The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 2121 Agreeing To Take Care Of Charles

"Aunt? Why are you here so early today?" Sheryl greeted Melissa as she found Melissa standing in front of Shirley's ward.

Melissa looked haggardly. It seemed like she had endured a sleepless night. She took a look at Shirley, who was still fast asleep and gestured for Sheryl to be quiet. "Shh! Don't wake her up."

"Aunt Melissa, you don't look good. Didn't you have any proper sleep last night?" Sheryl asked with concern. She made haste to get up from her seat and approached Melissa to prevent Shirley's sleep from being disturbed.

Melissa took a moment or two to overcome her initial hesitation and decided to tell the truth to Sheryl.

"Sher, come to the balcony with me. I have something to tell you," Melissa said as she held Sheryl's hand and pulled her out of Shirley's medical ward.

Sheryl was anxious at seeing Melissa be so unusually disturbed this morning.

She followed right after Melissa to the balcony. When she was about to ask Melissa what happened, Melissa turned her head, and Sheryl could see that her eyes had gone red.

"Auntie, you..."

"Sher, Charles met with an accident last night!" Melissa looked at Sheryl and spoke in a feeble voice.

Melissa's words made Sheryl's heart sink. She tried to deny the information she had just heard, thinking she must have heard it wrong. She asked Melissa once again to re-confirm, "Aunt Melissa, what did you just say?"

Melissa knew that Sheryl would not be able to accept the news so easily, so she repeated, "Charles had a car accident last night. Because it was too late, I didn't call you."

"Car accident! Are you serious? How is he now? Is he okay? Where is he now?" Sheryl asked in a trembling voice. In an instant, Sheryl's face changed dramatically. "He has been in a coma after the surgery. But the doctor said that he was only in a temporary coma, and he is kept under observation in the ICU."

"How? How did it all happen? How could he have a car accident? Didn't he go to see Vicky yesterday?" Sheryl blurted out.

Until Sheryl had mentioned that, Melissa was not aware that Charles had gone to meet Vicky. The more she thought about that malicious woman, the angrier she got.

"Sher, listen to me. Charles doesn't like Vicky at all. It's she who keeps bothering him. Yes! She must have lied to Charles last night and told him to come to see her. She has used such tricks on him many times, but Charles is so softhearted, that..."

"He is not softhearted. He is doing all this because he has fallen in love with her," Sheryl couldn't help but retort.

Sheryl was caught in a dilemma at the moment. On the one hand, she was disturbed to learn about Charles' accident, and on the other hand, she was still not able to forgive Charles.

Melissa marked the resentment in Sheryl's words but did not have words to explain the truth about what exactly was going on between Charles and Vicky now. After a moment of silence, Melissa said in a soft voice, "Sher, Charles accidentally hit Vicky with his car once. After the car accident, she lost her memory. She didn't know where she came from, and her only memory ever since she has come back to her senses is that Charles was her husband."

"What?" Sheryl was left aghast. She was hearing this for the first time.

Melissa nodded. "Since then, Vicky has been pestering Charles and wouldn't let him go. Out of sheer guilt, Charles had decided to take care of Vicky until she gets back her memory. Hence, he has tolerated her tantrums all the time. All because he considers himself to be responsible for her condition. There is nothing more in his relationship with Vicky."

She told Sheryl everything that Charles had told her. But she was not updated about Charles' speculations that Vicky had an ulterior motive for approaching him. Moreover, Vicky might have been sent by Ferry to deal with him and his family. These were the things that Charles had not told Melissa.

As a result, Melissa's words fell short to justify Charles' innocence in Sheryl's eyes.

After all, she knew Charles well. He was not the kind of person who would be ready to do anything for a woman merely out of guilt. There were so many women around him that had tried to approach him and had tried to win him over for his sympathy and love, but all of them had failed.

Sheryl could sense some missing chords in Melissa's explanation, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

Deep in her heart, Sheryl could never quite believe that Charles really loved Vicky. After all, his promises to her still lingered in her ears. Everything was real.

"Sher, you have to believe in Charles' love for you. I always see it in his eyes. He loves you deeply. Despite all the differences and long stretches of separation between you two, he has never stopped loving you. You have to believe him," Melissa continued, trying to convince Sheryl.

Sheryl nodded. How could she even believe that Charles had an affair with another woman?

"Yes, Auntie, I know. Don't worry. I'll replace it out myself."

"Sher, I want your help. Can you do me a favor?" Melissa asked with hope.

"What is it?" asked Sheryl.

Seeing that Sheryl had calmed down, Melissa hurried to say, "Charles is being watched in the intensive care unit now. I really want to take care of him, but I can't. I'm also worried if someone else comes to look after him, the news might get leaked."

"Aunt Melissa, do you mean that we need to replace a reliable person to take care of him?" Sheryl guessed what Melissa meant, but she asked carefully.

Melissa couldn't wait to reply. She shook her head and said, "Sher, I can't trust anyone else. I think you are the best person to look after Charles. Look, you and Charles are a couple, and only you are familiar with him. He is now unconscious. I will be relived only if he is taken care of by the person who is his closest."

Sheryl fell into silence. It was not that she didn't want to take care of Charles, but what was her relationship with Charles?

She was just Charles' ex-wife.

"Sher, are you in a dilemma? Tell me. I will help you solve the problem. Are you worried that there will be no one to take care of Clark and Shirley? Don't worry. Leave them at my home. I am their grandmother. I will take good care of them."

"Aunt Melissa, please take it easy. I just..." Sheryl hesitated for a moment, biting her lips, and finally agreed, "Okay, I promise you. I will take care of Charles as long as he is in the coma." "Thank you so much, Sher. I always knew that you are a kindhearted girl. Thank you very much."

"Aunt Melissa, actually Charles is my children's father. Now that something bad has happened to him, how can I back out from taking the responsibility of taking care of him?" Sheryl tried her best to convince herself that she agreed to look after Charles only because he was the father of her kids.

"Anyway, I will make sure Charles will live up to you after he wakes up. If that woman still harasses him, I will call the police," Melissa exerted.

Sheryl couldn't help laughing and said, "Aunt Melissa, now you are flattering me."

"Not at all. I'm serious, Sher. I will make Charles leave that woman. Henceforth, I won't allow any other women to bully you. You're the only daughter-in-law I have in my life. No matter who she is, I won't accept any other woman as my daughter-in-law."

"Aunt Melissa, don't say that..." Sheryl was so touched by Melissa's words. She had never thought that Melissa and she could get along so well until now.

What she didn't expect was that Melissa would take a stand for her.

But it didn't matter. Whatever had happened between them in the past was over now. As long as Sheryl didn't forget where she started, good luck would be with her forever.

"Sher, the more I know you, the more I like you. Particularly, your kids are so well behaved. They are more sensible now. They know a lot for their age. They will always be with you."

"Well, they are actually very sensible." Sheryl couldn't help laughing when she thought of the two children.

The candid conversation between Sheryl and Melissa was interrupted when Shirley woke up and shouted, "Mom, Grandma, I'm hungry!"

Melissa and Sheryl smiled at each other and rushed into the ward.