The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1410

"Sheryl, I am sorry that I haven't been completely honest with you before. About our daughter's kidnapping, I have secretly investigated Leila and tried to gather as much information as possible. Now I finally have enough evidence. To my knowledge, Leila is the mastermind behind all of this, so we can now put her into prison."

Hearing this revelation, Sheryl pursed her lips and turned her head away from Charles.

With a long face, she said, "Haven't you disbelieved me? I once told you that it must be Leila who schemed this kidnapping, but you said I was paranoid and insane. You thought I was being unreasonable. That my doubts came from nowhere..." Many images when Charles misunderstood her emerged into her mind, and Sheryl felt infuriated recalling them.

Back then, even her husband was not willing to trust her, so how could she forget the sort of pain Charles had caused without his explanation? All of the grievance remained in her head, and now it came rushing back and struck her heart with a painful sting. Sheryl's face turned gloomy as she cast an indifferent look at her husband.

Gradually, tears began to well up in her eyes. Trying hard not to let Charles learn about her weakness, she squeezed her eyes shut. On the verge of weeping, she quickly took a deep breath to swallow all her sorrow back into her heart before she raised her head.

"Sheryl, it was not because I didn't trust you nor because I purposely reproached you. I had everything planned back then. I just pretended to be indifferent to you, so Leila would be less cautious and I could ruin her plan."

He regretted that he hadn't told Sheryl the truth earlier. Still, Charles wanted to explain everything to her, in hopes of erasing the trauma he had left in her heart.

Luckily, he still had time. Before Sheryl got too disappointed at him, Charles offered her the truth and apologized to his wife.

Sheryl was startled to know about it. She had never anticipated that, the entire time, Charles cared about the kidnapping even more than she had. 'He has been collecting evidence all along? He was more careful and cautious than I was. That's why he didn't follow my suggestion to arrest Leila right away. He was trying to get more information. Oh, why was I so stupid back then!' Sheryl felt guilty towards her actions. In an instant, the grudge she had nursed in her heart against Charles disappeared without a trace.

"Sheryl, can you forgive me now? Please forgive me," Charles begged as he took her hand nervously and looked into her eyes. He hoped that after hearing him out, she would still be able to find it in her heart to forgive him.

Silently, Sheryl stared at Charles. Her expression turned warm and tender. She raised her other hand to touch his face and gently ran her fingers against his cheek. With her eyes closed, her fingertips touched his heart. At that moment, Sheryl could feel how much they loved and needed each other.

Her love for Charles never receded. Instead, it developed and deepened as they continued to go through thick and thin. Every smile and frown, every word and touch—every action from Charles affected her heart.

She realized that her heart was still attached to his, so how could she ignore his sincere apology?

"Charles, I forgive you. But next time, I want you to let me know in case you have a plan. We are a couple, and we share things. It's not right to be keeping these things between each other."

"I won't do that again, I promise!" Determined, Charles agreed.

Then they just kept exchanging their looks. After a while, Charles brought up the unfinished topic again.

"Going back to the information gathered, I have found out who the other kidnapper was. That guy's name is Jim. And he is already in prison. Now we just need to send Leila to the police, then justice will be served. Let's do it. Leila has to pay for what she has done!" Charles said angrily. The ruthlessness in his tone even brought a shiver to Sheryl's spine.