now on. It is unbelievable that you conceived of such a way to impress me. Were you not afraid that you could even be killed in that accident?"

"Mrs. Han, I can't understand what you just said." Holley maintained her innocence for fear that Donna might use some other ways to deal with her.

"Trust me, the car accident was not intentional on my part. It was also unexpected. How could I do that on purpose?" Holley stood in front of Donna with a petrified face. Her voice dripped with grievance. It seemed that she was on the verge of crying. But her gesture failed to win Donna's sympathy. Rather it made her feel so resentful that she rushed to grab Holley's hair while loudly cursing at the same time. "You, bitch! You have no shame. I can't believe my son is in love with you, good for nothing whore. I must teach you a lesson so that you know what kind of a person I am."

Then, Donna grabbed Holley by her hair and shook her head with all her might. Sula who accompanied her in the hospital just stood there silently. She witnessed the entire episode between Holley and Donna. She did not make a single attempt to stop the matriarch, like she was just waiting to see Holley in that predicament. Hence, there was no way that she would do a thing to help her out.

"How dare you seduced my son?" Donna blurted, her eyes ready to pop out of her face. Donna hit her and cursed her without any remorse or hesitation to the extent that Holley started feeling sick and her head buzzed.

But Holley took all the strikes silently and didn't dodge even a single blow. Donna's ferocious attacks left her absolutely black and blue. And, that was all she wanted. The marks on her body would speak for themselves in front of George. He would come to know how his mother, whom he had asked her to be respectful with, had treated his girlfriend.

Donna sweltered while beating Holley. She was so enraged and no longer aware of how long it was since she first laid her hands on Holley. Holley didn't exert even a little effort to push her away. She bore Donna's brunt with open arms. Eventually, the squabble attracted a lot of attention. In the crowded hospital, a lot of onlookers soon gathered and jam-packed at the doorway of the ward. Sula was forced to close the door. A moment later, a doctor knocked and entered the room.

The doctor stared at Donna. The latter was relentless even after being abruptly pulled away from Holley. He sternly exclaimed, "Madam, what do you think you're doing? This is a hospital and definitely not a jungle where you can act wildly."

"You! Go away!" Looking at Holley who was behind the doctor, Donna spluttered,"Hey Doc, I am trying to teach her a lesson. This is absolutely none of your business!"

"This is a hospital and she is my patient. It is my duty, isn't it?" The doctor faced and stared at Donna and in a controlled tone said, "I don't know what's going on between you two, but I must insist clearly that you can't do that again as long as she is in this hospital. Otherwise, I will call the police."

"Are you sure about that, Doc?" Donna sneered and proudly proclaimed, "I am a foreigner."

"What's the big deal? Who do you think you are?" Hearing Donna's insulting words, the people gathered around in the doorway criticized here one after another. "What you did to the young lady is too much." "Yes... yes. What kind of hatred was that? How could you beat her like that?" echoed the others.

Staring at Donna, who remained arrogant and unapologetic, the doctor said seriously,"Listen, lady! You better get the hell out of here. Or, I'll call the police."

"Forget it, Aunt Donna." Sula, the bystander standing aside, discovered that they had triggered public furor, so she slightly tugged at Donna's sleeve to get her attention, and whispered, "Let's go. George would be back soon."

In fact, moments before Donna visited Holley, she had secretly prepared and pressed the recording button on her cellphone. She intended to use the recording as evidence to expose how arrogant Holley was. Once George was back, she would show the recorder's content to George. That way, her son would discover Holley's real attitude. But she had no idea that Holley had no intention of showing them her true self.

Well, it meant that Donna got really tired in beating her, for nothing. That feeling stung her.

Casting a cold eye on Holley, Donna said with a threat,"I am warning you, bitch. Stay away from my son, or I will make your life a living hell!"

After her threatening announcement, Donna stormed out of the ward without looking at anyone. Sula followed her closely.

Seeing Donna and Sula disappeared, the nurse began to break up the people at the doorway. "Please leave now. There is nothing here to be curious about anymore." As she said it loudly, the crowd turned around and left.

By that time the doctor turned to Holley and said, "Are you a chump? Why did you let that woman beat you without a fight?"

"How can I do that?" Holley replied and gave a wry smile to the doctor who stood in front of her. Then she added, "She is my boyfriend's mother. I have to give her my utmost respect no matter what?" "You must be the very first naive person I've ever met," The doctor said with pity. "You will have a difficult time in the future with such a mother-in-law. I'm pretty sure she is hard to get along with." "I know, Doc," Holley said lightly with a little nod.

At that time, the nurse brought some medical supplies. She picked up an iodine solution, poured it on a cotton ball and carefully dabbed on Holley's cuts. Glancing at Holley, who was enduring the pain without any words, she couldn't help suggesting, "You could yell out in pain. It's okay."

"I'm fine," Holley said with a smile. Although she was showing that she didn't mind what happened, Holley knew that the beating she received would have its worth. One day, in her way, Donna would realize that she was not a weakling.

"How cruel that old woman treated you!" the nurse said while applying some medicine on Holley's wound. Then she asked Holley with skepticism,"For her to treat you roughly, what's the problem between you and her?"

"It's really nothing, Miss. Maybe... she simply doesn't want me to be with her son." After speaking, Holley smiled sadly.

"That's a bit odd!" The nurse frowned and said, "That was the during the old time? Does she want her son to have an arranged marriage?"

But Holley didn't answer her questions. She slightly lowered her head to make the nurse feel that she was that pitiful. The nurse tried her best to console Holley, "My dear, being a woman also, I have to advise you about the saying that 'the mother-in-law is a natural enemy of the daughter-in-law'. If that woman would be your mother-in-law, you will suffer the worst after your marriage."

Finally, the nurse concluded, "The marriage decision must not only depend on how good the man is, but also on his family's attitude towards you. That's is the most important. Neglect it and you will not live happily after marriage." After finishing her work, the nurse said again, "Dear, you should consider my suggestions seriously. But remember, what I told you was only a suggestion, not a decision."

"Yes, I understand." Holley replied with a little smile. Before the nurse finished putting the medical supplies away, George was back. As he entered the room, he grumbled, "Holley, why didn't you answer my call? I..."

Suddenly, he stopped complaining. The big bag that he was carrying also stopped making a sound. He was surprised to see the doctor and the nurse inside the room. He asked, "Doctor, what's wrong? Was Holly uncomfortable?"

"You should first ask yourself," the nurse sneered and confronted George. "You know she is a patient, right?. Then, why did you let your mother come here and went berserk on her? Look, how serious injured she is! It was all caused by your freaking mother!"