The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1542 Don't Do It Again

"Mrs. Lu, don't worry. Miss Zhang is all right. She simply has hypoglycemia, so she is a little frail. Be mindful not to stimulate her after she wakes up. A good mood will be helpful for her," the doctor advised. Melissa continued asking nervously, "How can it be? She is always as fit as a fiddle. How come she has hypoglycemia now?"

"Well..." Hesitant, the doctor added, "It's probably because of her irregular lifestyle. If she doesn't eat or sleep regularly, she will have hypoglycemia. Moreover, excessive fatigue could also lead to poor health." After their conversation, the doctor left with the nurses, while Leila went inside the patient's room.

Melissa felt so sad for Leila that her body suddenly went limp. Luckily Charles caught her before she fell on the floor.

"It's all my fault! I know Leila is a poor girl who has no family, but I still drove her away. If it weren't for me, she wouldn't have suffered so much. She doesn't deserve this!" Melissa sobbed, tears continuously streaming down her cheeks.

Melissa had been with Leila all the time and hadn't eaten anything, so she was pretty weak now.

Seeing that Melissa might pass out any time, Charles held her to sit in the patient's room, and urged her to do some checkups. To his relief, she was all right except for some excessive shock. The doctor assured him that Melissa would recover after some good rest.

"I need to stay with Leila. The doctor said I'm all right anyway," Melissa pleaded with Charles, wearing a hospital gown.

Charles had no choice but to walk Melissa to Leila's room. When they opened the door, they saw the nurse changing fresh dressing for Leila's wound.

"She won't wake up anytime soon. What's more, the patient needs some rest. Please don't stay here too long as you will disturb her," the nurse said. Taking a glance at Melissa, who was also dressed in a hospital gown, the nurse added, "You're also a patient. Make sure that you rest well enough."

"Yes, we'll keep that in mind. Thank you!" Charles said politely. After the nurse left, Charles and Melissa sat on the side of Leila's bed.

Leila's face was as white as a sheet, which made Charles feel sick at heart. He wasn't sad for her, of course, but he felt a bit guilty.

"Look how thin Leila is, poor girl! She wasn't this slim two days ago when I met her," Melissa sadly commented, sounding like she was about to cry again.

Charles heaved a deep sigh and then comforted Melissa, "Mom, don't cry. You're overreacting. Anyway, Leila is all right now, isn't she?" Charles wanted his mother to understand that it was useless to cry. Moreover, Leila wasn't in danger anymore.

"Of course I know she is all right. But I still can't help it! I owe her!" Melissa explained.

Not knowing how to make his mother feel better, Charles gave up.

He waited in the room with Melissa for hours. And when she finally got tired, Charles walked her back to her own room.

Charles stayed with Melissa until she fell asleep. It was already very late at night. Thinking that Sheryl might also be asleep then, he decided not to call her. He stayed at the hospital the entire night in case Melissa needed him.

Early the next morning, Melissa woke him up.

He didn't have a good night's sleep, so he felt very tired and his eyes hurt.

"Mom, why did you get up so early?" he asked sleepily.

"I need to go to Leila's room now!" Melissa replied, walking out of her room. Charles had no choice but to get up and follow her.

As soon as he stepped out, he met Cassie at the corridor. Charles suddenly remembered that Cassie worked at this hospital.

"Mr. Lu?" Cassie exclaimed in amazement when she saw Charles. 'Is Sher in hospital again? What could've happened to her?' she wondered.

Seeing her surprised expression, Charles knew what she was thinking. Cassie mistook Sheryl to be the patient. So he pointed at Melissa and said, "My mom is a patient here. Are you on duty today?"

"No, I asked for several days leave. Nick is in the hospital, so I want to take care of him." Cassie was a little relieved after she learned that Sheryl was all right. She nodded to Melissa politely as a greeting. "How is your mom now?" she then asked Charles.

"She's all right. Thanks for asking," Charles replied.

"Hurry up. Why do you waste your time with a stranger?" Melissa pressed impatiently and went forward. She knew about Sheryl's relationship with Nick. If Cassie was Nick's friend, then she must also be Sheryl's friend. She hated Sheryl and all her friends.

Hearing Melissa's impolite words, Cassie couldn't help but think of the things that Nick told her about Melissa. She didn't know how bad she was until now. Sheryl's mother-in-law was indeed difficult to get along with.

"Cassie, I have to go now. Keep in touch!" Charles bid farewell to her immediately. He wanted to ask Cassie how Nick ended up in hospital, but he had to catch up with Melissa.

Cassie watched them enter a room. She asked her colleagues and was told that the patient in there was Leila.

Cassie felt weird about the incident. But it was already time for Nick's medicine, so she had to let it go for the moment.

As Charles and Melissa went inside Leila's room, they found her already awake.

"Aunt Melissa, are you all right?" Leila greeted joyfully as soon as she saw Melissa.

Looking at her with loving eyes, Melissa strode to Leila's side. Melissa was relieved after she made sure that Leila was fine.

"Poor girl, I was so worried about you. Do you know that?" Melissa asked Leila intimately. They intentionally planned that act in front of Charles.

Before Charles could say anything, his cell phone buzzed. It was from his company.

"Go ahead," Charles said curtly after he picked up. Melissa and Leila both kept quiet while he was on the phone.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go back immediately."

After he hung up, Charles turned to Melissa and said, "Mom, I have something urgent to deal with. I have to go now. I'll ask someone to send food for you."

"Alright. You just go ahead. Your business is the priority," Melissa nodded. "As for Leila, I'll take care of her." She mentioned Leila on purpose to remind Charles to show his gratitude. However, Charles was too occupied to pay Leila any attention. He just gave her a slight nod and left.

Noticing that Charles totally ignored her, Leila felt the need to work harder to gain his attention. But Charles didn't care about her at all even though she was injured. What else could she do? The room suddenly fell into silence after Charles left.

"Leila, are you really all right?" Melissa was really worried about her this time. Leila's injury wasn't part of their plan, which made her concerned.

"Aunt Melissa, don't worry. It's just minor injury," Leila replied gently. She tried to comfort Melissa to let her feel better.

'What a considerate girl! Even though she was hurt, she pretends as if nothing had happened just to comfort me, ' Melissa thought.

Melissa shook her head and sighed as if she was still afraid. "If the kidnappers had stabbed a little bit deeper, you would have died!"

"Aunt Melissa, it's not that serious. It's just an arm. I'm not dying anytime soon," Leila smiled carelessly.

A grin crept across Melissa's face as she saw Leila's radiant smile. Pretending to be angry, she lectured, "Naughty girl! Don't you ever do that again!"