The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1603

Melissa had to shut up, but her eyes never left Sheryl's face. It seemed that she would try to pounce on Sheryl again to beat her up at any second.

Melissa gnashed her teeth bitterly, resenting the fact that Charles had chosen to marry such a woman.

On the other side, Sheryl was buried in her sorrow over Charles' injuries and paid no attention to what Melissa was up to just then. She swallowed her pain and fought back her tears, praying that Charles would come out of the operating room as soon as possible and with a positive verdict.

When the corridor was silent again, the police officer cleared his throat and asked Sheryl, "Can you tell me what happened at the time of the accident, Ms. Xia?"

Sheryl pulled her drifting thoughts together and nodded. "Of course," she replied weakly.

She then forced herself to recall what had happened in the parking lot. She actually felt like thousands of arrows were penetrating her heart as the scene of Charles being knocked down returned to replay in her mind.

Melissa's and Leila's ears also perked up attentively to hear what Sheryl would say to the officer about the accident.

Sheryl took a deep breath and narrated all of the ins and outs of the matter carefully, except for the reason why she and Charles had been quarreling. She tried to make every detail clear, hoping that it would help the police to find the person who drove the car.

When she had finally finished talking, she gasped for breath and her face became as pale as the white wall behind her. Going over the incident again had cost her all of her strength. Sheryl felt like her head was becoming heavier and heavier—she just wanted to lie down, regardless of where she was and who was there.

"Are you okay, Ms. Xia? Please, take a break if you need to." Even the police officer began worrying about Sheryl as he saw the paleness of her cheeks.

However, before Sheryl could offer any response, Melissa chipped in again. Her constant butting in made the rest of them sick.

"Officer, look at her! Don't you think she looks like she's afraid of being found guilty of something? I can assure you that it was definitely she who caused my son's injuries. Please, take her back with you because I believe that she will confess once she is locked up and questioned!" Melissa spoke as if she had witnessed what had happened, and Leila nodded in agreement to what she said.

"Right, officer. Since Sheryl was with Charles during the accident, she must know something that we don't. Besides, it happened in the parking lot of her company. You need to look into it more!" Leila fanned the flames of the situation. Sheryl felt sick and her head throbbed at their accusations.

"You don't know everything, officer. Although it's supposed to be a family affair, I would like to remind you that this woman was about to divorce my son. Search online and you'll see photos of her with her lover. My son refused to get a divorce, and that is why she hates him and wants to kill him. My son did nothing wrong, so how can she treat him like that?" Melissa said bitterly as she moved toward Sheryl.

The police officer lifted his hand and gestured for Melissa to stop.

"We'll look into it. In the meantime, you need to stop with this hearsay. Do you understand that it is a libel if you fabricate information like that to a police officer?" the officer said to Melissa as a warning. He was a little annoyed by her loose lips and bad attitude.

Although what he knew by then was far from the full truth, his instincts told him that Sheryl would not hurt her husband. It seemed more to him like she loved Charles deeply and would like nothing more than to go sit in the operating room with him.

Under the officer's stern glare, Melissa retreated and looked away. Then the officer turned to Sheryl and wanted to ask her some more questions. Before he could, Sheryl collapsed and slowly fell to the floor.

Isla and Nick happened to get there right at that moment. Seeing Sheryl collapsing to the floor, and the triumphant expression on both Melissa's and Leila's faces, Isla ran up to them without any hesitation.

"If something happens to Sheryl, I will show you a real reason to cry!" Isla snapped as she glared into Melissa's eyes. Isla would have punched Melissa if the officer was not there with them.

Behind them, Nick and Cassie had helped Sheryl into a sitting position. Nick then picked her up and carried her to a ward for treatment while Cassie ran to find a doctor to check how Sheryl was doing.

Isla cast a wait-and-see glare at Melissa before hurriedly following them. She would settle scores with those two women later. The most important thing now was for her to look after Sheryl.

At the same time, the police officer concluded that he wouldn't get any more useful information today and left the hospital afterward.