The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1680 Who Did This

"Is it because of Josef?" Isla suddenly became very anxious, worrying that Josef, Aron's cousin, was mistreating Phoebe. If that was the case, Sheryl wouldn't forgive Isla for introducing Josef to Phoebe. Of

course, Isla wouldn't let Josef off the hook that easily.

"President Zhao, I'm fine. It's because of President Xia..." Phoebe answered as she pointed her finger towards Sheryl's office.

"What's wrong with Sher?" Isla narrowed her eyes and asked, her face had become concerned.

Phoebe bit her lips, hesitating. After a long moment of silence, Phoebe still hadn't spoken, only increasing Isla's anxiety.

"I'm going to ask her myself!" Isla pushed the door open and walked into Sheryl's office.

The moment Isla opened the door, she saw what Phoebe was referring to.

Sheryl had thought it was Phoebe, so she was surprised when she lifted her head and saw Isla.

Isla glared at Sheryl, making Sheryl a little bit uncomfortable. Suddenly, something occurred to Sheryl. She raised her hand in an attempt to cover the bruise on her face.

"Put your hand down. I've already seen it. I'm not blind." Isla rolled her eyes at Sheryl.

Sheryl was embarrassed. She held her hand in the air, not knowing what to do. Isla stared at her red and swollen face, and asked nervously, "Can you tell me what happened?" Isla looked into Sheryl's eyes. Sheryl knew that look, Isla was being very serious, and Sheryl couldn't lie to her.

With her mind being muddled, Isla was furious. All she wanted to know was who did this to Sheryl.

Sheryl put down her hand and walked towards Isla. She smiled, trying to lighten the mood. "It's nothing. It was an accident..."

"An accident? Someone slapped you by accident?" Isla knew that Sheryl was lying to her. She was angry and sad at the same time. On the one hand, she was pissed that Sheryl was hurt. On the other, she treated Sheryl as her best friend, and friends were supposed to support and help each other when they were in trouble. Sheryl lying to her, in Isla's eyes, meant that Sheryl didn't see Isla as her friend, so Isla snapped at Sheryl.

Sheryl could tell Isla was angry. Biting her lips, Sheryl remained silent and just looked at Isla.

When Sheryl didn't say anything, Isla pushed her and pointed her finger at her. She said in frustration, "Sheryl, are we friends? Tell me what happened. I'm here to support you. Isn't that what friends are for?" "No, Isla. I..." Sheryl opened her mouth, but nothing came out. She didn't know where to start or how to tell Isla. Should she tell Isla that Charles had slapped her?

Sheryl didn't want to say that.

Instead, she lowered her head. Isla asked carefully, "Was it Charles?"

Sheryl was startled when she heard Isla. She lifted her head immediately and looked at Isla sadly.

Their eyes met, and everything fell into a thick silence.

"I knew it!" Isla knew that Sheryl was a terrible liar. Based on the look on Sheryl's face, Isla figured that she was right.

Sheryl freaked out. She looked around, trying to avoid Isla's gaze. She felt self-conscious, and she felt like Isla could see right through her.

"I'm going to find Charles now. What kind of man would hit his wife? He's such an asshole!"

Isla said furiously as she rolled her sleeves up as if she was going to kill Charles, which scared Sheryl.

Sheryl needed to stop Isla because she didn't know what Isla was going to do. She quickened her pace and stopped Isla at the office door.

"What's the point of confronting him? To ask him why he slapped me?" Sheryl's eyes welled up, and tears suddenly started falling down her face.

Isla could feel Sheryl's pain and sorrow. It made her realized that the most important thing right now was to stay and support Sheryl. Shaking her head, Isla sighed. She changed her mind and decided to stay and comfort Sheryl.

Eventually, Sheryl stopped crying.

After Sheryl calmed herself down, Isla gently asked, "So, can you now tell me what happened? Why did Charles slap you?"

Isla didn't say anything more because she didn't want to trigger Sheryl or accidentally hurt her.

Sheryl took a deep breath and nodded at Isla. She told Isla in detail what had happened at the hospital.

Isla tried her best to suppress her anger. But the more she heard of the story, the angrier she became. Finally, she stood up and raised her voice, "Don't you dare try to stop me, Sheryl. I'm going to Charles right now!"

She was out the door before Sheryl could even respond. By the time Sheryl got to the parking lot, Isla had already driven away.

Sheryl furrowed her brows as she watched Isla's car speed off. She immediately got into her car, hoping that she could catch up with Isla and stop her before she did anything crazy. They sped to the hospital.

This was the fastest Sheryl had ever driven. Still, she wasn't able to catch up with Isla. When she arrived at the hospital, Isla had already gotten into the elevator. Sheryl knew that she couldn't stop Isla. It was too late!

By the time Sheryl got to Charles' ward, Isla was already there.

As Sheryl was about to open the door to drag Isla out of the room, she hesitated with her hand on the doorknob. She thought, 'What am I going to do when I get there? What do I say to Charles? How am I supposed to face Leila and Melissa?'

As she thought this over, she turned and left in frustration.

Meanwhile in the room, Isla was glaring at Charles. Her eyes were sharp and burning.

No one had expected that they would see Isla, so they were surprised when she suddenly barged into the room.

Isla, meanwhile, couldn't care less. As her eyes shot daggers at Charles, she said, "Just because you're the president of the Shining Company, doesn't mean you can do whatever you want. You can't treat Sheryl like that."

"That's between my son and my daughter-in-law. It's none of your business."

Melissa had been holding a grudge against Isla since Isla had scolded her at the hospital last time. She was annoyed to see Isla suddenly show up here and shout at her son. She couldn't help herself. She had to defend Charles.

Isla turned at the sound of Melissa's voice. She looked Melissa over from head to toe. She smiled coldly and sneered, "Your son and your daughter-in-law are fighting. What are you doing? You're not even helping them; instead, you're just making it worse for them. What kind of mom are you?"

"You can't talk to her like that! This is about the Lu family. It's none of your business!" Leila chimed in.

"None of your business?!"

Isla was already very furious. The last thing she needed was to deal with Leila, who was getting on her nerves, and Leila's high pitched voice just made it worse. Isla didn't hesitate to fight back.

"Leila, I can't believe how much you know about this family. What exactly are you doing here? How are you related to this family again? You're not even a mistress. Is this even any of your business?" Isla sneered at Leila.

Leila was at a loss for words. She couldn't defend herself because what Isla said was true and it hurt. She covered her mouth with her hand and ran out of the ward in tears.

This angered Melissa.

"And you? Who the hell are you? My son is leaving Sheryl, and no one can do anything about it. You'd better ask that friend of yours to give up custody of the children, or we'll crush her in court." As Melissa spoke, she angrily pointed her finger at Isla.