The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1674 Sheryl Had No Choice

"Sher, we've already patched things up, so we came to visit you." Cassie was in Nick's arms, like a little woman.

Sheryl was amused with them. It was true that a couple might quarrel, but they would soon make up.

"Come in." Sheryl invited them into her home. "Would you care for some juice?" she asked, leading them to the living room.

"Don't bother, Sher. We're fine. We just came by to see Clark and Shirley. Haven't they come back yet?" Cassie asked, not replaceing the kids when she looked around the room.

"They should be back any moment now. Joan went to pick them up." Afterwards, Sheryl smiled and gestured for them to drink some water.

They chatted for a while, and soon after, Joan came home with the kids.

"Sher, why don't you go and get some rest. We will play with the kids." Cassie and Nick decided to take the kids to their bedroom.

"Auntie Cassie, Uncle Nick, long time no see. I miss you." Feeling excited, Shirley led the way, each of her hands holding one of theirs.

Clark followed them and also entered the bedroom.

Following them with her eyes, Sheryl smiled with satisfaction.

With the kids around her, Sheryl thought everything was worthwhile.

Nick and Cassie stayed until the kids had prepared to go to bed.

Sheryl walked them down the stairs afterwards. When Nick went to the garage to get the car, Cassie was left with her. "Sher, both Nick and I hope that you can live a good life," she said, holding her hand. "So no matter what happens, never think that you're alone. You have us."

Cassie was sincerely worried about Sheryl. In the coffee shop earlier today, Nick had told her everything about Sheryl's dilemma.

At that time, Cassie had thought that if she was Sheryl, she would feel extremely sad. Putting herself in Sheryl's shoes, she knew that she couldn't endure it as Sheryl did.

So Cassie had accompanied Nick to check on Sheryl. Although Sheryl always tried intentionally to hide her sorrow, some things just couldn't be concealed. Cassie could see that she was unhappy.

"Don't worry. I am fine. Leila just wants to ruin my relationship with Charles. But I won't let her." Sheryl looked at Cassie and smiled.

Cassie was clear that if she continued to say something, she would appear to be intruding.

At the moment, Nick's car stopped in front of them. "Sher, we'd best be leaving now. Goodbye." Cassie bid her goodbye.

"Hmm, be careful on your way," Sheryl replied, nodding to Nick who rolled his window down. Sheryl saw them off before she went back upstairs.

She thought it was the end of the day, but her nightmare had just started.

Her phone started ringing even before she could enter the house. Looking at the caller ID, Sheryl froze when she saw it was Ferry calling. Hesitant to answer the call, she picked it up after a long while. "Why don't you want to answer my phone call? If I show up in front of you now, would you kick me out?" Ferry's playful voice was filled with pleasure.

Frowning, Sheryl responded after a long while, "What do you want now?"

"I just want to remind you that if you don't take any action tomorrow, I will release the pictures to the public," Ferry said with a smile, as if talking about something pleasant.

Sheryl clenched her fists. The feeling of being controlled was terrible, but she couldn't do anything.

"Fine. I see," Sheryl replied expressionlessly.

Ferry finally smiled with satisfaction. "Hmm. I know you will be well-behaved and listen to me. In fact, I care for you. If you don't want to get a divorce, you can stay married. It's better if you just become my woman."

Hearing Ferry's words, Sheryl bit her lip hard. She knew that she would rather die than be in a relationship with Ferry.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Sheryl didn't plan to offend Ferry, so when she spoke, she tried her best to stay calm all the time. She didn't want to irritate this man by adding fuel to the fire. Because it was clear that if Ferry got offended, she or the people around her would suffer the consequences, she had no choice but to endure it. Sheryl couldn't fight back. "Nothing."

"Okay!" Sheryl hung up the phone afterwards.

During this time, Ferry's car had been parked outside of Sheryl's residence. When he saw her answer the phone, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

'Will being my woman make you sadder than divorcing Charles?' Ferry thought.

He sneered and drove away after seeing that Sheryl had gone upstairs.

Sheryl was as powerless as a deflated ball after entering the house. But thinking that she hadn't seen her kids the entire day, she kept walking tiredly, and let herself into their bedroom.

The kids had fallen asleep by this time. After covering them with their quilts, she blankly sat on the bedside and stared at them for a long while. Watching their innocent faces as they slept, Sheryl found her peace. Then she kissed their foreheads before leaving.

Sheryl went back to her bedroom, but sleep wouldn't come. Lost in her thoughts, she kept wondering what she should do.

After thinking it over, Sheryl knew that the only solution was to divorce Charles, so she decided to talk with him tomorrow. It happened that because of Melissa, Charles felt depressed today. By this chance, maybe he would agree to the divorce.

Sheryl should have been happy. But when she thought about it, she couldn't seem to replace a reason to be happy. Instead, she felt annoyed.

In the end, she told herself to stop thinking about it and forced herself to fall asleep as soon as possible.

During that time, Sheryl was not the only one who felt sleepless. Charles had been in bed for some time now, but was also unable to fall asleep.

At night, Leila stayed with Melissa in the ward next door, while Charles was left alone in his room. When Nancy brought him food, he asked, "Does Sher get along well with my mother?" Pretending to talk casually, Charles started eating as he didn't want Nancy to worry.

Charles' question caught Nancy off guard. She scratched her head, hesitant to answer. "Still the same. You know Lady Melissa had some conflicts with Sheryl from the beginning. Now Sheryl has moved out, and they hardly meet each other, except when they are visiting you in the hospital, so they must be able to get along well."

Nancy didn't want Charles to know that Sheryl had suffered injustice many times from Melissa, and she didn't plan to talk about others behind their backs. As a servant, she was aware of where she should stand. Even though she had heard that Melissa and Leila had planned to frame Sheryl, she couldn't tell anybody else, because if she said that, she might create a rift between the two sides. Charles had to carefully observe and replace it out for himself.

"Hmm, that's great." Charles nodded, as if lost in thought.

Even though the private detective had given him all the information, he wasn't quite convinced that Sheryl would do harm to Melissa.