The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 676 Let's Have Lunch Together

Chris' face dimmed in anger. Then she said, "Fine! I won't care about anything about you anymore!"

But Chris' anger didn't last that long. After a while, she heaved a deep breath to calm herself down. Then she apologized, "I'm sorry for what I've said. Anyway, if you need my help just let me know. At least give me a chance to make up for my mistakes."

"Fine," Charles answered. He glimpsed at Sam and urged, "Take her home now. She is already too annoying for me."

Sheryl would go to his company for a rehearsal tomorrow and Charles was looking forward to working with her.

Charles got up early the next morning. He put on a dark suit and drove to the company as soon as he finished breakfast. He got very delighted and excited at the thought of seeing Sheryl very soon. David was sorting some documents when Charles came to the office. And he couldn't believe his ears when he heard Charles humming a song. He wondered if he was just seeing and hearing things.

When he couldn't take it anymore, he came to Alice. "What's wrong with Mr. Lu? He looks very happy," David asked Alice in puzzlement.

"Are you an idiot?" Alice told David with contempt. "You must have forgotten one thing. Mrs. Lu will come to our company today."

Alice's answer solved David's confusion.

The ten models were sent to Charles' company by the service vehicle of BM Corporation. David was already waiting for them at the lobby. Nine of them entered in excitement while Sheryl was left behind, reluctant to enter.

David noticed her so he decided to personally meet her. He greeted her with a smile, "Hello, Miss Xia. Do you remember me?"

Sheryl turned around and looked at David. She remembered to have met this man at Charles' home. She nodded and said, "Yes, I remember you."

"I feel happy to hear that," David said, still smiling. Then he introduced himself, "You can call me David. I'm Mr. Lu's assistant. I'm so happy to work with you. If you have any concerns, you can just tell me and I'l handle them for you."

"Thank you but I don't need your help," Sheryl refused as she knew that David was Charles' assistant. Then she added, "Please tell Charles that I came here only for work. If he harasses me again, I would rather break the contract than continue working."

David was taken aback upon hearing Sheryl's words.

'Sheryl must be the only person in this world who would dare to say such words to Charles. Even I would never dare to think about it,' he thought.

"Anyway, please tell me if you need any help during your working here," David said before he left. All the models were already settled in the venue where they would be working so David decided to return to his office.

David had just sat down when Charles called him to go to his office. As expected, Charles only asked questions about Sheryl. David tried to answer Charles' every question timidly. "Pay more attention to her and tell me if she has any trouble," Charles said to David before he dismissed him.

Charles became more efficient in his work today. Was it because of Sheryl's presence in his company? He seemed to be inspired. He finished all his work before noon. When lunch break came, he was thinking twice.

After a moment of consideration, he went to the rehearsal room.

Only Sheryl was left there.

Since all the models that Holley arranged to work for Charles disliked Sheryl, they all left for lunch together without inviting her.

Only Sue cast a glance at Sheryl and hesitated for a while, but she finally left without saying anything.

Since she was left alone, Sheryl decided to just skip lunch. She went to a corner and was planning to have some rest while waiting for the others to return.

She had just lain down when Charles came.

"Have you eaten lunch?" Charles' voice startled her. Even with eyes closed, she was very familiar with his voice.

Sheryl opened her eyes and arched a brow as she saw Charles standing in front of her. "I'm not hungry and I'm not in the mood to eat. I just want to sleep for a while," she answered.

"Get up from there. I'm taking you to lunch," Charles ordered. But Sheryl clearly didn't want to go with him.

"No, thanks," she refused. "As I have said, I'm not hungry."

"You need to eat something even though you're not hungry," Charles insisted. Charles heard some rumors that Sheryl's colleagues were purposely avoiding her and that she was isolated but he didn't expect that it would include her best friend. As far as he could remember, this woman was the one who ordered him to stay away from Sheryl before. How come that she also left Sheryl alone here?

He frowned slightly and pulled her to stand up. "You can't stand the rehearsal in the afternoon if you don't eat anything. You will not have the energy."

"I don't need to eat lunch, really," she insisted. She tried to shake Charles' hand off but failed because Charles had already gripped her wrist tightly.

She looked at him and complained, "You are so annoying! You are the boss of this company, right? You must have so much work to do every day. So why do you waste your time to care about whether I have eaten lunch or not?"

Instead of getting annoyed, Charles was amused of Sheryl's snooty behavior. So he said with a smile, "Anything about you is more important than work for me."

Then he continued, "I still haven't eaten lunch either. Let's have lunch together. Just accompany me for a little while, okay?"

Charles pleaded to Sheryl in a loving tone and Sheryl couldn't help but burst into a laughter seeing Charles' amusing expression. Then she checked the time. "But it's a little late already," she said with a frown. "Don't worry," Charles said. "Have you forgotten that I'm the boss here? Your working time is all up to me and nobody can go against my order," Charles boasted.

"You are abusing your power." Sheryl pretended to give Charles a sullen look.

"That's none of your business," Charles jested.

Charles selected a restaurant where the food was light. The restaurant was nearby the company. Because Sheryl needed to keep her figure as a model, Charles ordered many vegetables and asked the waiter to put less oil and salt. Then he turned to Sheryl for her approval,"Is it Okay?"

"Yes." she nodded. It was the first time that Sheryl found Charles not to be disgusting at all. What she saw was a gentle and thoughtful Charles.

Charles told Sheryl that he wanted Sheryl to accompany him. But, in reality, it was Charles who wanted to accompany Sheryl since she was rejected by her colleagues.

And since Charles knew how important her figure was for her job, he picked those food appropriate for her.

Sheryl was moved by Charles' thoughtfulness. Her impression of him seemed to change this time.

"This restaurant is quite good. You will know it once you try their food." Charles introduced the restaurant to Sheryl in zest. Meanwhile, Sue and the other models had already finished lunch and was going back to company.

"Sue, you are too kind to bring food to her," one model commented, looking at the bag of food in Sue's hand. "But I don't think she will thank you for that," she added. Sue just smiled and answered, "Well, she is also our colleague. Since she didn't go with us for lunch, I think it's not that unusual to bring some food for her."

"Look! Is that Sheryl?" another model exclaimed, pointing to a restaurant. The restaurant where Charles and Sheryl chose to eat was just nearby the company and the models must pass by it so it was not impossible for them to see Sheryl and Charles inside.