His Real Wedded Bride novel Chapter 1054

"How is that surprising to you?" Sheryl laughed. "When my car got rear-ended the other day, it made me think..."

Sheryl paused for a moment, like she was thinking over something in her head. Looking at Charles, she continued, "Remember when you fired that new manager for me? I was even mad at you for it because I thought you had crossed a line. But you explained your reasoning to me later and you were right. We shouldn't just look at a potential business partner's ability; we need to take into consideration their moral character."

Sheryl paused again. She saw right through Charles. "Oliver is not a good person. His personal life is a mess and he has no moral compass. You ended your partnership with him because you didn't think he would be able to effectively lead his company to success, not because of me. What had happened this evening was just an excuse, I think you got this idea a long time ago."

Charles laughed, his eyes twinkling. "You've been with me for so long that you've learned many things," he said as he smiled proudly. Sheryl, who had been very observant of Charles, had slowly figured out how to think like him.

Pleased with herself, Sheryl smiled mischievously at Charles. "Yes, you're right. I've learned a lot from being in such close quarters with you, Mr. Lu. You are the mentor of my life," she teased.

Laughing happily in response, Charles winked and said, "I may have had my own selfish reasons in that, so I respect your selfish reasons to do other things."

Blushing, Sheryl couldn't contain a smile from stretching across her face. They were both silent as they gazed into each other's eyes. Charles finally spoke. "Although I can't understand why you want me to do this, I know that you have your reasons, so I'll just do as you say."

Touched by his words, Sheryl reached out and held his hand.

She loved the feeling of his large hand interwoven with her small one. As she looked at Charles, she decided that it was time to tell him about Yvonne. Taking a deep breath, Sheryl spoke. "Charles, have I ever told you that Holley is Yvonne?"

"No, you haven't," Charles responded after a couple seconds of silence. "But I've always been somewhat skeptical about who she is."

Charles seemed unfazed by this revelation. It was as if, in the depths of his heart, he already knew.

Smiling weakly, Sheryl confessed, "Even I didn't know until recently.

And although she isn't nice to me, she is still my sister. I can't let her endanger herself and ruin her life. If I allow her do these things, I will regret it for my whole life."

"It's all right. I understand," Charles comforted. Stroking her back gently, he continued, "You are such a strong woman, but your one weakness is that you're softhearted."

Sheryl managed a smile and responded firmly, "You can say that I'm too softhearted and you can say that I'm innocent, but I cannot and will not watch her lose herself."

Sighing, Sheryl continued, "Not until today did I know what had happened to her three years ago." Shaking her head at her own ignorance, Sheryl anguished, "She had been shut by Ferry. She was forced to please his men and trained to be a..."

While Sheryl was speaking very cryptically, Charles understood what she was implying.

Trying to comfort her, Charles continued to stroke her back gently, but Sheryl was deep in thought.

Sheryl realized that the time Holley spent with Ferry was probably the reason why the girl thought it was okay to exchange her body for benefits. The thought made Sheryl feel ill with grief.

Sheryl quickly snapped back to reality when she saw that Holley's car was in front of them. Sighing, she continued to anguish over the past. "If I knew that was going to happen, I would have watched over her. Things wouldn't have turned out like this if I had just paid attention."

Charles didn't know what to say, but he hated seeing Sheryl in agony over this. "Don't think too much about it. Agonizing over the past won't change anything. Anyway, you can't blame yourself for everything. It wasn't you who did those things to her, and you could never know what was going to happen at that time."

Sheryl nodded skeptically, as his words seemed to temporarily ease her despair. The couple continued to follow Holley's car until, much to Sheryl's relief, the girl eventually pulled safely into her driveway.

As Holley got out of her car, she quickly glanced at Sheryl's car. She knew that Sheryl had been following her and, unexplainably, had felt a little strange about it.