Chapter 1495 Disagreement


    With resignation, Sheryl realized that she was not going to get any clues now. Knowing she had no


    choice, she let it go. ''Someone is trying to challenge me. Unfortunately, they''ve seeded once, so


    they won''t stop at any cost. It''s fine that I missed it this time. But I will have to keep an eye out to catch


    them in their next attempt, '' she thought with resolution.


    Now that her mind was set, she turned around and nced at Phoebe. "It''s all right. You can go back


    and resume your work. I have to deal with these files."


    "Alright, Ms. Xia," Phoebe said and went out of Sheryl''s office.


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    Unintentionally, Sheryl''s eyes fell on her mobile phone. Several missed calls popped on her screen.


    She didn''t need to take a closer look to know who was calling her. ''I woke up and came to thepany


    so early. I''m afraid Charles must be thinking that I am still angry with him. He must be calling to ask


    whether I am over yesterday''s fight, '' Sheryl realized.


    ''Whatever. He is free to think however he likes!'' Sheryl thought and tried to shrug these thoughts out of


    her mind. Truth be told, she wasn''t able to sleep wellst night. Hence she felt a little dizzy right now.


    This made it hard for her to concentrate on her work.


    ''When Melissa lied, Charles believed her so easily. How can he think I would say such a thing? I''m so


    disappointed with him. He knows me so well yet he fell for it, '' Sheryl thought with a tinge of


    disappointment.


    ''Maybe it is better for us to stay away from each other for a while. That might give us some time to


    contemte over these matters. Even though it is not normally right to stay away from partner, that


    seems like the right option for us. If we continue talking, it might turn into a fight. I think it''s time for us


    to sleep in different rooms so that we avoid meeting each other. If we do not see each other, we won''t


    have a chance to hurt each other. We might forget the fight after a while and then we can get back


    together.''


    Sheryl made up a firm decision in her mind. With this sorted, she began to get back to work.


    In the morning, she had been so busy that she had no time for anything. All her stomach had was a


    ss of water. She didn''t go to the bathroom nor did she have any food.


    Fortunately or unfortunately, the business in herpany dramatically increased that day. The entire


    staff was working their hardest for the sess of their business. Like Sheryl, they had their eyes glued


    to the files. ''I am not sure if this is a good thing or not, '' Sheryl thought to herself as her eyes scanned


    the people who were working without a break.


    I didn''te to thepany that day. She called in sick saying that Aron advised her against going


    to work until she got better.


    On the phone, she went on and on about how dominating Aron was being. "I can''t believe he is not


    letting me work!" Iined to Sheryl. As she listened to this, Sheryl couldn''t help but smile.


    ''I is so unaware of her blessings, '' Sheryl thought to herself. ''Aron is a great man who is willing to


    trust his wife unconditionally. He would stand by her without any hesitation. How many men like him are


    there in this world? Not many, I am sure.''


    Sheryl shook her head, trying to shake these thoughts out of her mind. She thought of the things that


    happenedst night between her and Charles. ''However, Charles didn''t show me his trustst night, ''


    she thought. Sadness overtook her when she realized she was unconsciouslyparing Charles to


    Aron.


    Right at that moment, her phone rang again.


    When Sheryl leaned forward to pick up the phone, she saw it was another call from Charles.


    ''It''s Charles, '' she muttered to herself.


    ''I don''t want to talk to him right now, but what if he has something urgent to say? Or worse, what if


    something is wrong with the kids?''


    Just the thought of her kids made her extremely anxious. All hesitation left her body and she finally


    picked up the phone.


    "Hello?" Sheryl said to the phone.


    "Sher, it''s me," Charles said in a hoarse voice. There was sadness in his voice which clutched her


    heart. She felt like she hadn''t spoken to him in years. Only now she realized how badly she had missed


    him and his voice.


    Before speaking, she somehow managed to calm herself down. In a cold voice, she asked, "What''s


    wrong?"


    "Sher, you left to thepany so early today. Is it because you had some urgent work to do? You have


    no idea how worried I was about you," Charles said desperately. He ignored the coldness in Sheryl''s


    words.


    "No, nothing happened. I just happened to wake up early so I decided to go to thepany," Sheryl


    said in an indifferent tone.


    Charles hesitated for a while, but finally he asked the question which he was dying to ask, "Then...are


    you still mad at me?"


    "Mad at you?" Sheryl suddenly sneered. "How dare I be mad at you? I mean I am the one at fault!"


    When Charles heard what she said, he knew with certainty that Sheryl was indeed furious at him.


    "Sher, you misunderstood my words. I didn''t mean that. My intention wasn''t to me you. Can you give


    me a chance to exin this face-to-face? How about we have lunch together? I promise you will feel a


    lot better once you hear me out," Charles asked, nearly begging. He was so anxious to hear her reply.


    "No, there is no need for any exnation. I have an appointment in the afternoon and I have another


    urgent work to do in the noon. I don''t think I can spare time for lunch," Sheryl replied back, without


    giving it any second thought.


    Charles once again detected coldness in her voice. But this time anger began to awoke in his heart.


    ''What is wrong with her? Why is she behaving so coldly? It seems like she is determined to get away


    from me. Does this mean she has no desire to fix our rtionship? I''ve been begging for forgiveness,


    but she is hell-bent on keeping a distance, '' Charles began toin in his mind.


    He felt ashamed for having asked forgiveness. He regained his dignity and said, "Alright, then. We can


    talk about it after you get back home."


    Without waiting for her response, he hung up the phone.


    Listening to the beep, Sheryl felt stunned.


    ''What a jerk! He tells me he wants forgiveness and then has the audacity to hang up on me!'' she


    thought to herself angrily.


    After having this conversation, Sheryl lost her enthusiasm to work. She reyed the entire talk and felt


    frustration reek through her body. It was nearly impossible to work right now.


    Unfortunately, she had to attend a meeting. In spite of trying her best, she sat absent-mindedly for a


    while. When her subordinate asked her a question, her answer was not right or rted to the topic.


    Everyone was stunned to see such irresponsible behavior from Sheryl.


    In their mind, they thought of Sheryl as a strong woman who was equitable, emotionless and good at


    everything. However, that image would be tarnished after today''s incident. All the workers in the


    At 4 p.m. in the afternoon, Sheryl got extremely busy. She tried her best toplete all the work as


    soon as possible so that she could pick up her kids from kindergarten. Just when she was about to


    wrap up her work, she was informed that an activity held in a shopping mall had an ident. Moreover,


    some audiences were hurt in the process.


    Sheryl began to panic instantly. She rushed and made her way to the shopping mall. She didn''t have


    time to call the teachers in the kindergarten or the driver of the Lu family.


    The activity in thisrge shopping mall was originally nned by thepetitor of theirpany in the


    past. However, this year, the shopping mall wanted Sheryl''spany to take care of it. The one who


    was in charge of the shopping mall activities told Sheryl that their shopping mall believed that Sheryl''s


    There was no reason for Sheryl to refuse such an opportunity. Therefore, they abruptly took it.


    But she never anticipated such an ident would happen.


    Sheryl listened to Phoebe''s report of this activity as she walked towards the shopping mall.


    Phoebe said, "Ms. Xia, we arranged three groups of people to do this model show and we have


    checked everything around the stage and audiences'' seats. We weren''t able to detect any fault hence


    it''s impossible that there were any risk factors. But in the middle of the show, an iron rod dropped from


    above the stage. It almost fell on the head of one of the models. People began to panic and ran away.


    In an attempt to escape, three models fell from the stage and broke their bones. Once we had the


    situation in check, our staff members inspected all the tools used in the construction of the stage.


    That''s when we figured out this iron rod fell because one of the screws that held it was loose."


    "The screw was loose?" Sheryl questioned in confusion. She stopped walking and turned to Phoebe.


    "How can this silly mistake happen in our activity? Is it because you made a mistake in hiring the


    workers? Weren''t they skilled enough? Or did you forget to check properly before executing the n?"