The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1128

"But how can I arrange so much cash in such a short time?" questioned Sheryl. She was shocked when the man demanded ransom all of a sudden. This was not part of their initial deal.

"That's why I am giving you one hour to prepare the cash. Mrs. Lu, I warn you. Don't play any tricks on me. If you dare to call the police, you know how this will end." Duncan continued to threaten her using her kids.

Duncan was just pretending to sound peremptory. He wanted to make Sheryl more anxious and terrified. Clark and Shirley were, in fact, safe with him. Apart from Shirley getting too scared due to the blindfold, the kids weren't caused any physical pain.

However, Sheryl didn't know this. All she could imagine at that moment was her kids being in some kind of terrible danger. Every second lost was adding great risk to the kids.

She was too scared to wait any longer.

"Fine, I will get the money. But I need you to promise me that once we give you the cash, you will free my kids," Sheryl demanded.

"Rest assured, Mrs. Lu. I have seen what I needed to see and have got what I wanted. Once I get the money, I won't be stupid enough to kill anyone. However, the basic premise of all this is that you don't call the police." Duncan's words sounded tough but reasonable, which convinced Sheryl to a certain extent.

"Deal!" There was no room for her to bargain with him. Besides, she was not in the mood to do so either. All she hoped was that her kids would be sent back without any mishap.

After she hung up, Charles walked towards her with a stern look and asked, "When did this happen to Shirley and Clark? Who did this to them?"

Clearly, Charles had too many questions, but Sheryl was at a loss.

"I don't know when it happened either. I heard the phone ring when I was about to leave the backstage. From the other end of the phone, I heard our kids' voices. Charles, they were crying, both of them, at the top of their voices!"

Sheryl looked terribly upset as she described the situation to Charles. Isla was beside Sheryl. When she looked at Sheryl's teary eyes, she sniffled a tear herself.

Isla really wanted to hold Sheryl in her arms and console her. However, when Isla was about to stretch out her hand, Charles got closer to Sheryl and wrapped her in his arms in an instant. He kissed Sheryl on her forehead and comforted her, "It's all right, Sher. Don't be scared. You have me. I won't allow anything bad to happen to our kids. I promise."

In Isla's imagination, she had always wondered what kind of man could be recognized as an indomitable man. Before she had gotten married, she had a lot of dreams about different types of men with various virtues. But her dreams stayed as dreams; she never talked to anyone about her ideas of an ideal man.

She never expected that she would see such a man in real life.

Isla looked at Charles, who had tried his best to clear Sheryl's name, and now he was consoling her not to worry about the kids. Then she thought to herself, 'Even in such a terrible scenario, Charles' face doesn't show any anxiety or desperation. It's unbelievable. He's just like the man who used to appear in my fantasies.'

For a moment, she was relieved for Sheryl who was lucky enough to have such a good husband; however, she realized at once that her relief was misplaced. What was troubling them was still not solved. It had instead, become worse.

It was too early to feel relieved.

Even so, Charles' perseverance and determination would undeniably be Sheryl's strongest reassurance to solve any problems that got in their way. Isla believed that Sheryl's luck wouldn't always turn its back on her.