The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1603 Sheryl Fainted

Melissa had to shut up, but her eyes never left Sheryl's face. It seemed that she would try to pounce on Sheryl again to beat her up at any second.

Melissa gnashed her teeth bitterly, resenting the fact that Charles had chosen to marry such a woman.

On the other side, Sheryl was buried in her sorrow over Charles' injuries and paid no attention to what Melissa was up to just then. She swallowed her pain and fought back her tears, praying that Charles would come out of the operating room as soon as possible and with a positive verdict.

When the corridor was silent again, the police officer cleared his throat and asked Sheryl, "Can you tell me what happened at the time of the accident, Ms. Xia?"

Sheryl pulled her drifting thoughts together and nodded. "Of course," she replied weakly.

She then forced herself to recall what had happened in the parking lot. She actually felt like thousands of arrows were penetrating her heart as the scene of Charles being knocked down returned to replay in her mind.

Melissa's and Leila's ears also perked up attentively to hear what Sheryl would say to the officer about the accident.

Sheryl took a deep breath and narrated all of the ins and outs of the matter carefully, except for the reason why she and Charles had been quarreling. She tried to make every detail clear, hoping that it would help the police to replace the person who drove the car.

When she had finally finished talking, she gasped for breath and her face became as pale as the white wall behind her. Going over the incident again had cost her all of her strength. Sheryl felt like her head was becoming heavier and heavier-she just wanted to lie down, regardless of where she was and who was there.

"Are you okay, Ms. Xia? Please, take a break if you need to." Even the police officer began worrying about Sheryl as he saw the paleness of her cheeks.

However, before Sheryl could offer any response, Melissa chipped in again. Her constant butting in made the rest of them sick.

"Officer, look at her! Don't you think she looks like she's afraid of being found guilty of something? I can assure you that it was definitely she who caused my son's injuries. Please, take her back with you because I believe that she will confess once she is locked up and questioned!" Melissa spoke as if she had witnessed what had happened, and Leila nodded in agreement to what she said.

"Right, officer. Since Sheryl was with Charles during the accident, she must know something that we don't. Besides, it happened in the parking lot of her company. You need to look into it more!" Leila fanned the flames of the situation. Sheryl felt sick and her head throbbed at their accusations.

"You don't know everything, officer. Although it's supposed to be a family affair, I would like to remind you that this woman was about to divorce my son. Search online and you'll see photos of her with her lover. My son refused to get a divorce, and that is why she hates him and wants to kill him. My son did nothing wrong, so how can she treat him like that?" Melissa said bitterly as she moved toward Sheryl. The police officer lifted his hand and gestured for Melissa to stop.

"We'll look into it. In the meantime, you need to stop with this hearsay. Do you understand that it is a libel if you fabricate information like that to a police officer?" the officer said to Melissa as a warning. He was a little annoyed by her loose lips and bad attitude.

Although what he knew by then was far from the full truth, his instincts told him that Sheryl would not hurt her husband. It seemed more to him like she loved Charles deeply and would like nothing more than to go sit in the operating room with him.

Under the officer's stern glare, Melissa retreated and looked away. Then the officer turned to Sheryl and wanted to ask her some more questions. Before he could, Sheryl collapsed and slowly fell to the floor. Isla and Nick happened to get there right at that moment. Seeing Sheryl collapsing to the floor, and the triumphant expression on both Melissa's and Leila's faces, Isla ran up to them without any hesitation. "If something happens to Sheryl, I will show you a real reason to cry!" Isla snapped as she glared into Melissa's eyes. Isla would have punched Melissa if the officer was not there with them. Behind them, Nick and Cassie had helped Sheryl into a sitting position. Nick then picked her up and carried her to a ward for treatment while Cassie ran to replace a doctor to check how Sheryl was doing. Isla cast a wait-and-see glare at Melissa before hurriedly following them. She would settle scores with those two women later. The most important thing now was for her to look after Sheryl.

At the same time, the police officer concluded that he wouldn't get any more useful information today and left the hospital afterward.

After a short time, only Leila and Melissa were left standing outside the operating room.

Leila then stepped closer to Melissa. She was a little annoyed upon seeing that Melissa was taking Isla's words seriously and quietly berated Melissa's cowardice in her head.

She sighed as she silently thought that Melissa wasn't strong enough to live up to her expectations.

Isla had just hurled one or two threatening words, but they had caused Melissa to look like the sky was falling on her.

"Are you alright, Aunt Melissa?" Leila asked in a concerned tone as she held back her feelings of disgust.

Melissa came back to her senses when she heard Leila's words. She looked at Leila and replied, "Leila, did you hear what that woman said to me? She was threatening me!"

Leila rolled her eyes at the ridiculous reaction before saying, "Please, don't be mad, Aunt Melissa. She's Sheryl's best friend and will always take Sheryl's side. You should just never mind what she said or will say to you."

"Right. What really matters is my poor son! He will learn what kind of woman he had married this time!" Melissa stamped her foot as she grew angrier.

Leila reached her arms out and wrapped them around Melissa's shoulders. "Calm down, Aunt Melissa. Take care of yourself. I believe that Charles will see through her this time. It's not too late," Leila said as she patted Melissa on the back.

With her comforting words, Melissa felt better and was relieved. She thought for a moment and said, "I hope he will understand the situation the way we do. I won't let Sheryl go, and she will pay for what she did to Charles!"

Leila walked Melissa to the bench, and both of them sat down. They looked at the closed door at the same time, hoping that the operation would soon be finished and that everything was going to be alright for Charles.

With Sheryl out of sight, she was also out of Melissa's mind for a while. Melissa genuinely began worrying about her son once there was no more conflict to be had. The thought that Charles was still in the jaws of death suffocated her, and tears were welling up in her eyes.

Leila felt Melissa's body trembling next to her and understood why she acted like that. She didn't say anything to comfort Melissa, though. It would be better for Melissa to vent her sorrows by crying it out. At the same time, Sheryl was unconscious for some time.

The doctor gave her a thorough checkup and concluded that it was nothing serious. She had lost consciousness due to shock. She was both mentally and physically exhausted.

"Are you sure Sheryl will wake up soon, doctor?" Isla asked in concern. Isla couldn't remember how many times she had asked that, but she still couldn't put her heart at rest.

Cassie came over and held her hand. She smiled at the doctor apologetically first and then said to Isla, "Please take it easy, Isla. We're all professionals. Sheryl will be fine. Please take a seat and get some rest. It will do her lots of good to get a few hours' sleep. Trust me!"

"Well, Cassie is right. She will wake up soon, safe and sound," the doctor confirmed what Cassie had said. He then left the ward before Isla could utter another word.

Nick was sitting in front of Sheryl's bed, gazing at her as she slept. Deep in his heart, he felt that there was something wrong. Charles had been hit in the parking lot, and the car had driven away without any hesitation. It was weird that the driver didn't stop and get out to check what he had done. Sheryl was now lying there in the bed unconscious, after all that. Things must have been worse than anyone had imagined.

"Nick, let's go out and teach those two women a lesson. Sitting here won't help anything. Come with me!" Isla demanded and came over to drag Nick back up.

"Please, calm down, Isla! The most urgent thing now is Sheryl. Besides, Charles is inside the operating room now. Hold on until they both wake up!" Nick said calmly, refusing to go out with her.

He shook Isla's hands off his arm and asked, pointing at Sheryl, "Will you please think about her? Don't you think that Sheryl would agree with you?"

Of course Isla knew Sheryl would never want them to get into trouble over her, but she just couldn't take it. She needed to do something to occupy her worried mind.

Since Melissa and Leila had said that it was all Sheryl's fault that Charles had been in an accident, what would they say about Sheryl also fainting? With that logic, it was then all because of Charles!