The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1002 Threw Off The Mask

"Don't you ever try to sabotage my relationship with Holley! We are deeply in love with each other. Nothing can separate us." Although George sat down beside her, he was still restless. He sneered at Donna in front of him, "No matter what conditions you offer, I will not leave Holley."

"Really?" Donna smirked. Glancing at Holley, she then queried in a dubious tone, "I wonder if Miss Ye is interested in having some small talk with me alone?"

"No, Holley!" George cried out instinctively. He adamantly opposed Donna's suggestion, thinking she might come up with some cunning scheme again that would force them apart. He could not let it happen, so he blurted out, "I won't give you that chance."

"You don't have to worry. It's merely some small talk, nothing else. Don't make a fuss of it," Donna countered. "However, I think..." She paused deliberately. "Maybe there is something Miss Ye doesn't want you to know." She then sneered and purposely asked Holley, "Miss Ye, am I right?"

Donna seemed to know some little secrets about Holley as there were some underlying meanings in her words. She prodded, "By the way, do you know a girl named Yvonne Gu? Does the name sound familia to you?"

The moment Holley heard the name, her demeanor changed drastically. She appeared to have underestimated Donna's capability and didn't expect her to find out about it.

Ferry previously had mentioned this to her and confirmed that he had destroyed all the clues leading to Yvonne Gu, unless Donna had joined hands with Sheryl. She shuddered at the thought of the two who had associated with each other against her.

Realizing this, Holley looked viciously at Donna. As she was fuming with anger, the blue veins on her forehead bulged visibly. She felt like Donna was grabbing her by the throat as if trying to suffocate her. "What nonsense are you talking about?" inquired George, looking curious at his mother. He frowned slightly and stressed, "What's the matter that you can't talk about it in front of me? I am not an outsider." "George, why not give them some space?" Sula cut in. Casting him an ambiguous glance, she suggested, "I think, Aunt Donna... must have something to speak with Miss Ye. We'd better leave them alone." "You shut up! Don't tell me what to do!" George fumed. "You are a cheater. You lied to me. I shouldn't have trusted you. Don't talk to me anymore!" he continued to rage at Sula. "George, how can you say that..." Sula started to sob as George harshly accused and insulted her.

"George, watch your words. Don't be so rude to Sula," Donna intervened, reprimanding him. She was quite displeased with his son's attitude towards Sula. "Sula is a girl anyway. You can't treat her like that. Besides, you took advantage of her in her bed the other night. We need to talk that through as well."

"You took advantage of Sula in her bed?" expressed Holley in total disbelief. She detested those who deceived her, and she wanted to figure out what happened between George and Sula, so she probed, "What's the matter? How come you took advantage of her?"

George looked pale. His mind went blank. He began to stutter not knowing how to explain it clearly to Holley.

Holley had a queer feeling about this whole thing. She felt strangely odd when she realized that George even tried to hide the affair from her. It was too disgusting for her to bear. She could do nothing but chuckle at Donna's desperate move to separate them.

"George, it is deemed necessary for you to make it clear to me. What happened between you and Sula? What exactly has happened? Do you have any explanation?" Holley kept probing George restlessly. George lowered his head with guilt. He dared not look at Holley's eyes nor answer her questions. He hesitated for a long time before he reached out to hold Holley's hand and explained, "Holley, listen to me, it's not as what you think. I didn't..."

"You didn't what? You should better make it clear with me today." Holley sneered at him. It was heartbreaking for her to think of her boyfriend being with another woman. She condemned him, "George, you just let me down. I have always believed in you. I believed when you said you love me. I never doubted that. But, you hurt my feelings. What a big surprise you've given me!"

"Holley, No! It was not like that. Listen to me..." George felt desperate. It was true he was in Sula's bed with her sleeping next to him. But he felt remorseful for what he had done with Sula, even though it was not what he wanted to happen.

"I didn't know what happened exactly. I only remembered that when I woke up, Sula was lying next to me. That's all. You have to believe me, Holley." George gave a feeble explanation, trying to convince Holley, but it simply couldn't hold water. It appeared that he was shoving the responsibility towards Sula.

"George, are you blaming Sula? Are you still a man? You should be man enough to accept the consequence of your own doing," Donna disputed, looking displeased with George's explanation.

She stared at him and was particularly angry because she always taught him to be responsible for his own doing. It was not a real man's behavior to pass the buck. "It was you who got onto her bed. Why are you blaming her now?" Donna refuted.

Sula felt ashamed and embarrassed hearing Donna and George argue. With a bitter smile, she gingerly stood up and forced herself to speak. "Aunt Donna, I'm a little tired. I need to go out. Please excuse me. She anxiously lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone and added, "I-I don't think... I don't think I should be here. Aunt Donna, if you need me later, just give me a call when you're done." "Alright." Looking at her little pitiful face, Donna felt slightly distressed. She took her hand and comforted her, "Sula, there is a bar named Qings Bar not far from here. Why not go over there and order something to drink? I'll come to you later."

"Okay," Sula nodded submissively. She always listened to what Donna asked her to do, just like an obedient sheep.

After Sula went out, George still tried every means to explain to Holley. On the other hand, Holley knew that it must be George's mother who was playing the dirty trick in the dark, but she didn't want to prick the bubble in front of George. She didn't want to say anything at all in order to take control of the overall situation. She contemptuously said to George, "All right now, I got it. Don't say anything."

She observed the gloomy expression on George's face and insisted, "I didn't expect that the man who said he loved me would betray me. George, go out for a while. I don't want to see you here and I need some time to calm myself down."

"Holley, I didn't... I was just..." George was unwilling to give up but was interrupted by Holley. She snapped, "I asked you to go out. Didn't you hear me?" Donna, who sat there looking at them with an amused smile, remarked, "George, you'd better go out for a moment. Let me have a good talk with Miss Ye."

George stared lovingly at Holley before he pleaded, "Holley, I know you are mad at me right now. I don't know how to explain myself better but you have to believe me that it is not what you think it is. And I wan you to understand that I do love you. You are the only woman I love and there will be no one else. If my mother tells you something ridiculous later, don't take it seriously. I will be here with you no matter what happens. Do you know that?"

Holley turned her head away refusing to look at him. George, who felt dejected, made his way out of the room. On his way to the door, he tossed a glance at her and said in a voice soft with affection, "Holley, I will wait for you outside." Receiving no answer, he left feeling more disheartened.

The moment George closed the door behind him, he felt empty in his heart. He stood there looking transfixed at the vacant and long corridor. He let out a sigh and was deeply agitated with the thought that everything happened because of Sula.

She cheated on him. She had promised to offer help, but in fact, she lied to him from the very beginning. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He then decided to go to Qings Bar and find her. As soon as George was gone, Holley stopped being polite. She regarded Donna with cold eyes and exclaimed, "You are really something. I have to admit that I begin to admire you for your cattiness." "You are not bad either," countered Donna. She meant her words. Holley was more difficult to deal with than she could ever imagined.

"Now there is nobody else here, only you and me in this room. So there is no need to put on the show anymore. Cut to the chase, what exactly do you want?" Holley demanded. She didn't want to fritter more o her time away on this, so she bluntly implied, "I know you are the one who arranged the so-called affair between George and Sula. Am I right? I have never thought that you would plot against your son. You even set him up. It is absolutely beyond my expectations."