The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1172

"What? Are you implying that you did nothing? Rachel, don't play innocent. You're disgusting me, you know that?" Charles accused Rachel, whose face was pale as a ghost. "I am telling you that I won't spare you another look in this lifetime, which is what you deserve. I did all of this just because I was curious what you were going to do. I can honestly say that I am utterly sick of you," he added.

"It seems like I am a loose woman in your eyes. I can't believe that I was stupid enough to trust you! I thought that you'd discover I am indeed a good girl, and who knows, perhaps I even thought that you'd find it in your heart to accept me," Rachel replied with a hurtful look on her face. 'Why is he so mean to me? Did I do something wrong to him? Was it something I did? How can he hate me so much?' Rachel screamed inwardly.

"You're a good girl? Seriously? I have never even noticed a single good quality in you!" Charles shot back coldly. The hostility towards Rachel continued to rise in his heart. 'She is a really good actress. She's almost like a lead actress in a film, a master at playing an innocent woman, ' he thought scornfully.

Unfortunately, her acting wasn't going to work on him.

He was well acquainted with the woman in front of him. Since he had been fooled by her twice before, he had no reason to trust her now whatsoever.

As he finished talking, he strode towards the door slowly.

Rachel had confusion all over her face as she stared at Charles' receding figure. Without turning around to face her once more, he stormed out of the booth. He wanted to get away from her and return home to be with his wife, Sheryl.

As he arrived home, he noticed that all the lights were already off and that it was silent in the house. Assuming Sheryl was already asleep, he sneaked into their bedroom without making a sound. He didn't want to wake her.

As he looked at the sleeping beauty in the bed, he reminded himself just how lucky he was to have Sheryl as his wife. He felt so content, in fact, that his bad mood vanished altogether immediately.

After taking a shower, he got onto the bed. He drank a lot during the evening, which caused him to have a headache. Nevertheless, nothing could possibly affect his pleasant mood at that moment.

Thinking about the upset look on Rachel's face brought him great satisfaction. He swore to himself to make anyone who dared to bully Sheryl or affected her in a negative way, pay the price.

A touch of warm light filtered through the curtain the following morning and woke Sheryl up. She slowly blinked her eyes open, turned over in the bed and fixed her eyes on the man lying next to her.

He only came back home past one o'clock in the morning, hence why he was still fast asleep.

When Charles came back home, she was awake. However, she refrained from opening her eyes, as she wasn't in the mood to talk to him.

The scene of him and Rachel sitting together and having a conversation last night lingered in her mind. She kept recalling to herself about the many things they could've said to one another in the booth.

Apart from just talking, she didn't dare to think about other intimate acts the two could've possibly engaged in.

She couldn't even gather up the courage to ask Charles where he had been last night. All he said to Sheryl, was that he had a business appointment. 'Was he really talking about business with Rachel?' she wondered.

She couldn't think about it any longer, for if she did, her imagination would run wild.

When Charles opened the door, she was lying in bed and unable to sleep. He sneaked into the room without making a sound, all in the attempt to refrain from waking up his lovely wife. Everything he had done was out of pure love. Nevertheless, Sheryl thought that he was mindful about waking her up, simply because he felt guilty.

She even heard him taking a shower, while she lay in the bed waiting to fall asleep. Even though Charles came back late, Sheryl was the one that failed to get a good night's rest.

Charles really did have a wonderful day. He was really drowsy and had drunk too much the previous day. However, falling asleep with Sheryl by his side, was all he needed to end his day well. Above all else, he was also quite pleased with himself for humiliating Rachel, making sure that Lance would continue to work with his company.

Sheryl gazed at the handsome man, who was asleep beside her. 'He has long eyelashes and an incredibly attractive, well-shaped face. I love this man very much. He is the love of my life. But why would he want to ruin this? Why is he staying up at all hours of the night and having an affair with Rachel? I don't understand, ' she mused.

Considering whether she hated Charles, she discovered that she indeed didn't have an answer. She was in a complicated, indescribable mood, which made her feel sad and rather depressed.