The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1092

"Where have you been today? Shouldn't you be staying at home with Mom? Why did you leave her alone?" Charles questioned Sheryl as soon as she entered the house. He was sitting on the couch with his mom. Her head was on his shoulder while she watched a TV program.

"I went to the company today," Sheryl replied calmly, trying to sound normal. "I told Mom about it before I left. Mom, didn't you tell Charles why I was out?"

"Hahaha!" Melissa's laugh echoed inside the room. She was currently obsessed in the TV series that she was watching with Charles. Her eyes focused on the screen as she pretended to not hear any of Sheryl's comments.

"Sher, do you have a moment?" Charles asked. The look in his eyes told Sheryl that something was bothering him. Finally, he lifted Melissa's head from his shoulder and stood up. He didn't even wait for her reply. He went straight to the stairway.

As Charles was going upstairs, Melissa turned around and gave Sheryl a gloating glance. There was obvious provocation in her eyes. Only a fool would miss it. Sheryl suddenly realized that Melissa did all of these on purpose. She had planned everything from the start.

'Good. I really need to have a talk with Charles, ' Sheryl thought.

With this in mind, Sheryl just tried to ignore Melissa and proceeded to follow Charles upstairs.

She found Charles standing in front of the door waiting for her. The moment he saw her coming, he opened the door and prompted her to go inside first. After they entered the room and closed the door, Charles spoke first. "Sher..."

Before he could even finish his sentence, Sheryl interrupted him. "What did your mom tell you?" she asked.

Charles was surprised. He wasn't expecting this from Sheryl. "So what she said is true? Are you really mad at her?" Charles asked unbelievably. In fact, he didn't want to believe it, but he couldn't figure out any other reason to justify her actions.

No matter whose fault it was or who started the fight, he was expecting more patience and tolerance from Sheryl. After all, his mother was sick, and the doctor had reminded them to be considerate of her feelings. Why couldn't Sheryl just understand?

Sheryl could tell that Charles was obviously displeased. She controlled her anger and tried to explain her side of the story. "Yes, I admit that I was mad. But do you want to know why?"

"Why?" Charles started. "Is it because you don't want to accompany her every single night? Or because she said something to displease you?" He didn't even bother to cover the sulk in his voice. It was more accusing than questioning.

"Just tell me what she told you exactly!" Sheryl demanded. She was certain that whatever Melissa had told him was all made up.

"Mom said that you didn't like accompanying her to sleep at nights, and you just left her today without saying anything after you got a call!" Charles' voice echoed his accusation.

"Do you believe her?" Sheryl didn't try to defend herself. Instead, she wanted to know Charles' point of view on this matter. After all, it was a crisis of confidence.

It was until this moment that Sheryl realized Melissa's purpose. All this time, what her mother-in-law wanted was for her and Charles to fall out of love, or even to drive her away from Dream Garden.

Even though she didn't know why Melissa would ever do this, she knew clearly that she had declared war.

"Sher, I really want you to tell me the truth," Charles pleaded. "It doesn't matter if I believe my mom or not. All I hope for is for our family to be harmonious and complete!" Charles clearly didn't want to choose a side.

"You can say that because you don't know what happened at all! Charles, I swear, I never said that I didn't like to accompany her to sleep! She just got angry with me all of a sudden. She also told me that she was not sick at all. She lied because she wanted to separate us!"

Sheryl would never have told Charles everything if it had been years ago. She had been just blind filial at that time and believed in everyone's innate goodness. But after considering her own past experiences, she knew how malicious a person could be. She needed to tell him the truth, no matter how ridiculous it might sound.

It was Charles' decision on whether he chose to believe her or not.

Charles was utterly stunned after Sheryl clarified everything. He didn't know who to believe. After all, it was his beloved wife on one side, and his mother, who had been in prison for fifteen years, on the other.