The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1554 Alright, Then

"Ms. Xia is with the kids on the roof," Phoebe said as she pointed at the roof. Then she bid Isla farewell and continued to do her work.

Then, Isla headed to the roof of the building.

When she got to the roof, Isla didn't hear anything or see anyone. She looked around nervously and saw that Sheryl and the kids were sleeping on the couch.

"Sher?" Isla gently nudged Sheryl and called her name in a low voice, trying to wake her up.

Sheryl suddenly opened her eyes widely. After she realized that she had fallen asleep on the roof because of how tired she was, she felt embarrassed in front of Isla. She got up slowly without disturbing the children and followed Isla silently. When the kids were out of earshot, she asked, "What happened? Have you found an apartment for me?"

Sheryl knew that Isla was a person of great efficiency, so she firmly believed that Isla was capable of finding her a good place in a short amount of time.

"Yes, I did. You know me. I'm great at what I do. When do you want to check the place out?" Isla asked.

Perhaps it was Isla's efficiency that made her want Sheryl to have a look at the apartment as soon as possible.

Sheryl turned back to look at the children, thinking about something. A moment later, she said to Isla, "All right. I'll leave the children to Phoebe, and then we can go and look at the apartment. I'm going to ask Phoebe to come upstairs again, so please watch out for the children until I get back, okay?"

Sheryl went downstairs in a jiffy.

Five minutes later, Sheryl and Phoebe came upstairs together. She asked Phoebe to take care of the kids and then she left the company with Isla.

Isla was in charge of driving the car, while Sheryl sat next to her. In a pensive mood, she looked at the changing scenes outside the car window. She reminisced about the past when Charles would often take her out for a drive.

Slowly, she fell into her own thoughts. 'He liked going out on long drives. He often took me with him. That was long time ago. I thought I would forget about it eventually, but I was wrong. I didn't expect that I would remember it all so clearly. Yes, of course. I won't forget anything about Charles. I won't.'

"Sher, are you all right?" Isla noticed the melancholic mood she was in, so she interrupted Sheryl's thoughts. Isla pulled the car to the side of the road and looked at her nervously. Sheryl realized that she was distracting Isla with her mood and she felt embarrassed again. "Yes, I'm all right. I just want to see my new apartment right now, as soon as possible." "Really? You don't seem all right," Isla said. She couldn't believe what Sheryl said because she obviously looked sad. Isla looked at her suspiciously to ensure that she was all right. "Yes, I am. What could possibly happen to me? I'm fine, and that's all," Sheryl said, definitively. Then, she asked Isla to start the car again.

Isla sped up after she got back on the road, and before long, they arrived at the apartment community in under half an hour. This community was close to Cloud Advertising Company. When Isla was selecting apartments for Sheryl, she looked around the Cloud Advertising Company and chose this apartment because it was so close by.

"Although it's not a very new community, the appliances are brand new. And the security here is also known to be good. I checked on that. It's a very good place," Isla explained as she led Sheryl into the community. Isla was very satisfied with the apartment she chose for Sheryl, so she was pleased and proud of herself when she showed it to Sheryl.

Sheryl laughed when she saw how childish Isla was when she was bragging about herself.

Suddenly, Isla's face turned. She looked at Sheryl seriously and said, "But, there's one thing you have to promise me first. If you don't, then I won't let you buy any apartments."

Sheryl didn't expect Isla to become so serious all of a sudden, so she started to feel confused. She looked at Isla nervously and said, "All right. What do you want me to promise?"

Isla said, "Although I've found the right place for you, we don't know yet if we can buy it or not, not mention when you can move in. So, you have to promise me that you will stay at my place for now while you wait for the apartment to be ready..."

Sheryl interrupted Isla and said, "No, you don't need to do this. I've already told you that I've booked a room at the hotel."

After being interrupted by Sheryl, Isla interrupted Sheryl again. "No, no, no. We don't need to discuss it anymore. Don't worry about the hotel room. I've already cancelled the reservation. So, you have to stay with me today. You can't refuse me!"

After hearing Isla's words, Sheryl couldn't say anything. She knew that she couldn't convince Isla to change her mind, so she could only remain silent. She only hoped that her new apartment would be ready for her to move in as soon as possible.

"Okay, then," Sheryl said as she smiled. Again she found herself amused by Isla's childish words.

After they parked the car, they went upstairs.

The estate manager was already there waiting for them to come. When he saw Isla with another woman coming towards him, he walked over to them and asked Isla respectfully, "Is this Ms. Xia?" "Yes, she is," Isla answered.

After that, Isla spoke with the estate manager about the price of the apartment in details. Sheryl, however, stayed out of their discussions. Instead, she went around the apartment, carefully checking the place out.

She realized that Isla had indeed chosen a good apartment for her. The size of the apartment was exactly the one Sheryl wanted and the design of the room was also in accordance to her interest. After a short tour of the apartment, Sheryl felt that she was very satisfied.

"Ms. Xia, how do you feel about this apartment?" the estate manager Angus asked Sheryl after he saw her coming out of the apartment.

Sheryl nodded to Angus and said, "It's good. I like it. When can we sign the contract?"

Sheryl wanted to buy this apartment as soon as possible. Angus didn't expect that she would be talking about signing the contract so soon after only looking around the apartment once, so he didn't have a quick response for her. Suddenly, Isla dropped in and said to Sheryl, "What did I say? I told you this apartment is very nice."

Then, Angus said to Sheryl happily and respectfully, "Okay, Ms. Xia. We can sign the contract tomorrow. The owner of this apartment is not available today."

After coming to a verbal agreement, Angus happily followed Isla and Sheryl downstairs and walked them to the car.

After getting into the car, Sheryl felt very relieved, like she had just dealt with a very important issue in her life.

'This apartment is in a well-developed community. It's in a great location and it is in the downtown district. I'm so satisfied with it. Although it is going to cost me 12 million dollars, it will be worth it, ' Sheryl thought to herself. Apparently, the price was not a big deal for her at all.

"Sher, how about I come along with you to sign the contract tomorrow?" Isla looked at Sheryl and asked.

Sheryl nodded at her and said, "Of course. That's a good idea." Then, she got down on her knees to do something childish too. "Now, I officially invite you to come with me tomorrow to sign the contract. Would you like to come with me, Miss Zhao?"

Isla also acted formally in accordance to her, as she watched how Sheryl pretended to give her a "formal invitation."

Afterwards, they both burst into laughter. Isla was amused by Sheryl's acting. She said teasingly, "What are you doing, Sher? Are you trying to be a princess or something? Inviting me to a royal ball?" "Shut up! This is serious! How dare you speak to your princess like that?" Sheryl said. Then they started to "argue" with each other childishly, like they had forgotten all the things that would make them unhappy.

They pretended to argue for some time as they left that district. Then, when they came back to reality, Isla asked Sheryl how she felt about the apartment.

Sheryl was immensely satisfied, so she said, "Actually, it's a really nice apartment. There are four rooms, so that each kid can have their own bedroom. And I can see the highest tower of this city from my bedroom. So I won't be feeling lonely when I'm in my bed at night, right?"

However, Isla saw through her when she found sadness in Sheryl's eyes. Isla said, "That's great. Good to know that you are satisfied with it. It's getting late. You should take the kids and have dinner with them."

Sheryl didn't refuse Isla's advice. When Isla was driving, Sheryl called Phoebe to make sure that the kids had woken up. So Sheryl told Phoebe to take the children downstairs to have dinner with them. When they arrived at Cloud Advertising Company, they found that Phoebe was already there waiting for Sheryl to come.

"Phoebe, it's almost dinner time. Come join us," Sheryl said to Phoebe and asked her to get in the car together with the children.

Phoebe hesitated for a moment. Then, Shirley grabbed Phoebe's hands and urged her in a cute voice, "Aunt Phoebe, please come with Shirley."

Phoebe laughed after hearing her words. 'It's a good thing that Ms. Xia gets to spend time with these two cute and well-behaved kids every day. She is very lucky to have them, 'Phoebe thought to herself. "Come on, Phoebe. Get in the car." Isla started to convince Phoebe too, leaving her no choice but to go with them.