The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 2073 Worried

Isla couldn't figure it out. She didn't have the time to think it over, either, so she just headed straight to the hospital.

Phoebe was very worried about Sheryl, too, so she came along with Isla to the hospital.

When they were on their way to the parking lot, Phoebe saw that Isla was going to drive the car, and she promptly stopped.

"I'm driving, okay?" Isla said in a worried tone.

"Okay, okay."

Isla didn't know how Sheryl was, but all she knew was that she needed to be there as her best friend right now.

In the hospital room

Sheryl was sleeping as she was tired from everything that had happened.

Even when Charles went inside the room, Sheryl was still sleeping.

He walked carefully toward Sheryl because he was afraid that he would wake her up.

Charles sat beside Sheryl, staring at her. He didn't hesitate to hold Sheryl's hand, but he made sure he was gentle.

"No, no, get away, get away..." Sheryl said, half asleep.

"Relax. Don't worry. It's just me. I'm here, I'm here. I'll protect you." Charles rubbed Sheryl's hands gently, trying to comfort her.

Maybe because of Charles' voice, but Sheryl relaxed. She didn't seem to be in such a bad mood now, and she was holding Charles' hands.

Charles was relieved. He gradually smiled upon noticing that Sheryl was still relying on him.

After a while, Sheryl muttered, "Charles, don't leave me."

When Charles heard this, he felt something was stabbing into his already aching heart.

"Sher, sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault. Please forgive me," Charles responded, sobbing.

Charles was normally an aloof person. However, when it came to Sheryl, he couldn't control himself. It was always different with her.

He stared at Sheryl for a while before leaving to let Sheryl sleep soundly.

At the door, Charles told Nick to watch Sheryl carefully before leaving again to go back to work.

Nick walked with Charles to the gate of the hospital.

Then, he met Isla in the elevator on the way to Sheryl's ward.

"Nick, what's wrong with Sheryl?"

Isla asked because she knew Nick was probably at the hospital for Sheryl.

Nick understood that Isla was very concerned about Sheryl. Then he said, "It's okay now. Isla, don't worry. Take it easy."

Isla figured she was just overreacting, so she took a deep breath to relax. Then she asked Nick to tell her the whole story.

Nick obliged. He told Isla everything, not leaving a single detail out.

"Damn it. What was Damian doing here? He probably had something to do with the reporters. I bet he was there to do something to Sheryl." Even if Isla was angry, her words made sense. Both Nick and Phoebe agreed with what Isla said.

They didn't know Damian that well, so Isla was right to be suspicious of him.

"All right. Let's go see Sher. I won't be able to relax until I see her," Isla said as she walked to the elevator.

Soon, they arrived at the ward.

Just as Isla was about to go in, Nick stopped her.

"What's up?" Isla looked at Nick, a bit confused and irked.

"Isla, Sher's sleeping. Let's let her rest first," Nick said simply.

"What am I going to do then? Just wait? I'm so worried about her," Isla said anxiously, stamping her foot.

Phoebe saw the embarrassment on Nick's face, so she walked ahead and said, "We know you're worried about her, but I think we should let her rest first and recover. It's fine. We can wait." Isla then had no choice but to wait outside Sheryl's ward.

At the same time, the news that Sheryl and Damian were in the hospital had spread everywhere. Both Charles and Damian couldn't do anything about it.

Isla realized that Sheryl couldn't know about this as everyone was saying so many mean things about her.

"Isla, don't worry. We didn't let Sher see any of this. It'll pass after a while. Something's going to happen, and everyone's going to forget about this." Nick could tell what Isla was thinking, so he consoled her. "Well, what else can we do? Just let it be?" Isla was so angry that she was trembling now. She didn't know what she could do. The only thing she could do was to pray.

Isla was praying that Sheryl would be fine.

Then the nurse came and changed the infusion for Sheryl. When she left, she said to Cassie, "The patient has woken up. You can all go in now."

"Okay, thank you." Cassie smiled at her colleague before gesturing for Isla to go in.

After Isla walked into the room, Nick put his arms around Cassie and sighed, "Cassie, can Sher get over it this time?"

"Yes, of course, Sher has suffered so much. She's so strong. She'll get past this." Cassie wasn't only saying those words to comfort Nick, and she also truly believed in what she said.

Nick wasn't as positive as Cassie. Despite what Cassie said, he was still very worried.

When Sheryl saw Isla come into her room, she tried to smile. She asked, "What are you doing here?"

"You don't have to smile for me, you know. I know you're not okay. You don't have to pretend in front of me." Isla didn't want Sheryl pretending to be okay in front of her, especially after everything that had happened.

Upon hearing this, Sheryl said, sounding rather worried, "Isla, what am I going to do now?"

"What do you mean? What are you so worried about?" Isla looked at Sheryl in confusion.

Sheryl let out a sigh. She looked disappointed. She was hesitating whether to tell Isla what she was thinking now.

Isla had never seen Sheryl behave like this. She couldn't help but ask, "What on earth are you worried about?"

"I don't know. Damian and I are just friends. I never thought that he would do that to me. I thought I wasn't going to see Charles ever again, but when I was in trouble, he came and..." Sheryl trailed off when she was about to cry.

Isla quickly rushed over to Sheryl and hugged her. She said, "It's okay. Charles was just temporary. You don't have to think of him anymore."

"Is he really just temporary?" Sheryl asked, looking at Isla expectantly.

She didn't want to give up. She had so many hopes for her and Charles. Their only barrier was Vicky.

As she thought of this, she realized she really needed to let go of Charles already.

"Okay, don't worry. I'm fine. I'm hungry now." Sheryl smiled.

"Really?" Isla was taken aback by the sudden change of topic.

"Yes. I don't want to think about it. I'm just hungry now,"

Sheryl said sincerely. Isla had no choice but to believe her.

"Okay, wait for me here. I'll get you some food. Just stay here and be a good girl," Isla said playfully.

"Yes, Sir." Sheryl gave Isla a salute as she watched her leave the room.