The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1061 Melissa's Deep Bias For Sheryl

Despite their noticeable age gap, Melissa decided to make friends with Leila. She often tried to talk to Leila, but the latter frequently talked about Charles with her for some reason.

Sometimes, Leila talked about Sheryl, but what she said about Sheryl was all lies. Since she kept bad-mouthing Sheryl, Melissa had a negative impression of her. She believed that Sheryl was a deceitful woman, and this image was deeply rooted in Melissa's mind.

"Aunt Melissa, do you have any relatives?" Leila probed.

"Me?" Melissa smiled reluctantly. "I have no relatives but a son. He doesn't know that I'm still alive. Maybe he won't even recognize me if I stand in front of him."

She just smiled bitterly at the mention of her son.

"So...what are you going to do after you get out of the prison?" Leila asked. Her question was met with silence. "If you have nowhere to live, you can live in my house. I have a small apartment and it's very tidy There is no one else in my family, so you can live there if you'd like," Leila offered.

"You see, I still have to stay here for at least three years." When Melissa still said nothing, she finally added, "I don't know when I will come back to my house. You can live there to keep an eye on the house for me."

"I'm afraid I can't accept that. It's inappropriate," Melissa frowned. "You know almost nothing about me. How can you be reassured enough to let me live in your house?"

"Of course I am reassured," Leila smiled. "I have no relatives. I'm lucky to have met you here. I even thought you were my mother. You can live in my house if you have no other place to live, so please don't take it as a burden because it's just a simple help from me."

"Will it bother you too much?" Melissa asked with concern.

Leila just smiled and shook her head.

"No, no. It won't bother me at all." A moment of silence passed between them. "Aunt Melissa, I just hope you can come back often to visit me after you leave here," Leila said after a while. "Nobody ever came to visit me since I came here. I really don't know how to spend the next three years after you leave." Her eyes looked pleadingly at Melissa, who hadn't fully decided yet.

"I wish I can leave with you so I wouldn't be so alone," Leila continued.

"Maybe...some miracle will happen," Melissa consoled her with a smile.

However, Leila just shook again and gave a sullen smile. "I never believe miracles."

Melissa almost felt sorry for her, but Leila assured her it was nothing. "I'll tell you where my house key is and the address, then you can live there before you can find a more suitable house," Leila continued. "Okay, thank you," Melissa beamed. She didn't notice the devious smile that formed on Leila's lips. Leila was inwardly pleased as she schemed to get closer to Melissa.

Maybe...she could really leave this place in advance.

The sunlight had just started to crack through the clouds, but Sheryl was already up. Today was George and Sula's wedding.

She put on a comfortable outfit and got ready to supervise the preparation of the event.

"Do you need me to go with you?" Charles asked.

"No, I'm good. You stay home with Shirley and Clark," Sheryl said. "Clark's hair is too long now, so please take him to have a haircut.".

"Okay," Charles nodded. "Take care of yourself."

"I will," Sheryl smiled. After breakfast, she drove to the hotel for the wedding. She thought that she would be the first to arrive, but Joanne had gotten there earlier. She had already begun the preparations wher Sheryl arrived.

"Why did you come so early?" Sheryl asked. On her way, she had bought some breakfast for her colleagues who didn't have time to eat, and offered some to Joanne.

Joanne gratefully took the bag of food and said, "This is my first time to work on such a big event, so I feel nervous. I'm afraid to make any mistakes; I want it to be perfect.

I didn't go home last night and stayed here for a whole night."

"Wow, you work so hard," Sheryl commended. "You really did a good job, considering that this is your first time."

"Oh, really? I didn't think about that too much," Joanne beamed. "You trusted me and I just didn't want to let you down." Sheryl smiled and appreciated Joanne's responsibility and work ethic.

"Okay. You can have breakfast now," Sheryl softly said. She smiled as she saw herself in Joanne when she had just started in this field. Just like the latter, she was also willing to exert all her energy to make everything perfect.

The wedding space was divided into indoor and outdoor parts. The staff had begun decorating the outdoor part this morning. Sheryl found the indoor decoration was done and went inside to check it. To her surprise, Isla was also there, supervising the workers who were neatly arranging the tables and chairs. Sheryl was baffled.

"Isla, why did you come so early?" she asked. Sheryl wondered how come all of them came so early today.

"I couldn't fall asleep since last night," Isla said with a smirk. She stepped closer to Sheryl. "Look at my dark eye bags!"

In turn, Sheryl scanned her appearance and saw her exhausted state. "What's wrong with you? This is not your first time to hold a wedding. Why did you get so nervous?" she asked Isla with great concern. "You're right. It's not my first time to hold a wedding. But, don't forget that this is a special wedding. George didn't invite too many guests, but everyone of them is a big shot."

Isla cleared her throat and continued, "Moreover, they specifically told us to stop Holley from causing trouble at any cost. Don't you know your sister's nature? She is really hard to deal with." Now, Sheryl couldn't help but laugh at what Isla just said.

"Why are you laughing?" Isla asked in confusion. "If Holley comes here, she will try her best to mess this wedding up. To be honest, I think George and his family are really weird. If they don't want her to cause trouble, why did they invite her to attend? It's really hard to stop her when she knows about the truth."

In return, Sheryl refrained from laughing at Isla's rant. "So...you stayed up for one night because of this?" she asked instead.

"One night?" Isla cast Sheryl a tired glance. "It's more than one night. Actually, I always couldn't fall asleep ever since you agreed to prepare this event. I even had dreams where Holley destroyed the wedding. It was horrible!"