The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 1955

Isla could not bear to see Sheryl seething within her heart while trying to retain her composure externally. She slapped her hand on the table, saying, "What are you waiting for, Sher? Just call Charles at once and ask him what happened?"

Sheryl and Charles had just begun to sort things out among themselves. Looking at Sheryl's depressed expression, Isla realized how tired she must be feeling because of all of this. Charles had committed so many mistakes so far. Now, these things seemed to be part and parcel of life if Sheryl chose to stay with Charles.

"Isla, you know what? We agreed to be with the kids yesterday. But he did not show up, nor did he answer my call." Sheryl looked at Isla, her eyes dull and weary with grief. She had reached the brink of her patience now.

"So you have to confront him and ask him what exactly happened yesterday. Come, let's go and find him now." Saying this, Isla held Sheryl's hand and walked ahead, intending to look for Charles. She could not just sit there and watch Sheryl in this state, doing nothing.

Sheryl shook off Isla's hand and remained rooted in her place, avoiding eye contact with Isla.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

"Come in!"

Isla said, wondering who had the guts to interrupt them at this time.

It was Phoebe. She was a little awkward in walking inside the office. She had seen the photos in Isla's hand before and knew that something must have happened between Charles and Miss Xia again.

"Miss Xia, Mr. Lu is here."

"He has the guts to come here?" Isla exclaimed. Isla almost stormed out of the room, followed by Phoebe to find Charles without even waiting for Sheryl's response.

Sheryl was afraid that Isla might cause trouble, so she followed right after her.

Charles was standing outside Sheryl's office. His expression changed when he saw Isla come out with an angry look. From Isla's look, he knew that they might have come to know about what happened.

"So honored to meet you here, Mr. Charles Lu, the President of the Shining Company. So? What brought you here today?" Isla's acidic remarks were hurtful enough to make anybody retaliate with the same aggression.

Yet, Charles had remained silent. His eyes were fixed on Sheryl, who had been walking right behind Isla.

Charles noticed that Sheryl didn't look well. He was so eager to hold her in his arms and tell her how much he missed her.

But Charles didn't dare approach her. Also, he was not allowed to do so.

"Sher, do you have some time now? I want to talk with you."

"Talk about what? About this woman? And about how she is more important to you than Sher and the two kids? Charles, good for you!" Isla failed to control her temper. She didn't care about who he was at all. Though he was the president of the Shining Company, he was nothing to her but a man who had hurt Sheryl's feelings again.

"Isla, this is between the two of us. Leave it to us." Sheryl approached Charles with the photo in her hand.

She didn't have the heart to find a private place to hold this conversation at the moment.

"We can talk here." Sheryl looked at Charles. Her face seemed to be washed with tears, yet her eyes were fixed on Charles' face without emotion.

Charles felt so sorry that he didn't know what to say. All he wanted to do now was to take her away from all this.

Charles' silence was piercing Sheryl's heart. Her eyes started to well up again.

"Who's that woman? Where were you last night?" Sheryl choked as she spoke. This was all Sheryl's mind was occupied with at the moment. She could not rest until she found a satisfactory answer to her question. It had not been easy for her and Charles to maintain this relationship so far. Just a few days ago, she had made it clear to Charles that they needed some time to think things through before patching up.

"She..." Charles stopped, not knowing how to explain the whole thing.