You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 749 What He Meant To Michelle

Leon took the phone. The lock screen photo was a picture of a cup and some strawberries strewn about a white table.

The phone had a cute pink rabbit pendant dangling from one corner. Trying the passcode from three years ago, Leon tapped the number eight four times, but it didn't unlock the phone. He then tried Michelle's birthday, but it was wrong once again.

Looking at Michelle as she slept, Leon frowned slightly. He noticed how her lips were dry and pale. "How can you abandon your lucky number? What else is more important than good luck?" he whispered. Maybe it was his birthday, Leon thought to himself. He entered the digits and paused before tapping the last one.

He thought he was too narcissistic.

Quickly, he shook the thought from his mind and entered the last number.

The phone unlocked with a sound.

Surprise filled Leon's eyes. Not only was the passcode his birthday, but the wallpaper was also a picture of them. In it, he was holding an umbrella, standing next to her.

It was a candid photo taken when he went to the Lost and Found Office to pick up Michelle.

The smile on her face in the photo was radiant. Did this mean that he was more important to her than good luck?

It did seem so.

Michelle was not rich but she promised to take care of Leon. She even gave him her bank card. One time, she also bought him a shaver worth thousands of dollars as a present. Knowing that he liked lotus- petal-shaped orchids, she gave him one worth tens of thousands of dollars. With all her efforts, she must be running out of money.

At this moment, it was as if an invisible hand was pricking Leon's heart with a needle.

Only now did he realize how important he was to Michelle.

Standing up, he touched her cheek with one hand before bending over to kiss her forehead. When his cold lips touched her delicate skin, he felt hot all of a sudden. Affection filled his gentle eyes as he lifted his lips from her forehead.

Valerie saw their intimate moment from outside the ward. Resentment slowly filled her heart. She held her handbag tightly, badly creasing the surface.

She knocked on the door and walked in.

Leon turned around and saw her enter the room. "Why are you here?" he asked in confusion.

"The head of our dance team said that the Feng Group representative was absent when they signed the sponsorship agreement. My cousin told me that you were the representative, but you left halfway into the meeting without signing the contract." With a cold look, Valerie glanced over at Michelle as she was lying down in the bed.

"It turns out that Michelle is sick. No wonder. I called Charles, and he said that you were here. I thought you were sick, so I came in a hurry.

By the way, what's wrong with Michelle? Is she okay?"

"She caught a cold because of the rain. She had a fever just now." Leon touched Michelle's forehead. "Her fever is gone. She will be fine when she wakes up."

"That's good." Valerie tried her best to show her concern. She stared at Leon and noticed he couldn't move his eyes away from Michelle and hide his smile. She was so agitated that she turned around and poured herself a glass of water.

She was not thirsty but felt upset.

In the past, Leon had been in love with her. He did everything to make her stay by his side. After she had left for four years, Leon had fallen in love with another woman. Michelle also left for a couple of years, yet he still liked her.

Both Baker and Leon had disappointed her.

Although Baker loved her, he couldn't take good care of her. He even hit her because of a pair of ballet shoes.

Now, she wanted to get back with Leon. However, he fell in love with Michelle whose looks and background were not as good as hers.

For the past three years, she had tried hard to get back into Leon's heart but never succeeded. Even when people thought they were a couple, Leon didn't care. He even thanked her for helping him get rid of those annoying women.

Leon had always kept her in the friend zone.

Sometimes, Michelle wondered if he really just thought of her as a friend or if this was his way of making sure that she stayed in her place.

She couldn't understand what was going on.

She gripped the glass tighter and tighter, the water spilling out of it.

Startled, Valerie put down the glass and sighed. "This is the second Ballet Festival to be held in Lexingport City. It's a pity that we failed to sponsor it."

It was all because of Michelle. If it weren't for her, Valerie's status in the dance team would grow steadily. If this happened, she would get the others' respect. She cursed Michelle in her heart, and her resentment grew deeper.

Not only did Michelle steal the man she wanted to marry, but she also blocked her from moving up in society. Valerie thought of her as a serious hindrance to her plans.

"It's not a pity. Business isn't all that matters to me. I don't put profits before everything else," Leon answered casually.

Hearing this, Valerie went to the bedside with a smile and asked, "Do you need my help?"

As she moved to Leon's side, she saw that he was deleting a friend request on Michelle's phone.

Glancing at the phone screen, she clearly saw the name "Tim Shen." It was also clear that he deleted the friend request instead of accepting it.

Valerie narrowed her eyes, wondering who Tim was.

After deleting it, Leon turned off the phone. He looked up and saw that the infusion was almost finished. "Call the nurse," he said indifferently.

Valerie was a bit angry. She didn't expect to be ordered around, but she did not dare to disobey him. She smiled back at him and turned around to fetch the nurse.

The nurse pulled the needle out from Michelle's arm. Leon reached out and pressed firmly at the spot where the needle entered her arm to stop the bleeding. Afraid of pain, Michelle fluttered her eyelashes twice before opening her eyes.

She found herself in a bare white room, and she noticed the smell of disinfectant in the air. The back of her hand hurt, making her movements uncomfortable. "Don't move, or else you'll bleed. Stay still, okay?"

Leon's gentle voice was like the first rays of sunlight after the rain. It filled Michelle's heart with warmth. She turned her head and felt at ease when she saw Leon at her side. She wanted to call out his name, but she noticed that Valerie was in the room.

Because of the fever, her throat felt dry. Even though she tried to speak, she could not make a sound at all.

When their eyes met, Valerie smiled at Michelle.

Valerie couldn't figure out what Leon was doing, but she knew what was on Michelle's mind.

She felt a bit of satisfaction to see Michelle flinch. "Do you want some water? I'll get you a glass of warm water."

Turning around, Valerie kept staring at the two of them out of the corner of her eye.

She saw Michelle withdraw her hand from Leon and press it by herself. The white stick on the back of her hand was stained with blood.000