The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1989 Did I Get Her Wrong

"I'm sorry, Charles. I didn't mean that. I swear, I didn't mean that. Please, forgive me, Charles," Vicky said, pleading innocent in front of Charles. Charles nodded his head, indicating that he had forgiven her.

"Vicky, I will visit you every other day. Don't create any trouble here, alright? I'll ask David to check on you daily!" Having said this, Charles left the room.

The moment Charles turned his back, Vicky's face started growing clouded with dismay. With her eyes fixed at Charles's back, she was almost about to explode again.

As soon as David saw Charles coming out of Vicky's ward, he walked up to him and said, "Mr. Lu, how was she?"

"Pay her a visit every day."

"Yes, sir."

Though it was against David's wishes, he had to follow Charles' order.

After they cleared things up in the hospital, Charles left right away.

As Charles walked out of the hospital and approached his car, Vicky watched him from the window of her room. Charles took brisk steps ahead without turning back for even once. As he approached the car, Vicky felt heaviness in her heart. As Charles' car zoomed out of sight, she burst into tears.

Vicky clenched her fists and swore to herself, "Charles, I'll make you regret this!"

After they got into the car, Charles stared at David.

David felt a little uneasy to be under such an intent gaze.

"Mr. Lu, why are you looking at me like that? Did I do anything wrong?" David knew that there must be some valid reason behind such behavior from Charles.

"David, what's the progress of your investigation? If you can't get any useful information, I will lose my patience!" Charles sounded utterly dissatisfied.

David heaved a sigh before replying to Charles. He said, "Mr. Lu, it's rather strange. Vicky seems to have been already alert about the fact that you would do a background check on her. She has already hidden everything about her. No one knows where she's from, and not a single trace of her past could be found."

There was a firm frown set on David's face. Charles knew that David was not making excuses. After having him as an assistant for so many years, Charles did not doubt his sincerity and dedication. 'It must have been really hard for him, ' Charles thought in his mind. 'Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so upset.'

"Okay, I get it. Just continue with the investigation. Do your best." Charles closed his eyes, forcing himself not to think about Vicky anymore.

After reaching the office, Charles stared at his phone's screen, thinking of giving Sheryl a call. There were so many things in his mind that he wanted to tell her. Even though they were legally divorced, Charles still had the feeling that Sheryl was there with him. Something deep inside his heart told him that this was just a passing phase. And somehow, this one belief gave him the strength to deal with the present ordeal.

His mind went back to the past, the good old days when he was so relaxed and enjoying his life with his loving wife and his two adorable children.

Minutes passed. He still couldn't dial the number. He kept staring at the screen until his heart became heavy. Finally, he heaved a sigh.

Then all of a sudden, Charles remembered there seemed to have been something weird about the way Melissa had behaved last night when she had come to visit him in his study. Immediately, he called his mother to figure out what Melissa had been trying to tell him.

In the Cloud Advertising Company

Melissa entered Sheryl's office along with her. Even though this wasn't the first time she had come here, she was still more observant about the place than before. She inspected every corner carefully. She planned to get to know everything about Sheryl. After all, to establish a good relationship with Sheryl, she had to know how her life was.

As she walked into the office, Melissa remembered that last time she overheard about someone sending flowers to Sheryl. She peeped at the desk to see if the new bunch of flowers had arrived yet, but could not replace any. Melissa silently heaved a sigh of relief, careful that nobody should gauge the real intention behind her visit.

'It seems that the man who sent the flowers yesterday has stopped wooing Sheryl, ' Melissa thought to herself.

It did not take much time for Sheryl to notice Melissa's eyes roving all over her office curiously. She felt a bit uneasy and frowned, trying to guess the reason behind Melissa's behavior.

"Please take a seat. What would you like something to drink?" As Sheryl had to focus on some important files, it was Phoebe who had to attend to Melissa.

"There's no need. Thank you." Melissa stood up and walked around the office. It seemed that she was rather satisfied with the setting of the office.

"Knock! Knock!"

"Please come in!" Sheryl raised her head.

It was Phoebe who brought two cups of coffee for Sheryl and her guest. She nodded to Sheryl and walked towards Melissa. "Ma'am, do you want some coffee?" "Thank you so much, Phoebe," Melissa answered politely.

Phoebe was rather taken aback to hear that. 'Did I hear her incorrectly? Is this the same Melissa that I used to know? How come she appears to be so different now?' Phoebe pondered. Melissa had always been very cold towards Phoebe. Albeit, they had met on a very few occasions, yet every time Melissa had maintained an arrogant and intimidating approach towards her. Hence, Phoebe had never imagined that Melissa could be so gentle to her.

"Ma'am, you're welcome." Phoebe passed the coffee to her courteously.

After Phoebe left, Melissa turned to Sheryl and asked, "Sher, do you have to handle all the files on your own?"

"Yes. During the busy periods, I have to handle many documents. But there are times when I'm absolutely free as well. It depends." Afraid that Melissa would unnecessarily be worried for her, she told a lie and created a happy-go-lucky picture of her work life.

"Oh! That's still okay. You shouldn't work overtime. You must take care of your own health. Always keep in mind that your children are waiting for you at home. You can't afford to get sick, okay?" Melissa cautioned Sheryl, her voice dripping with motherly concern.

Sheryl smiled back to her. She didn't want Melissa to continue to nag her, so she grabbed a magazine and passed it to her. "Do you want to read something? I'm afraid that you'll get bored otherwise." Melissa realized that she might have disturbed Sheryl. She put on an apologetic smile and said, "I'm sorry, Sheryl. I should not disturb you during your work hours."

"Why do you say that? I didn't mean to suggest anything like that," Sheryl replied shaking her head.

"I'll stop talking now and read the magazine. You focus on your work." Melissa opened the magazine and decided not to distract Sheryl from her work anymore.

This was exactly what Sheryl had wanted. As she found Melissa engrossed in the magazine, Sheryl turned her mind back to the files.

For the next two hours, Sheryl busily looked over the documents. Apart from Phoebe coming in for a couple of times to discuss some issues with Sheryl, there was complete silence between Sheryl and Melissa. Melissa had kept quiet throughout to make sure that Sheryl could focus on her work with unwavering concentration.

The silence in the room was interrupted when Melissa's phone rang. She took out her phone and saw Charles' name flashing on the screen.

Melissa knew that she had to make sure that Charles did not replace out she was here with Sheryl; otherwise, he would be angry with her. At the same time, she didn't want Sheryl to know that Charles had called her while she was at the Cloud Advertising Company.

"Sheryl, I am bored sitting in one place. I'll take a walk around. See you later." Melissa smiled and excused herself by giving a convenient excuse as she stepped out of Sheryl's office to answer the call. Actually Sheryl had heard the ringtone, but she pretended that she wasn't aware of it at all.

After Melissa went out, Sheryl put down the pen in her hand and fixed her gaze at the door. Charles' face appeared in her mind, and she felt a sharp sting in her heart.

'Is he getting along well with that woman? He must be having a pleasant time. Otherwise, he would have called me, ' Sheryl thought to herself.

"Charles, what happened? Why are you calling me at this time?" Melissa went to the company's staff kitchen to answer the phone call since that was the only place where no one could hear her.

"Mom, you were rather strange yesterday. Did anything happen?" Charles cut to the point straight away.

"What? No, nothing as such. There's nothing wrong. Why do you ask?" Melissa had already forgotten what she had told Charles the previous day. 'What did I tell him? Why is he giving me a call about that?' Melissa wondered.

"Really?" Charles could sense that Melissa meant what she said. 'Did I get her wrong?' he thought in his mind.

"Absolutely, Charles, there's nothing. Alright. I'm going shopping right now. Goodbye!" Right after she finished, she hung up the call.

After Melissa hung up, Charles stopped speculating on the matter.

'Well, it seems that I was over-thinking, ' he reflected.