The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 709 You Should Ask For A Leave

"You..." After hearing Anthony's words, Sheryl completely gaped at him.

Staring at Anthony, she felt he was so strange. Was the person in front of her now still the same Anthony that she used to know?

"So..." Sheryl was at a loss for words. Eventually, she asked in disbelief, "Are you getting even with me now?"

"Whatever you think," Anthony said. He then waved his hand impatiently to Sheryl. "Let me just remind you that what I have done was just a drop in the ocean compared to what you have done. So, if you want to break up with me with such an excuse, I am sorry but I can't accept it," Anthony said to Sheryl with a shrug.

Sheryl smiled wryly after hearing Anthony's words. She couldn't figure out why Anthony suddenly became like this. She even didn't know how to rebut.

All she could do was only smile bitterly. "Anthony, you have really changed," Sheryl said in a faint voice.

"Everybody changes," Anthony countered. He fastened his eyes on Sheryl and inquired, "Dare you say that you have never changed?" He arched a brow and continued, "Sheryl, I can swear that I don't have any relationship with Sue. But, how about you? Can you swear that you don't have an affair with Charles?"

If it was before yesterday, Sheryl could definitely say no.

However, because of that accidental kiss, she couldn't be that assertive anymore. She cast a glance at Anthony and just said helplessly, "I don't want to argue about this with you."

"It is not that you don't want to. You really dare not to." Anthony smiled sarcastically. Then he added grimly, "Sheryl, whatever you may be thinking right now, I want to remind you again that my mother will come tomorrow. If you still haven't changed at all, then I hope we can still pick her up together tomorrow." Anthony didn't want to cancel it anymore since he had planned this meeting for such a long time.

Finally, Laura agreed to see Sheryl. He truly didn't want to miss this opportunity. "I honestly still want to be together with you. I will wait for you at 3:00 PM tomorrow. If you still want to be with me, you should ask for a leave."

Sheryl remained silent. She was overwhelmed by mixed emotions. She only wanted to go home quickly.

When Sheryl arrived home, she sat on the sofa for a long time. Nancy noticed her so she came to her with a glass of water. Her voice was full of concern. "What's wrong with you? Aren't you feeling well?" Sheryl looked horridly pale and Nancy was extremely shocked to see her face.

"I'm fine," Sheryl replied absentmindedly while she took the glass from Nancy. It was still in summer, but Sheryl completely felt chilly.

Sheryl didn't get a wink of sleep the whole night. What Anthony had said kept troubling her mind. She really didn't know when did they start suspecting and guarding each other.

She was supposed to feel delighted because she could finally meet Anthony's mother. However, she just couldn't feel any happiness at all.

She wasn't even sure if it was really necessary to see Anthony's mother.

The good thing was, Sheryl seemed to have gotten along well with other models recently. Without Kitty and Tammy stirring up troubles, the models were being friendly to each other, at least on the surface. During their break time, Rita took a bottle of water and went over to Sheryl. She handed the bottle to Sheryl and asked kindly, "Sher, what on earth is wrong with you? You look so distressed." Then she added, "Are you okay? You look slightly pale."

Sheryl took the water and expressed her gratitude to Rita, "I am fine. I just didn't have a good sleep last night."

Rita just believed Sheryl's excuse. Then she whispered something else to Sheryl's ear, "Have you heard that Shining Company is in trouble right now? There have been rumors that it is allying itself with the Eagle Group. The daughter of the Eagle Group CEO is only 23 years old. She's not only pretty, but also from a very rich family. I heard that she has just graduated from a topnotch university overseas. Surprisingly, she doesn't mind being a stepmother at such a young age."

"A stepmother?" Sheryl was confused. "What does that mean?" She didn't hear such news recently.

"Are you serious?" Rita stared at Sheryl in disbelief. "Mr. Lu didn't tell you?" Rita still couldn't believe that Sheryl was so innocent of what was happening around her. So she added, "Mr. Lu will soon be engaged to the daughter of the Eagle Group CEO. If that happens, what about you? How should he deal with you? Should he let you be with him without any status?"

"I told you, I don't have any relationship with Charles," Sheryl said with a frown. She furrowed her brows slightly and added, "If you continue to talk nonsense like this, I will teach you a lesson."

"Okay, okay, I won't say it again," Rita said faintly. Sheryl didn't know what was wrong with her. Since she heard that Charles would be engaged with the Eagle Group CEO's daughter, she felt upset. She even directly refused Charles' lunch invitation in the afternoon.

She would rather eat with Rita than talk with Charles again.

"Mr. Lu, these are documents about the Eagle Group's machines. All the necessary information is here." David handed over the documents to Charles and continued, "Judith Jiang is still daydreaming about being married into the Lu family. She has no idea that she would lose her own family soon."

"Just put it there," Charles motioned David. He cast a glance at him and asked, "Why is she suddenly ignoring me?" Charles looked desperate trying to ask for David's help. "Do you know?"

"She?" David asked back. "Who is she?" David went blank for a moment because he couldn't figure out what Charles meant. Then instantly, he thought that Charles only had Sheryl in his heart. When he realized it, he hastily opened his mouth, "Rumors have been circulating in the company that you would be engaged to Judith Jiang soon. Is it possible that Miss Xia heard about it and she..."

When Charles heard David's words, his hardened expression softened. He continued David's interrupted words, "She feels jealous?"

"Maybe," David answered faintly. "By the way, Mr. Lu, the HR Department reported that Miss Xia has asked for a leave this afternoon."

Charles had specially instructed that all news about Sheryl must be reported to him. No wonder the HR Department immediately reported it without any delay.

"Did you ask the reason?"

"Yes, I did. She said it's a private matter. Since the HR Department knew your relationship with her, they just approved her leave." After reporting about Sheryl, David said, "I'll go out for now if there's nothing else."

Charles just waved his hand to David. With knitted brows, he kept on thinking what could be a possible reason for Sheryl to ask for a leave. When he couldn't come up with anything, he decided to call Sheryl. During that time, Sheryl had just boarded Anthony's car so she directly rang off.

"Charles?" Anthony laughed sardonically. "He is so shameless to still follow around you."

Sheryl said nothing and just ignored Anthony's sarcastic remarks.

Whatever happened between her and Anthony, Laura was still her elder. That was why she should go and see her. This was the real reason why she asked for a leave.

As for not answering Charles' call, she just didn't know what to say to him. And she also didn't want to argue with Anthony again.

Anthony just smiled ironically and then focused on driving.

The second time that Charles called, Sheryl turned off her cellphone. This angered Charles more. He decided to call Nancy, hoping to know something from her.