The Apple of My Eye novel Chapter 788

Charlie was unusually calm when he heard the news. And his adorable face was devoid of any emotion. Sheryl stood motionless as she looked at him intently and gave his little face a thorough scanning. She was earnestly hoping to read his facial expression that was held barely discernible. She felt a little uneasy. Then she approached Charlie anxiously and in a trembling voice asked him, "Charlie, you heard that?"

"Yeah," Charlie answered in a small but affirmative voice. "I heard it."

"Then you..." Sheryl began to say something. But she suddenly felt at a loss that her voice trailed off. Sheryl swallowed hard and burrowed into her head, hoping to come up with appropriate words to say. Initially, she was so worried about how to tell Charlie the truth, but now that he happened to hear everything, the heaviness she felt in her chest was finally relieved.

The thing now that made Sheryl worried about most was how Charlie felt.

Charles, who was observing the whole scene, also felt to be on tenterhooks. Though he had faith with Charlie, he was still worried that Charlie wouldn't be able to take it, so he walked up to his son as well to prompt him, "Charlie, now that you have known everything. We're not going to hide anything from you. From now on, there'll be no more secrets. Can you tell us how you feel about it?"

Charles found himself looking attentively at Charlie. A surge of anxiety crawled within him as he waited on for Charlie to speak his mind. But Charles did not receive any response, so he continued to talk to his son, "Charlie, I understand that it is going to be very hard for you to accept it. And I know it will take a little while, but you should have the ability to differentiate the good from the bad. You should be aware who truly cares for you..."

"Charlie..." Shirley chimed in. She was a little scared of seeing Charles in a solemn expression.

Seeing her daughter feeling frightened of the tense atmosphere, Sheryl decided not to let Shirley stay further, so she asked Chris to take care of Shirley. "Chris, can you do me a favor? Please take Shirley out for a while. I need to talk to Charlie."

"No problem," said Chris. Chris gave her a slight nod and left the room with Shirley. On their way out, Shirley's worried eyes kept darting to look back at Charlie.

Even though Charlie was still a small kid, Chris knew that he was highly sensitive when it came to his feelings. She was afraid that acceptance would be too hard for Charlie.

After Chris and Shirley left, Sheryl squatted down and held both Charlie's hands tightly. Then she pointed to the birthmark right at his wrist and said, "This birthmark has appeared countless times in my dreams, I... I should have realized earlier that the kid in my dream was you. But..." Sheryl's voice faltered and her chest twisted in pain.

Then tears of remorse welled up and streamed down her face as she looked at him tenderly. Much to her astonishment, Charlie quietly pulled out his hands from her grip. And he gingerly reached out to her face and wiped her tears. His hands were so soft and gentle. Sheryl was stunned and felt deeply touched by his gesture.

"Charlie, you..." Sheryl mumbled. Her voice was barely audible.

"I do not blame you," Charlie said promptly. Charlie did not wait for Sheryl to finish her words and continued to speak flatly, "I trust that you also didn't want to abandon me."

"Of course I didn't," Sheryl responded gently, shaking her head slightly. While searching his face, Sheryl asked him, "Don't you blame me?"

Charlie silently shook his head.

Sheryl's eyes widened in surprise to see Charlie's reaction. She had previously imagined numerous scenes in her head on how Charlie would respond to her words. She had visualized him laughing, crying, and even being angry. But Charlie's calm acceptance never did once cross her mind.

But still, she became a bit skeptical, and her face displayed conflicting emotions. So she tentatively asked, "Are you not... surprised at all?"

He must have been shocked by the sudden turn of events, that Sheryl was his biological mother and not Leila. He shouldn't be this quiet and composed upon hearing this.

And what was even more surprising for her was when Charlie replied, "Actually I knew that Leila is not my mother."

Sheryl and Charles were both startled to hear this and stared at each other in astonishment.