The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1722 Daddy Wants To Abandon Us

"Mommy, is Daddy planning to abandon us?" Clark asked as he looked at Sheryl with tears brimming and overflowing down his cheeks. She could tell his eyes were turning red with sadness. Shirley stopped sobbing as soon as she heard Clark's question. Her focus shifted back to Sheryl. This question was on her mind too. "Yes, Mommy. Is it true? Does Daddy want to abandon me and Clark?" Both the kids were in a miserable state. The mere sight of them made Sheryl sad. She walked up to them and hugged them tightly. For a while, the trio cried, holding onto each other.

Alex stood aside and felt sad while witnessing this.

In fact, Alex had heard from Nancy about what had more or less happened between Sheryl and Charles. She knew that Sheryl was going through a tough time, and she couldn't help but shed tears when she saw this.

"Ms. Xia, don't sit on the floor. It's cold." Alex hurriedly walked over and helped Sheryl and the kids up.

Sheryl stopped crying and told the kids with tears in her eyes, "Mommy knows your intentions were good, but it was still a bad thing to do. Do you understand?"

Sheryl endured the pain and forced a smile. She didn't want the kids to see how weak she was feeling. After all, her tears wouldn't save the situation. No matter what, she and Charles couldn't go back to being a couple. The only thing left for her was to make her kids happy.

"Mommy, I am sorry. It's all my fault! I just wanted Mommy and Daddy to patch things up. I didn't mean to make you sad."

Earlier, Clark had told himself that he should be strong. But at the end of the day, he was only a child. Facing this situation, he couldn't control his feelings any longer.

Seeing how sad Clark was, Shirley looked at him and shook her head. "No, Mommy! It was my fault, not his," she said, trying to take the blame for her brother.

Sheryl looked at the two kids, and her heart ached painfully. Seeing them sad was the one thing she couldn't tolerate. She wiped the tears on her face away and took a deep breath, trying her best to smile. "Mommy is fine. As long as you are okay, I will be fine."

"Really?" Shirley asked Sheryl, disbelief evident in her eyes.

"Hmm. Mommy won't lie to you."

Looking at Shirley's cute face, Sheryl felt sad again and almost cried out.

"Tap-tap..." There was a knock on the door.

Both Sheryl and Alex instinctively turned their eyes toward the door. After a moment, Alex turned to Sheryl and said, "I am going to open the door and see who that is."

Since Alex was walking to the door, Sheryl didn't bother to go. Instead, she looked at her kids and asked them to move to the couch. Lovingly, she started to comfort them.

"Does it still hurt?" Sheryl asked softly. She knew that she had gone crazy out of anger. Hence she had hit them really hard. Consumed by rage, she didn't think of the consequences. But now she felt heartbroken as if she had slapped herself.

"Ms. Zhao?" Alex opened the door and was surprised to see Isla.

"Has Sher come back?"

Isla rushed into the house anxiously and looked around, searching for Sheryl and the kids.

Feeling anxious, Isla didn't give Alex time to answer.

Finally, when she saw the three sitting on the couch, she sighed with relief. She rushed to Sheryl, and her eyes instantly fell on Shirley. "Shirley, you truly scared me! Where did you go?" "Auntie Isla, I am sorry. I lied to you." Shirley was relieved since Sheryl had comforted her. But after hearing Isla's words, her face once again became red.

Isla detected that something was amiss, so she turned to Sheryl in confusion.

Sheryl could do nothing but sigh helplessly. She didn't know what to say.

"Auntie Isla, Shirley, and I lied to Mommy. We thought Daddy would come with Mommy." Clark said to Isla first.

With that said, he looked as sad as Shirley.

Isla reacted instantly. She looked at them and noticed they were all in tears. She could only imagine what they had gone through.

Everything related to Charles would bring Sheryl only pain. And anybody who mentioned his name in front of her would be her enemy. The two kids pretended to be lost, hoping it would revive Sheryl's relationship with Charles. This felt like an insult to her injury.

Isla didn't know how Sheryl had survived the last few hours. But now it was evident that the two kids were as sorrowful as Sheryl.

"Fine, it's okay. I believe that your mommy is not angry anymore. But you have to remember that you can't ever do this again. Do you understand?" Isla was calm and spoke to the kids softly.

She was good at comforting others. The two kids stopped feeling sad because of her words. Now their faces were smiling. They chatted with Isla for a while and then went to get cleaned up with Alex. After the kids had left, Sheryl sighed with relief and lay back on the couch, closing her eyes to have a rest.

Isla felt sad for Sheryl as she saw how tired she was. Gently, she patted Sheryl's shoulder to comfort her. "There is nothing wrong with the kids, so relax. Don't think too much!"

"I am fine." Sheryl opened her eyes and smiled at Isla as if nothing had happened.

"Stop pretending in front of me. I know you better than you know yourself. I have seen how gentle you usually are with your kids. If you weren't so angry, you would have never beaten them!" Isla said and sighed.

At the moment, Isla could see through Sheryl, but the latter wouldn't admit it. Of course, it was not that she didn't want Isla to know. It was just that she didn't want Isla to be worried about her.

"Fine. Since you and the kids are okay, I am relieved. If there is nothing, I will go now."

Isla knew that Sheryl was tired, so she offered to leave so that Sheryl could get some rest.

"Hmm, be careful on the way," Sheryl warned as Isla got up and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, as Isla walked to the door, she suddenly thought of something and turned to Sheryl. She hesitated for a while and then said to Sheryl, "Eh, Charles came to the company to see you." "Can you not mention his name in front of me?" Just the mention of his name brought fury to Sheryl's face.

"Okay. Don't react so strongly. I am sorry. I won't mention it again," Isla said apologetically. Isla didn't want to offend Sheryl, so she put up her hands to surrender.

After that, Isla quickly went downstairs.