The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 2121

"Aunt? Why are you here so early today?" Sheryl greeted Melissa as she found Melissa standing in front of Shirley's ward.

Melissa looked haggardly. It seemed like she had endured a sleepless night. She took a look at Shirley, who was still fast asleep and gestured for Sheryl to be quiet. "Shh! Don't wake her up."

"Aunt Melissa, you don't look good. Didn't you have any proper sleep last night?" Sheryl asked with concern. She made haste to get up from her seat and approached Melissa to prevent Shirley's sleep from being disturbed.

Melissa took a moment or two to overcome her initial hesitation and decided to tell the truth to Sheryl.

"Sher, come to the balcony with me. I have something to tell you," Melissa said as she held Sheryl's hand and pulled her out of Shirley's medical ward.

Sheryl was anxious at seeing Melissa be so unusually disturbed this morning.

She followed right after Melissa to the balcony. When she was about to ask Melissa what happened, Melissa turned her head, and Sheryl could see that her eyes had gone red.

"Auntie, you..."

"Sher, Charles met with an accident last night!" Melissa looked at Sheryl and spoke in a feeble voice.

Melissa's words made Sheryl's heart sink. She tried to deny the information she had just heard, thinking she must have heard it wrong. She asked Melissa once again to re-confirm, "Aunt Melissa, what did you just say?"

Melissa knew that Sheryl would not be able to accept the news so easily, so she repeated, "Charles had a car accident last night. Because it was too late, I didn't call you."

"Car accident! Are you serious? How is he now? Is he okay? Where is he now?" Sheryl asked in a trembling voice. In an instant, Sheryl's face changed dramatically.

"He has been in a coma after the surgery. But the doctor said that he was only in a temporary coma, and he is kept under observation in the ICU."

"How? How did it all happen? How could he have a car accident? Didn't he go to see Vicky yesterday?" Sheryl blurted out.

Until Sheryl had mentioned that, Melissa was not aware that Charles had gone to meet Vicky. The more she thought about that malicious woman, the angrier she got.

"Sher, listen to me. Charles doesn't like Vicky at all. It's she who keeps bothering him. Yes! She must have lied to Charles last night and told him to come to see her. She has used such tricks on him many times, but Charles is so softhearted, that..."

"He is not softhearted. He is doing all this because he has fallen in love with her," Sheryl couldn't help but retort.

Sheryl was caught in a dilemma at the moment. On the one hand, she was disturbed to learn about Charles' accident, and on the other hand, she was still not able to forgive Charles.

Melissa marked the resentment in Sheryl's words but did not have words to explain the truth about what exactly was going on between Charles and Vicky now. After a moment of silence, Melissa said in a soft voice, "Sher, Charles accidentally hit Vicky with his car once. After the car accident, she lost her memory. She didn't know where she came from, and her only memory ever since she has come back to her senses is that Charles was her husband."

"What?" Sheryl was left aghast. She was hearing this for the first time.

Melissa nodded. "Since then, Vicky has been pestering Charles and wouldn't let him go. Out of sheer guilt, Charles had decided to take care of Vicky until she gets back her memory. Hence, he has tolerated her tantrums all the time. All because he considers himself to be responsible for her condition. There is nothing more in his relationship with Vicky."

She told Sheryl everything that Charles had told her. But she was not updated about Charles' speculations that Vicky had an ulterior motive for approaching him. Moreover, Vicky might have been sent by Ferry to deal with him and his family. These were the things that Charles had not told Melissa.

As a result, Melissa's words fell short to justify Charles' innocence in Sheryl's eyes.

After all, she knew Charles well. He was not the kind of person who would be ready to do anything for a woman merely out of guilt. There were so many women around him that had tried to approach him and had tried to win him over for his sympathy and love, but all of them had failed.

Sheryl could sense some missing chords in Melissa's explanation, but she couldn't figure out what it was.