The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 977 A Conversation Between Father And Daughter

"I will always be honest with you. Please Trust me." Roger smiled bitterly and gazed at the exasperated look on Helin's face. He continued, "Helin, I know I shouldn't do like this, but..." Saying this, he hesitated for a while and then went on, "I am doing this only for your own good. Do you understand me?" Helin stared at him with her mouth wide open trying to understand Roger's stance behind such an action. After he finished speaking, he stared at Helin, waiting to see her reaction.

"Are you saying that you are doing this for me?" Helin said. She mustered some strength to come out of the state of shock. She gazed straight into Roger's eyes and paused for a while. Then she said, "Don't talk nonsense to me. First, you lied to me and even blackmailed my Dad. And now you told me that you are doing this for me. Do you think I will believe in what you said?"

Roger's face broke into a sardonic smile as he said, "I know you would not trust me." He looked back into Helin's eyes trying to look sincere and continued, "But this is the fact. I am doing this so that I can be with you forever."

Helin remained stern and unmoved by his word as she had decided not to trust him anymore.

Helin had already started considering Roger as an unreliable man and she could not find a reason for believing in what he said.

However, Roger did not want to give up so easily. Looking into Helin's eyes, Roger said again, "Helin, I am sure even you are aware of the fact that your dad doesn't want you to be with me. But do you know why he is against the two of us being together?"

"Why?" Helin asked creasing her brows. She explored all possible reasons inside her head to justify the accusation that Roger had put on Heron. Honestly, she could not come to a conclusion.

"It is just because I am not brilliant enough," Roger sneered impatiently. He rasped and paused for a while before starting again, "I am just a mere actor in this company. And no matter how hard I try and how much effort I make, I cannot change the fact. But you are different. The company that I work for is your family property. Even if you quit your present job as an actor, it will hardly make any difference in your affluent lifestyle."

"So what?" asked Helin as she laughed scornfully. She glared at Roger and then said in a sarcastic tone, "No one can choose his or her own background and this cannot be the reason for you to do that. You can't convince me with such an excuse." Helin fixed her stare on Roger demanding a reply from him.

Roger screwed his eyes to suppress his frustration and then forced a faint smile. "Please let me finish my sentence first. Helin, calm down!" "It is really easy for you to call it as an absurd excuse. But if you look at it from my position, the difference between us in our family background is a gap I can never overcome. Helin, I know it does not matter to you but I have to map a huge height to come up to the level to make myself truly eligible for you. Only then, people won't think I need to live off a woman."

As he finished his sentence, Roger looked into Helin's eyes and added in a sincere tone, "Helin, I am a man. I also need to preserve my self-esteem. Can you understand me now?"

"What the hell are you trying to tell me?" asked Helin blurted immediately in an impatient tone that even startled Roger for a moment. She glared at him and said, "Roger, just say it. Don't beat about the bush anymore. You are wasting my time. I need to get your point now." Her no-nonsense attitude, demanding for an immediate answer was not something Roger was expecting at this moment. "Don't be so anxious, Helin. Calm down," Roger persuaded in a polite manner. He gave a wry smile and tried to explain, "Helin, I have really thought about it and this is the best way all these issues can be resolved. If I become a shareholder of this company, then we can be with each other forever. That is why I behaved like that. I just said those words on purpose, because I don't want him to regard me as a selfish person. I just want to relieve the besieged by besieging the base of the besiegers." He sounded utterly sincere and earnest as he spoke. Helin remained silent as she processed his logic in her brain. Seeing that Helin was lost in her thoughts, Roger came forward and took her hand in his own hand. Clasping her hand with both his hands, Roger said, "Helin, you have to trust me. I really love you so much. I want to marry you."

Heron witnessed the conversation between Roger and Helin but chose not to interfere. He knew that as long as Helin herself was ready to give in, no one could change her mind.

Helin felt the warmth of Roger's hands around her own that even warmed her heart. As she looked into Roger's eyes, she could feel the sincerity as well as helplessness. For a moment she felt as if she was caught in a spell by his words that she was almost ready to believe in them.

Then suddenly, Roger's words and his tone of speaking as he spoke to Heron echoed in her mind. Helin had been hiding inside the room when Roger spoke to her father and the way he spoke to him came as a hard-hitting reality to Helin who just could not get it out of her head no matter how much Roger tried to justify.

And that was it. Helin was whipped back to reality as soon as she remembered all that. Immediately, she shook his hands off and sneered at Roger, saying, "Roger, do you still think I will believe in you after all these things I have been through?"

"Helin, don't say like this," Roger muttered in a shaky voice trying to pacify her. Roger was at a loss of words to convince her and even felt flurried as she shook off his hands without any hesitation. Taking a glance at her, Roger said anxiously, "Helin, please give me a chance. You have to trust me this time. I am not telling a lie."

"Oh, really?" Helin smirked at Roger. She said. "Roger, you better straighten out your thinking as soon as possible. I will never trust you again." Saying this she turned her back leaving him completely exhausted and outwitted.

Helin then turned to her father and said, "Dad, let's call the police. They will help us handle this.

He extorted such a large sum of money from you and he has violated the law. We can get him on extortion. I also recorded the words that he just said. We can give the tape to the police."

"Helin, are you sure you are going to call the police?" asked Heron after taking a glimpse at his daughter. It was both unbelievable as well as relieving for Heron to see that his daughter finally had gotten rid of her infatuation towards such a worthless fellow. However, he was not sure if Helin really wanted to do like this.

After all, she loved this man so deeply. Heron was afraid that Helin could not be so resolute, so he asked her to ensure if she really wanted to call the police.

"I am sure, dad," replied Helin without any hesitation. Her face was calm and her voice firm. She nodded her head while her eyes looked extremely determined. "I am not going to support a man with degraded morality," added Helin in a resolute tone. As Helin spoke, she turned her back towards Roger refusing to even cast a glance at him.

After hearing this, a soothing smile spread out on Heron's face. He took a glance at Helin and then dialed the number to call the police station.

Roger was completely taken aback by Helin's demeanor. After Heron finished making the call Helin wanted to leave. She just wanted to get Roger out of her sight. She just informed her father before taking her leave, "Dad, I am tired. I got to go. I want to go home and have some rest."

"Okay," replied Heron nodding his head slightly. Heron felt so peaceful and sorted to see his daughter finally walk out on Roger. Roger became so desperate to see the stiffness and indifference in Helin. It was as if a wall had come between the two of them that he could not break through. He turned to Helin and said, "Even if you don't trust me, you don't have to do this to me. Try to think about our tendresse. I love you so much, Helin." He pleaded in front of Helin and sought respite, but in vain.

"Our tendresse?" Helin laughed scornfully and asked, "What's the relationship between us?"

Roger was now a fallen man in Helin's eyes. She had given him a very high position for him in her life. Little did she think that he would turn out to be like this! She could not bear the sight of him anymore. All she wanted was him out of her sight.

Now she finally understood why her father always opposed her to be with Roger. It was because he was a completely graceless man.

It sounded so absurd, but fortunately, her eyes opened at the right time.

Every time when Helin recalled how much she had attached herself emotionally with this unworthy man, she felt like she was a fool. How could she not see the truth behind his contriving ways? She could not stop blaming herself.

Helin walked out of the company and headed straight towards home. She locked herself in her room and refused to meet anyone or even eat anything. She needed some time for herself. Seeing this, the housemaid got very anxious. She rushed to Heron as he returned and said anxiously, "Sir, thank goodness! You are finally back.

Your daughter locked herself in her room for the whole day without eating anything. She is reluctant to give me a response. I am afraid something would happen to her if she stays locked in the room alone." "Don't worry. I will handle this. Go back to your work," replied Heron in a casual tone. He knew that Helin must be frustrated at the moment since she suffered a psychological blow.

Heron also understood that Helin must be finding it difficult to cope up with it. However, he had faith in his daughter who would never do silly things.

At the thought of this, Heron stepped up and knocked the door gently. "Helin, I am back. Open the door." His heart started pounding as he heard no noise from the room. He knocked again hoping to get a response from Helin.

After a few seconds, Helin's footsteps could be heard. She opened the door and then she walked back to her bed and lied down silently.

Looking around the room, Heron's eye went wide as he was completely appalled by the sight of the room.

Each and everything in the room was broken into pieces. The curtains were drawn blocking the lights to enter the room. The room was in a complete mess. As Heron roved his eyes around the room and looked at Helin who was lying on the bed shattered, he felt sorry for his daughter. Helin had been in love with Roger for so many years and she was devoured on him, but now she found that he was a liar. It was natural for her to vent out her frustration in a rather excruciating manner.