The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1692

Phoebe nodded at Isla, and sighed. "Mrs. Zhao, Sheryl's just pretending she's fine, but I can tell she really isn't."

Isla looked at Phoebe and then shot her eyes towards Sheryl's office. A wave of sympathy rose in her heart. She agreed with Phoebe—she could tell Sheryl was just pretending, but deep inside, there was turmoil. Sheryl had to meet Ferry's demands, and divorcing Charles wasn't an easy decision to make. Isla figured that Sheryl must be under a lot of pressure right now, and her divorce with Charles was what she thought about the most.

"Okay, I know. You should get back to work. I will go and talk to her." Isla made her way toward Sheryl's office after she spoke.

The door of the office was usually open. As Sheryl's best friend and her working partner, Isla didn't bother knocking—she just entered Sheryl's office.

"Sher, I heard you've sent out your letter from the lawyer. Are you really going to divorce Charles?" Isla asked, with a concerned look.

Sheryl knew it must be Phoebe who'd told her so she wasn't surprised when Isla asked her. Instead, she was even relieved. She'd expected that Isla would find out sooner or later.

After a pause, Sheryl dropped the pen she was holding, raised her head, and said with a nod, "Yes, I am. The sooner, the better. It will be better for both me and Charles."

"But are you really sure that you won't regret this?" Isla seemed concerned. She knew how much Sheryl loved Charles. She found it difficult that Sheryl would leave Charles just like that.

"I have to! Do I have another option?" Sheryl got emotional. It was the last topic she wanted to touch on. But since Isla brought it up, Sheryl wouldn't just say no. Despite all the turmoil inside, she managed a smile.

Isla knew Sheryl was running out of options. She understood that Sheryl was seeking a way out and what she had chosen to do seemed to be the only way. However, it seemed that Sheryl didn't realize she had fallen into Ferry's trap.

"Can't we just figure out another way?" Isla argued, her face anxious.

She really felt for Sheryl. Even though Isla had no idea what it was like for Sheryl, she could only imagine, and she felt frustrated for her best friend.

"It's fine, don't worry about it. We were bound to get divorced anyway. It was just a matter of time. You know I don't get along with Melissa, and now she has Leila who doesn't like me either. This is the way it's supposed to be," Sheryl said rather calmly.

Isla couldn't help but frown. Her nose twitched as she racked her mind trying to come up with something to say.

"Sher, why do you have to be so hard on yourself? You know you can't live without Charles!" Isla started to question why God had treated Sheryl so unfairly.

Sheryl had gone through so much, and it seemed like she was just going through obstacle after obstacle. Even when it looked like Sheryl was finally going to be happy, it never lasted long. She always wound up with another problem of some sort. Isla couldn't help but feel sorry for Sheryl. She wrapped Sheryl in a tight embrace.

Sheryl was taken aback. However, she soon realized what Isla was probably thinking. Sheryl reached out to return her hug. Before Isla could say anything, Sheryl said, "Isla, you don't have to worry about me. I'm fine!" Sheryl gave her a wry smile.

Isla gently pulled back her arms and nodded with a smile. "That's great! I knew you would get over it!"

Sheryl felt relieved to see Isla's smile. She didn't want Isla to worry about her anymore.

They fixed themselves and started to get back to work.

Sheryl was running the Cloud Advertising Company very well these days. They had even made a great deal of profit from Sheryl expanding the business. She also carefully dealt with every contract. Before anything was approved, they had to get both Sheryl and Isla's permission. Thus, they were working very hard and spending most of their nights at the office.

Meanwhile, Shining Company wasn't exactly doing well.

The project with Star Company had way too many problems so that even Charles was stumped as to what to do. As a result, Charles was in the worst mood. A manager from a department had reported to Charles in his office and accidentally had gotten a number wrong—Charles annihilated him.