The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 654 The Car Broke Down

"So, whom do you think you are talking with right now? Sheryl or Autumn?" Sheryl asked. Women are weird creatures. Sheryl already knew there was no difference between Autumn and herself but she still couldn't help but feel jealous.

She was deeply moved by Charles' words but could never take to be just Autumn's substitute.

"I think you must have already gotten the answer," Charles answered. Charles' absurd answer made Sheryl feel a little confused.

"We need to talk, Charles," Sheryl said. Charles nodded and said, "Yes, you're right. And that is exactly the reason why I took you here."

Sheryl looked at Charles seriously while thinking how to start the conversation.

After a while, she finally started, "I know you love Autumn very much. I totally understand your agony of losing her. But I'm different from her. If you want to be with me so you can make up for your shortcomings on her, I can't accept that. I will never be anyone's substitute."

"Sher!" Charles suddenly gripped her hand. Sheryl didn't admit that she already knew who she was so Charles also didn't expose her.

He cast a glance at Sheryl and said, "Whoever you maybe, all I want is you. You don't have to be Autumn's or anyone else's substitute."

Sheryl felt in a mess. He took her to the place where Autumn went missing three years ago and confessed his love for her. Then suddenly he would say that he also loved Sheryl.

Autumn must feel so sad if she found out that her beloved husband had fallen in love with another woman so easily.

But at present, she was already Sheryl. After knowing Charles' love for his wife, she felt so uneasy and it seemed so hard to accept his love.

She couldn't understand why Charles would chose such an inappropriate way to express his feelings.

"Please agree to be with me," Charles pleaded. His palms began sweating. The one he was asking was the woman he loved the most so he couldn't help but get nervous.

Sheryl glared at Charles and shook her head with a bitter smile. "I'm sorry, Mr. Lu. I have told you clearly, I already have a boyfriend. I feel happy and comfortable when I am with him because I don't have to worry about being another woman's substitute. He loves me with all his heart and that is what I want." "As for us, we belong to different worlds so could never be together," she added.

"How can you be so sure that we belong to different worlds without even giving it a try?" Charles asked her in agony.

"The answer is so clear so we don't really need to try," Sheryl answered sternly and shook his hand off.

"I can always be myself and I can do anything I like when I am with Anthony because nothing is more important in his heart than me. But you are different..." she said and paused for a while. Then she added, "You have just told me a while ago that Autumn is the only woman you love, and yet, you are also expressing your feelings for me right now. Moreover, if you really love her so much, how do you explain your relationship with Leila? Why do you even have a son with her?" Sheryl couldn't hide the bitterness she was feeling anymore.

She had seen the birthmark in Charlie's wrist but she had never doubted that he was Leila's son.

She stared at Charles and asked again, "How can you explain them?"

She couldn't help guessing that maybe she left Charles because she couldn't bear the fact that he secretly had a son with another woman.

"Sher, it was just an accident," Charles tried to explain. He was then rendered speechless. From the start, he had already known that Charlie and Leila would be an obstacle between Sheryl and him. But he just didn't know how to face it.

"Actually, Leila and I..." Before he could finish his words, Sheryl interrupted him, "Enough! Mr. Lu, you don't have the obligation to explain that to me." Sheryl couldn't bear to stay here any longer. She really wanted to leave as soon as possible. "Anyway, we won't have anything to do with each other anymore from now on." Sheryl then immediately ran out of the warehouse.

She felt like she would collapse anytime if she wouldn't go out.

Charles followed her immediately and grabbed her hand. "Listen to me, Sher..." he tried to explain.

But Sheryl didn't want to hear anything from him anymore. She pleaded with sad eyes, "Charles, don't say anything more. I beg you."

Charles didn't have the heart to compel her so he just kept quiet despite his strong desire to clarify everything to her.

He looked at Sheryl with resignation and said, "It is cold and windy. Let me take you home."

They got in the car and set off. However, the car stopped even before they could leave the mountain. Sheryl got nervous so she asked Charles, "What happened?"

"I don't know. It seems there is something wrong with the car," he answered. "Just stay here. I'll go out and check."

Charles lifted the car hood and discovered that the problem might be from the water tank. Unfortunately, they were in a desolate place. He didn't know where to ask for help.

"What's wrong?" Sheryl asked. She became impatient waiting inside so she decided to get out of the car. "There's a problem with the water tank," he answered.

"So what should we do now?" she asked with so much concern. She had never come across such a problem.

"Don't worry, I'll call for help." Charles took his cellphone out only to discover that there was no signal in the area.

Sheryl got more worried and couldn't help but blame Charles, "This is all your fault. If you hadn't taken me to such a desolate place, this wouldn't have happened. How should I go back now?"

"Take it easy," he consoled. On the other hand, Charles felt happy inside. God was giving him more time to spend with Sheryl. "I'll handle it," he added.

Charles had been here before and have already checked the neighborhood while looking for Autumn, so he was somehow familiar with the place. He remembered, there was a village nearby and he could go there to ask for help.

But he didn't tell Sheryl about it because he wanted to spend longer time with her.

"What should I do?" she asked desperately. She wasn't convinced that there was no network signal so she took her own cell phone to personally check. To her dismay, Charles wasn't lying at all.

It was already getting dark. Should she stay here with Charles for the whole night? A horrible idea came up Sheryl's mind.