The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1578

Captivated by Cassie's gorgeous smile, Nick found himself completely infatuated with her. He felt a strong urge to propose to Cassie right now which further convinced him that Cassie was the love of his life and he would throw her a spectacular wedding ceremony.

At the Cloud Advertising Company

Right after Sheryl and Isla returned to the company, they devoted themselves to their jobs.

Although the new project didn't require their presence, they still insisted on working in the company. Sheryl wanted to soak herself in work so that she could forget all the troubles in her life, while Isla wanted to accompany Sheryl to comfort her. As a result, they ended up spending more hours at work than their subordinates.

Since the both of them had set a good example by displaying exemplary work ethic and attitude, their colleagues were all inspired to work harder.

"Ms. Xia, Mr. Xu of the Lightning Company wants to invite you for dinner to discuss our cooperation for the coming year," Phoebe reported after she knocked at the door.

Sheryl nodded, raising one hand to hold her forehead while tapping the table with the other, seemingly lost in thoughts. After a while she asked, "Do I have any other appointments tonight?"

"No, nothing else for tonight," Phoebe answered. She knew that Sheryl didn't like socializing with business partners outside of work, but Lightning Company was an important cooperator and client of the company, so she couldn't turn him down directly.

"Okay. Put it in my schedule," Sheryl said curtly. Then she continued reading her contract.

Isla came in as soon as she found out about the dinner tonight. A taunting smirk crept over her face.

Although Sheryl didn't look up, she could feel Isla's gaze. She sighed, "What are you planning this time?"

"Are you aware that Mr. Xu fancies you?" Isla giggled as if it was the funniest thing she had heard lately.

Sheryl stopped what she was doing and stared at Isla in silence, as if asking her to stop talking nonsense.

She was a married woman and a mother of two kids. Although she and Charles were at odds with each other as of late, she was still his wife. Moreover, not many people knew about their troubles at home. How could Mr. Xu pursue her considering all the factors?

"Isla, I don't think your real intention is to bring us together. You're just looking for an excuse to meet him!" Sheryl teased, trying to make fun of Isla.

"Sheryl, how dare you make fun of me?" Isla gasped, feigning to be aggrieved.

"I could say the same thing to you!" Sheryl winked at her. She stood up and walked over to Isla. When she saw Isla's pouted lips and blushed face, she couldn't stop laughing.

Of course, Isla knew that Sheryl would never fall in love with Mr. Xu, who always stared at Sheryl with wishful eyes. Isla just wanted to use him as an excuse to make Charles jealous.

If Charles was shameless enough to take Leila back to Dream Garden with him, why couldn't Sheryl have an affair and play around with other men?

Taking that into consideration, Isla told Sheryl what was in her mind.

Her words dumbfounded Sheryl, begging her to wonder whether she had just experienced an auditory hallucination. Sheryl shook her head and asked Isla again, "I beg your pardon. What did you just say?"

Sheryl's reaction amused Isla greatly.

She gulped and then said, "I was just joking. Don't take it so seriously. I know you are not like Charles and you would never play other guys!" Unfortunately, Isla's confession didn't sound like music to Sheryl's ears either.

Sheryl pointed at the door and waived Isla off.

After she closed the door, Sheryl shook her head and smiled bitterly to herself. She put aside all the unhappy thoughts and focused on her work again.