You Are The Apple of My Eyes

Chapter 789 Keep The Truth To Yourself

As soon as they stepped out of the ward, Bryant led Valerie to the end of one corridor where no one would bother them.

He asked her coldly, "Did you push her down the stairs?"

Fearing that someone might overhear their conversation, he made sure to leave Michelle's name out.

It would have been safer to discuss this at home, but Bryant couldn't wait to hear the truth from his cousin's lips.

He used to think that, no matter how badly she acted, Valerie was not capable of killing someone. Now, he wasn't so sure.

Valerie looked away to stare at the wall but said nothing.

She was eerily calm for someone being interrogated.

After a pause, she answered casually, "Yes, but so what?"

Bryant's eyes widened in shock. It took about half a minute for the truth to sink in.

Wrestling his expression into a poker face, he said, "You shouldn't have done that, Valerie."

"Well, I did, and there's no turning back." She finally locked gazes with Bryant, but her smile was insincere as she sneered.

"If I could rewind time, I wouldn't have pushed her. Lucky Michelle. She survived after such a fall without any brain damage or memory loss. Meanwhile, I have to get engaged to another man."

Valerie was not satisfied, but she knew when she had to admit defeat.

"Leon and Nina are both watching over Michelle. How lucky! Since she's so lucky, what does it matter if I pushed her?"

Based on her reaction, Bryant knew that she had given up on Leon. He sighed and told her, "From now on, keep the truth to yourself."

"I know." Valerie nodded gloomily.

Bryant felt his mood soften as he looked at her. He added, "It's good that you know when to quit. This way, you can protect yourself. If you continue to bother them, I fear that you won't be able live peacefully for the rest of your life."

"Yeah," Valerie agreed coldly and left.

When the two of them walked out of main entrance of the hospital, they passed James and his wife, Emma.

Bryant's and James' gazes locked, and they nodded at each other in greeting.

Emma, however, observed the absent-minded Valerie. She kept staring at her until she couldn't see her anymore.

"What are you looking at?" James frowned. "Bryant already has kids!"

Emma looked up to smile at her jealous husband and pretended not to understand what he meant.

"Are you blaming me for not having a baby?"

"No, no." Successfully distracted, James put an arm around his wife and directed her inside the hospital. "I don't want children for the time being. We're still young so we should focus on our careers while we can."

"I see." Emma grinned.

Because they were both focused on their respective careers, neither of them had any plans to have a baby. Moreover, the Shi family was occupied with two boys at the moment. Don was the naughty one, often getting Van into trouble. The two of them made people worry and kept everyone busy.

James and Emma had just found out about Michelle's situation that evening so they rushed over to visit.

It was Michelle who spilled the beans in their group chat.

Emma had asked about her business trip, but Michelle had been enjoying the past three days with her boyfriend that she got a little complacent. She had let it slip that she was in the hospital because of an accident which resulted into an injury that required stitches.

She had failed to hide the truth from them.

But Michelle made James and Emma promise to keep it from her parents.

When the couple arrived at the ward, the door was ajar. James pushed it open, and they saw three other people in the room.

They recognized Amy and Leon, but the two were accompanied by a girl in her twenties.

James thought that the stranger looked familiar so he asked her, "Have we met before?"

Emma turned to look at him.

She didn't frown or laugh, but if looks could kill...

Michelle piped up, "Hey, James! Are you seriously flirting with another girl in front of my cousin?"

The man snapped back at her. "Don't talk nonsense. We came to visit you out of the kindness of our hearts, but here you are, trying to frame me. That's cold, Mimi."

He put his arm around Emma's shoulder to prove his innocence.

Leon spoke up as well. "You've probably met her before. Her name is Randi He. She's a cousin of Haley's."

Randi suddenly felt nervous after that introduction. When James entered the room, she recognized him immediately.

After all, he was the boss of J Entertainment Company.

His appearance in Michelle's suite was shocking enough. But when she realized that he was related to the woman, she became frightened.

She had not expected Michelle to have James as a cousin-in-law and ties to the Shi family.

How could she not feel nervous?

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Shi. I'm Haley's cousin, and I've been staying at his house for the past two years."

That made sense. Because they were close friends, James often visited Haley at his house.

He and Randi have probably crossed paths once or twice.

"See? It was all a misunderstanding." James looked around the room. "I really thought she looked familiar. I just couldn't remember where we've met. I wasn't trying to flirt with her. I don't pay attention to women other than my wife."

He turned back to his wife. "Honey, you believe me right?" He raised his eyebrows expectantly as if he was waiting for praise.

Emma smiled and nodded at him. She glanced at Randi and then turned to look at Michelle. "So is she your friend? Why have you never mentioned her before?"

Since childhood, she and Michelle have had a good relationship. They told each other everything, but Emma had never heard her cousin talk about a girl named Randi.

Before Michelle could answer, Leon replied, "They're not friends. She's the reason why Michelle fell."

Randi's face paled.

The expressions of everyone else in the room changed immediately. Emma and James frowned, turning to look at Randi with hostility.

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Michelle spoke up to help her. "Leon, it was an accident, and Randi wasn't even there when I fell. She only learned about it later."

"Knees. Ankle." Leon's words were brief but straight to the point. A hint of anger seeped through in his tone.

Michelle moved her feet to show that she was okay. After three or four days of rest, the swelling on her ankle had subsided, and she no longer felt any pain from her knees.

"Leon, I hurt my legs because I tripped. Many people saw it happen,"

Michelle explained. But her voice softened slightly because she felt embarrassed remembering the accident.

Only three-year-old children tripped on flat floor.

She felt ashamed that many people had seen her trip all because of a wire.

"That's true. Michelle got tripped by a wire on the floor," Randi agreed.

James and Emma both looked at Michelle.

Michelle ducked her head in embarrassment and said, "It was careless of me. I know."

"Clumsy girl." James rolled his eyes at her.

Emma was still doubtful so she turned her gaze to Leon, waiting to see if he would say something else.

"You let Michelle walk up to the eighteenth floor. If she hadn't, her legs wouldn't have given out, and she wouldn't have hurt herself in the first place." Leon was smiling at Randi, but the smile didn't reach his eyes.

His sharp gaze was terrifying. It made the girl feel as if a cold boney hand had gripped her spine.

Randi stiffened in fear.