The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1010 Getting Trapped In A Dilemma

"After all the conversations, you just don't want to be with me, do you?" A sarcastic smile was etched on George's face as he probed something out of Holley.

Holley's face took on an unnatural expression when she heard George's question. She stared at his angry face and felt slightly flustered. She immediately walked toward him and held his hand before she made an explanation. "George, please calm down. That is not what I mean."

She then gave him a wry smile as she continued to squeeze his hand. "What I mean is..." Her voice faltered. Then catching his gaze, she earnestly pleaded, "We have to separate from each other temporarily. When you gain a firm foothold in the company, your mother will no longer have the energy to meddle with us. When that time comes, and we still want to be together, then so be it! There will be a lot of opportunities for us by then."

Holley then tried lacing their fingers together. "I know how you feel at this moment. But George, please trust me, I even feel more heartbroken than you. Right now, the most important thing for us is not our love. Do you understand?"

"So what you are saying is that when I gain my footing in BM Corporation, you will come back to me, right? Is that what you exactly mean?" George stared at Holley indifferently and said in apparent disbelief. "Of course," Holley nodded agreeably as she gave her commitment. She then briefly added, "George, I think you should understand how deeply I am in love with you. But given those things happened at such hard times..." She paused eyeing him tenderly. "I feel like I am overwhelmed. I am kind of confused of these mixed feelings. But I promise you, I will wait here until you come back and be with me again."

"I can't believe my ears. You still keep lying to me at this point." George curved his lips into a sardonic smile. "Wait for me?" he probed as he watched her. "I think you only want to get the money and the company. Soon after, you will discard me outright. Is that so?"

George stood there unblinking, staring hard at Holley and gauging her reactions with his cold eyes. "Holley, never did I imagine that I would be a person who could understand you the least. You disgust me." "George, what do you mean by that?" Holley's?face suddenly?got pale as if her blood had been drained out of her. She forcefully pulled George's hand and begged, "Please don't believe any of your mother's bullshit. She only wants to separate us. So she is desperately making up some lies one after another to defame me. But please do trust me, no matter what she claims against me, I haven't done those things." "Enough!" George growled out of anger as he shook off her hand. Then he hissed, "Holley, I don't believe in anything you say to me. You bear in mind that there is no relationship between us from now on." After throwing these words ruthlessly, George turned to leave immediately without hesitation. But Holley quickly stopped him.

She didn't expect that Donna could not be trusted with her words and even resorted to squealing their deal with George.

At this moment, she couldn't let George just leave like this-she hadn't received the money yet. And to a greater extent, she couldn't afford to break up with him now. Otherwise, she wouldn't get any benefit in the end.

"What do you still want to do? Do you still want to cheat on me?" A faint and scornful smile twisted his mouth as he ridiculed her.

"George, can you listen to my explanation? It just takes a few minutes," Holley pleaded in a soft voice as she gave him a wry smile. "Yes, I admit that I asked for some money from your mother. But please trust me. I did this because I have some difficulties," she added.

"Finally you admitted," George drawled with a hardened expression on his face. A cold smile was plastered on his lips as he inquired, "Holley, is money all that important to you in your mind? How about our love that has existed for the past three years? Is it truly...valueless to you? I guess you find it worthless because you have been trying the whole time to measure it up in terms of money."

"No, it is not like what you think." Holley absently shook her head while putting on an awkward smile. Then she further explained, "I did it because I want to be suitable for you. With this money, I can boost my pride to match you. What's more..."

Holley paused briefly to gather her thoughts and then she continued, "Because of your affairs with Sula at that time, I nearly went mad. I didn't expect that you would do such a thing."

Holly gingerly reached out to grab George's hand. And she held onto it tightly. Still wearing a gloomy expression, she made an effort to sound reassuring, "George, please believe me. I soon regretted what I had done. I want to confess to Aunt, but I could not find an appropriate time."

If this happened during the time their relationship was at the strongest, George must have been cheated by such words. Now that he had known Holly's real character from Sheryl, he could easily discern through her cunning acts. How could he fail to see this before?

"George..." Holley called out as she gave him a bitter smile. Then she pretended to be miserable. "Your affairs with Sula devastated me. I think you should understand my feeling if you put yourself in my shoes And you should also know that I never meant to do it at that time."

George pretended to believe her and gently prompted, "Is that true?"

"Of course," Holley nodded her head firmly. She then insisted, "George, please have faith in me. I will not betray you."

"All right. Then it is true. Now, come with me to see my mom. And you will tell her that we no longer need her money. What we want is only to get married as soon as possible," George narrowed his brows and sounded her out.

"George..." Her voice trailed off. Holley slightly furrowed her brows and pulled the hem of George's coat. Then she offered a suggestion, "Now that we got your mother's promise by mistake, why not we just take it? We can go away and live our own life with this money. What do you think of it?"

Shrugging her shoulders, she began to envision their future life. "I can just give up the company. But if we have the money, we can find our paradise, a place with fascinating mountains and rivers. We are both capable. More likely, we will succeed."

"What do you mean by that?" George was confused, and he stared hard at her. When the meaning of her words dawned on him, he was fuming mad. "So everything you promised me earlier are all lies? You just want the money!"

"No, please let me finish my words." A wry smile escaped Holley. She started speaking out her plan. "What I mean is that we must pretend to break up and then get the money. And we will not have to worry about our future together. Do you understand?"

"No way!" George adamantly refused. "All you need to do is to trust me. Even without this money, I can assure you that you will live a good life. I am more than capable. And I can support you. And regarding this money, we cannot accept it at all," George expressed assertively, clearly defining his attitude.

"Even if I can wait for you," she softly countered, "the child in my belly can't." Holley declared as she forced one corner of her mouth into a wry smile.

"What... what did you say?" George stammered. And he couldn't believe his ears. He was stunned. He stood motionless, stared at Holley in shock and then asked nervously, "You are pregnant? Really?" "Yes..." Holley answered guiltily. She was so desperate that she had to tell this lie. But she had no other choice. She was trapped in a dilemma just now. She must get that money by any means.

Holley pulled George's hand on her belly and uttered in mock helplessness, "George, we have no other option at this point..."