The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1009 I Will Put Her Behind Bars

With a sneer, George remarked, "Someone is willing to abandon a good life and get herself into trouble. She is digging her own grave. It's her own fault."

Sheryl looked at him as she said gingerly, "You should know that I will not just let Holley get away. She is like a ticking time bomb, so I will go to great lengths to throw her back into jail. Hopefully, you will not stop me.

I know you like her very much. But I couldn't let her off this time. She isn't good enough for you."

"Sheryl," George called out, as he narrowed his eyes. "I know Holley did many terrible things to you. I could understand how you are dying to get even with her. But could you give me some time? I want to put her behind bars myself."

After reading all the reports, he felt like a fool. He was eager to take care of Holley himself so he came up with a plan.

"What?" Sheryl exclaimed as George's words took her by surprise. She overcame her shock, engrossed in her thought. Apart from herself, George was also Holley's victim. Now that he volunteered to deal with Holley, she didn't have any reason to refuse his offer. But she was worried that he would not be able to bring her down. She asked him with a skeptical look, "Could you do this?" "Yes, I could," he assured her with confidence.

"Well, I will leave her to you," she agreed. She arched her eyebrows and reminded him, "Holley is never easy to deal with. I will give you a week. If you failed, I would do it myself." George nodded, "It will not take that long."

He stood up from his seat and bowed before her. With a guilty expression, he apologized sincerely, "I would like to say sorry for what I did to you before, Sheryl. I used to help Holley bring you down. But I would never do it again. You could mark my word."

"Please don't do this," she gasped with flurry, as she hurried to get up and helped George up. "Holley was behind all of this. You had nothing to do with it. You didn't need to apologize to me," she continued as the man stayed still.

He straightened up and eyed her with guilt. "Anyway, I was partly to blame. Had I found out Holley's true colors earlier, you wouldn't have suffered so much. It was all my fault," he insisted.

"Stop blaming yourself," she persisted. She took pity on him as he put all the blame on himself. "Now you knew the truth. You were deceived by Holley, so I don't blame you."

She gave him a warm smile and urged, "The food is getting cold. You should have some now."

"No, thanks. I got something to do," he declined. "Sheryl, I would like to treat you and Charles to a meal another day. I hope you won't turn me down. I want to do something to make amends." "You shouldn't be so formal with me," she responded with a smile. "I yearned for nothing as long as you could bring Holley to justice.

I don't want to see her get more people in trouble." "I will," George responded before taking his leave.

Sheryl's eyes fell on the untouched food. As a frugal person, she decided to bring it back to the company. She gave it to those who hadn't had breakfast yet.

Meanwhile, George headed straight to his apartment. He took out the keys and initially intended to unlock the door, but he stopped. After hesitating for a long time, he decided not to get inside for now. With a laugh of self-mockery, he sat down on the stair scratching his hair. He wondered whether he should enter the house.

With a beaming smile, a well-dressed Holley suddenly opened the door. When she spotted George, she was taken aback. The former was in a good mood, while the latter was distracted. "George? What are you doing here?" Holley asked in surprise. "Why didn't you go inside?"

"Where are you going?" George asked as he surveyed Holley. "I..." Holley stammered.

Since Donna accepted her conditions, she had been in high spirits. Her initial plan was to do some shopping. She didn't want to go to work in an inappropriate attire after she became the boss of BM Corporation's branch here.

But she had the least idea that George would be here. The sight of a dispirited man didn't arouse her sympathy. Instead, she was slightly miffed.

She had made up her mind to leave George. But he came to her, which meant that he couldn't let her go. She found him annoying.

"It's not important. What's going on with you?" Holley asked as if nothing had happened. Studying George from head to toe, she shot him several questions. "Why are you looking this way? How long have you been here? Why didn't you come in?"

"I was afraid you might be displeased to see me," George replied in a low voice, pretending to look pitiful. Staring at Holley lovingly, he continued affectionately, "After you went home, I followed you and stayed here last night. You said you needed time to calm down, so I stayed outside not to bother you. Could you tell me your decision, Holley?"

He held her arms tightly and said excitedly, "I knew that my mother would have threatened you with many harsh words. Could you just ignore her? Nothing should matter as long as we could be together." As Holley didn't respond, he said on purpose, "My mother said many crazy things to me, but I didn't believe a word. I knew she was trying to turn us against each other. After all, I know you very well." Holley had her heart in her mouth. Swallowing her saliva, she focused her gaze on George and carefully queried, "What did you mother say?" "Nothing important," George replied flatly.

"I would not believe a single word from her." He took her hands and explained, "I had no feelings for Sula. You need to believe me.

We should get inside to get our identity cards. Then we could head to the Civil Affairs department and file our marriage."

She wrinkled her brows and broke free from his grip impatiently. Narrowing her eyes at him, she gruffly said, "Calm down, George."

"What's up?" With a scowl, he said, "We promised each other that we would never split up. Did you forget it?" "Of course I remember it," she replied.

Before she got the money and the company from George's mother, she wouldn't afford to displease him. "I mulled over last night and I thought I couldn't hold you back." She made up an excuse. With a wry smile, she proceeded, "We are both grown-ups. We should think of the consequences. If I continued to stay with you, how could we make a living? Did you think about this?"