The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1359 Things Went Smoothly

Then Ricky received a phone call from Nancy. He didn't dare delay for a second and rushed to Dream Garden immediately.

"Doctor, please come up to see what has happened to Mrs. Lu. She's a high fever, and now she's in a coma." When Nancy saw the family doctor, she didn't want to waste time on small talk and directed him to Sheryl's bedroom immediately.

When Leila and Melissa heard what Nancy said, they smiled at each other with a secret understanding. Then they rushed into Sheryl's bedroom together. However, they didn't care about how Sheryl was. Instead, they took pleasure in Sheryl's misfortune.

After a careful diagnosis, Ricky explained that Sheryl's illness had worsened due to a virus caused by the flu, and in combination with excessive stress, she had fallen into a coma. He thought that her symptoms were serious enough and made the prompt decision to give her an intravenous injection.

The doctor didn't expect that Sheryl would take a turn for the worse and become so ill. Before he came to Dream Garden, he assumed that she just had a common cold. However, when Charles sounded so urgent over the phone, he brought drugs, injection medicines, and apparatus with him. It turned out that those all helped.

"Nancy, didn't she have a good rest these days because of worry?"

"No, she didn't. Sher has been so stressed these days. She couldn't eat or sleep. I tried to persuade her, but I failed," Nancy replied as she wiped her tears away.

Nancy's words had reminded the doctor about the latest news of the Lu family's kidnapped daughter, and he immediately understood why Sheryl had become so ill.

"It doesn't help. Her illness is very serious. Mrs. Lu needs plenty of rest, and she must cooperate with me if she wants to recover soon. You need to figure out more ways to persuade her." Nancy kept nodding her head.

When the cold liquid medicine entered intravenously into Sheryl's body, she woke up immediately. When she opened her eyes, she found her room was full of people. When she looked around unconsciously, she felt disappointed when she didn't see Charles there.

Sheryl felt her stomach twist. She smiled bitterly and shook her head. She felt foolish for having had any expectation of Charles. Nancy surely must have told Charles that she had a fever. However, he hadn't shown up, and it was evident to Sheryl how he felt.

Although she knew it clearly, she couldn't help but feel overwhelmingly disappointed and sad.

Her eyes were empty as if she had lost her hope.

When Leila and Melissa saw Sheryl lying in bed weak, they felt delighted, especially Leila. She believed that fate was on her side. Otherwise, how else could everything be going so smoothly beyond her expectations?

She could hardly hide the happiness in her eyes. If it weren't inappropriate, she would have jumped for joy.

"Sheryl, you must take better care of yourself. You gave us all a scare. I feel so sorry for you, but I believe that you will recover soon," Leila said as she pretended to care about Sheryl. She wasn't a good actress, because anyone could see through her facade and hear no sincerity in her words.

Leila thrived on seeing how ill Sheryl looked. She wished that it would make Charles fed up with her.

Sheryl glared at Leila viciously and said, "Get out!" She didn't want to say any more to Leila. Sheryl then closed her eyes, so she didn't have to see this spiteful woman.

"Sheryl, couldn't you be a little more polite? Leila is so kind as to visit you. Why are you so rude? Didn't your mother teach you any manners?" Melissa took the opportunity to twist the situation around and have a jab at her to make Sheryl look bad. She intentionally said that because she knew that it would upset Sheryl.

Everybody was aware that Sheryl had an estranged relationship with her mother. That was the reason why Melissa chose to mention her, especially when Sheryl was in such a fragile and vulnerable state. "Mrs. Lu, please. Sher is very ill. Please show her some mercy, or shall I call Mr. Lu right now?" Nancy stared at Melissa. She had no other choice but to threaten to call Charles. Otherwise, she didn't know what Melissa would do next.

When Leila saw Sheryl close her eyes to ignore her intentionally, she didn't feel angry. She took her phone and dialed Charles' number. She wanted to provoke Sheryl and see how she would react. 'Let's see if she can act so indifferent and calm as she is now?' She sneered and looked crafty as if she was brewing some evil plan.

"Hello, Charles!" Leila intentionally spoke loudly in the room. She wanted to make sure that everybody heard that she was speaking with Charles.

"It's me. What can I help you with?" said Charles trying hard to suppress his anger while he thought about his next move.

"Do you know that Sheryl is suffering from a fever? It's very serious, and I can't bear to see her look so weak! Charles, are you coming back to see her? Rest assured that even if you can't come back, I'll take good care of her for you."

As Leila talked on the phone, she spied on Sheryl's expression. She saw Sheryl's eyelids slightly twitching. When she looked further down, she noticed that Sheryl seized the bed sheet with the other hand that was free from the intravenous injection. Without a doubt, Sheryl was anxious. Leila snickered that Sheryl was suffering like this.

Charles felt disgusted by Leila's false show of concern and callousness. The anger and sickness that he felt toward her made him clench his hand into a tight fist with rage and crumple the paper on the desk as if it were Leila herself.

After a few seconds, Charles composed himself and appeared deep and quiet as usual.

"Is it? It's Sheryl's fault. She didn't take care of her health. I tried to persuade her, but she was too stubborn to listen. Shirley is lost, and it's already a mess. She didn't help by letting herself go and even made matters worse. I don't have the time for her. I don't care, and she can do whatever she wants! It's none of my business!" Charles pretended to sound angry.

Sheryl could hear some of what Charles was saying through the phone. Even the little bit that she did hear was unbearable. It was like someone had twisted a knife into her heart.

Out of the corner of her eye, Leila saw Sheryl's face become even more ashen and she turn her head to the other side in anger. Leila felt content, and her heart was filled with great satisfaction.

"Charles, don't blame Sheryl. It's not all her fault. After all, she feels sad that Shirley is missing. Don't worry though. I'll make sure she gets plenty of rest to regain her health." Leila spoke while strutting around like a proud peacock, showing a goodwill gesture to Charles using all her effort.

Charles sneered because Leila's thoughts had been exposed in front of him. There might be more. However, he knew that everything would come out soon.

"You're better than Sheryl. Let's talk about something else." Charles' compliment gave Leila a wide smile. She looked extremely pleased.

Charles paused for a moment and continued, "But I'm so worried about Shirley. If something bad happened to her, I don't think I would be able to take it. My only worry is to replace Shirley." The sadness in Charles' tone made Leila feel against her conscience.