The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 994 A Favor

George reeked of guilt, but he broke the embarrassing silence eventually. "Now that you are here, I'm guessing it means that you want to work things out as soon as possible. We'd better sit down and think of a way to solve this. And I know that I am at fault, so I will do anything I can to compensate for my behavior," he offered.

"I came here because I have something to tell you, not because I want anything from you," Sula replied coldly, turning to George. "I am done with you. From now on, you mean nothing to me. We will be strangers if we meet each other again. Is that clear?"

"Are you sure about this?" George asked in a trembling voice, fixing his gaze on her. He was pleased and relieved to hear her decision, but he kept that to himself knowing full well how selfish he was to think that way.

"Yes." Sula nodded firmly. "I have mulled over our relationship in these past few days and I have realized how silly I was to waste so much of my time on you. I admit that I liked you very much, but now I only want to get rid of you from my life. I hope you will respect my wish and stay away from me."

George didn't utter a word. As he stared at her in a puzzled silence, Sula went on, "I will tell Aunt Donna that I am leaving. I have so many miserable memories in this place. I don't want to stay here any longer. I wish you and Miss Ye a lifetime of happiness."

Her heart bled as she spoke. Heartbroken as she was, she had to say those words against her will to honor her pride.

George listened to her patiently and finally let out a deep sigh. He said, "I didn't expect that you would be so understanding. I..."

He was too ashamed to continue speaking to her. 'I have to do this for our happiness. For Holley.'

"Actually, there is one other thing. I need your help," George said, overcoming his sense of guilt and shame.

He knew that he was being unbelievably cruel to Sula, but he had no choice.

After a pause, he went on, "I proposed to Holley. We want to proceed with the wedding as soon as possible."

His announcement left Sula speechless and she was frozen in her place. 'He slept with me just the other day. But he has already proposed to Holley. I really mean nothing to him.

I am such a fool. I thought that he cared about me,' she thought as bitterness consumed her.

"Why are you saying this to me?" she asked with a sneer. "Is this why you wanted to see me? To show off your love for her?"

"No, of course not! Please don't get me wrong," George replied immeidately as he shook his head nervously. He couldn't bear to proceed when he saw the hurtful look on her face. But at the thought of his girlfriend, he plucked up the remainder of his courage and went on.

"I know that this is difficult for you. To be honest, I feel really horrible about that accident. After all, I have always seen you as my sister and we both didn't want such a thing to happen. But now that it happened we should replace a way to move on from this phase. What do you say?"

Sula let out a contemptuous laugh, but didn't say anything.

'Move on? Seriously?

I gave my first time to a man who doesn't even care about me. It hurts so much that I could never let it go. How could I ever move on from such a memory?' she thought.

"Like I've told you before, I am serious about Holley and I will love only her for the rest of my life," George declared. He was embarrassed by this whole situation, but he had to bring this issue to a close. So he went on, "To be honest, I believe that I might have been drugged that night. There's no other explanation for what had happened that night. But this is not the time to go after that suspicion. The most important thing right now is to handle this matter wisely. Our parents are on good terms with each other and we will often meet even after this. If we don't settle this now, we will not feel comfortable when we see each other later. I don't want that to happen between us."

Sula pulled a long face. 'He doesn't want Holley to learn about what had happened. So he's making up an excuse to make me believe that he's doing this for us. What a hypocritical man!' she thought in disdain.

Sula took a deep breath to control her anger and replied, "Mr. Han, could you get straight to the point? I am tired of all this round about talks."

George looked at her in surprise and shock. "All right," he said as he cleared his throat nervously. "Holley wants to invite you and my mother to a meal to officially announce the wedding. There have been some deep misunderstandings and she thought that you three could solve your problems over a meal."

He paused and looked away from her. It was difficult for him to bring this topic up again and again, but he was left with no alternatives. He said, "I cannot tell her what had happened between us. I don't want her to know about it."

With an expectant look at Sula, he requested, "I was wondering if you would accept the invitation and act as if nothing had happened in front of Holley. And I hope you can persuade my mother not to mention it to her either. You are going back to Korea; I and Holley are getting married. It will do us no good if she found out about it."

At last, Sula yielded to her feelings and gave him a cold laugh. Transfixing her gaze on the man, she growled, "So, you wanted to see me because you hoped that I would put up an act in front of your girlfriend so that you and she can get married peacefully?"

George looked at the floor in embarrassment and replied, "Yes."

"What's more, you also want me to convince your mother to be nice to her, right?" she continued.

With a helpless weak smile, he rested his eyes on Sula and said, "I know that I am being very cruel to you. But I couldn't think of any other way. My mother treats me like an enemy now. But she listens to you. You are the only one who can make her change her mind. So you are the only one who can help me."

"You..." Sula glared at George and asked, "How could you be so shameless?"

He dodged her gaze and said, "Sula, I really love Holley. I know that I broke your heart. I was serious when I said that I would do anything for you. I only hope that you would do me this one favor. I will be grateful to you."

Sula looked at George's pitiful state and closed her eyes. With a painful expression, she accepted his request. "I will do it, if that's what you want."