Chapter 2018 A Short Temper


    I took a grave look at Nick and shrugged at her in frustration. "Although Sheryl appears fine recently,


    I know for sure that she is faking it because, up to now, Charles still held a ce in her heart. And


    instead of moving on, she chooses to live in the past. If we cannot help her get over this quickly, then


    she will spend the rest of her life missing and thinking miserably about Charles. She is worthy of


    someone better, and we must help her to forget him."


    Caring about Sheryl, I also couldn''t help worrying too much. She knew how painful it was to miss


    someone that you knew would nevere back. If Sheryl were to continue living her life like this, then


    she would seriously end up losing more. I vowed that she would never let that fate befall her best


    friend.


    "I, you know what? I don''t think that it ispletely over between Sher and Charles. There is still a


    good chance that the two of them can get back together," Nick suddenly countered, cutting I off with


    an opposing view out of the blue, which surprised I a little bit.


    "What do you mean?" I gave Nick a confused look as she stared at him, searching for answers. The


    way she saw it, their rtionship was way beyond salvaging. And it disheartened her.


    Nick and Cassie quickly exchanged a look. It was as if they had just reached an agreement before Nick


    told I about what had happened at the hospital.


    After hearing from Nick about the incident at the hospital, I found herself immersed in all kinds of


    thoughts. She was more cynical than Nick in the way she looked at it, and she weighed the pros and


    cons. For her, the incident at the hospital would have only shown that Charles had not felt too kindly to


    Vicky, but it did not necessarily mean that he still had feelings for Sheryl.


    "So what? If he really loves Sheryl, why would he divorce her in the first ce? He has not visited her


    once after the divorce to see how she is doing, not even his two kids. Do you think that it is still not over


    between the two of them? I am sorry, but I do beg to differ." The more I thought about the whole


    thing that Charles had done to Sheryl, the angrier she got. She saw absolutely no way to salvage their


    rtionship.


    "I, I think that these things may not as bad as we think. Maybe we should just give Sher a little bit


    more time to let her work it out with Charles herself," Cassie simply suggested to I while studying


    her after a moment of serious contemtion.


    She had also weighed in, seeing that I just lowered her head, clearly trying to get her head around


    the situation around Sheryl.


    I did not shoot back with a rebuttal after both Nick and Cassie had stated what they wanted to say,


    and there was nothing but dead silence among the three of them.


    ''Are they actually right about Charles and Sheryl? Am I being too stubborn and inflexible about this


    issue?''


    I mused over herself as she hadplicated feelings about this. Before she met with the two of


    them, I had already thought of a n that she wanted to run by them first about how to help Sheryl


    in moving on. However, under their influence, I now started to feel shaky about her initial n and


    began to doubt herself whether she was right or wrong about their rtionship.


    "I, what matters the most in their rtionship is their feelings towards each other, which is something


    you cannot force. So I think the best thing that we can do is to leave it to them. Let us not get ourselves


    involved in their affairs." Cassie observed that I grew silent all of a sudden. Then she immediately


    reached out and held her hand, offering someforting. She feared I would harbor some hard


    feelings towards them as they disagreed with her n.


    "Fine. I will listen to you on this. You guys won, okay? Just leave me alone!" Hearing Cassie, I


    helplessly felt a little bit annoyed and agitated. She then grabbed her bag as she stood up hastily and


    left the cafe without another word, leaving Cassie and Nick still in their seats, looking dumbfounded.


    Cassie could sense that I was a little upset, and she did not want to end their get-together in such an


    unhappy way. She was about to get up to stop her and to work things out, but Nick blocked her path.


    Nick shook his head at Cassie. "Do not go. Just give her some time to cool it down, and she wille


    around eventually. It is just a matter of time. Now, we can only hope that we are right about their


    rtionship because otherwise, we could end up hurting Sher."


    "I believe you. So let''s see this thing through."


    After ending their meeting at the cafe, Nick drove Cassie directly back to the hospital for her shift.


    Soon after, Cassie learned that Vicky had already checked out of the hospital. She had no idea what


    had happened at the hospital. She had just returned from her two days off.


    "Howe that woman wanted to leave the hospital? I thought she enjoyed her life here," Cassie


    could not help but ask her colleagues about it as she was indeed intrigued by Vicky''s sudden


    discharge.


    Actually, everyone in the hospital was aware that Vicky had recovered a long time ago. However, for


    some reason, Vicky had refused to check herself out until a couple of days ago.


    "Who knows? She is quite strange. And more importantly, she is Charles''s girlfriend. So she gets to


    colleague turned to look at her, eyes brimming with jealousy. Clearly, she envied Vicky very much for


    having such an influential and wealthy boyfriend. Anyway, who wouldn''t?


    The way she perceived it, Vicky just got lucky as she did not see any good quality in her. But she could


    not understand why Charles liked her and chose her to be his girlfriend. He could have done way better


    than her!


    Cassie knew that Charles was the one who had picked Vicky up from the hospital, so she could not


    help but sink into a deep contemtion whether she and Nick had made the right choice about the


    rtionship between Charles and Sheryl.


    She had earlier pointed out to both Nick and I that it was still not absolutely over between Charles


    and Sheryl. But based on this new piece of information, things were not going the way that she had


    anticipated.


    If Charles already personally picked Vicky up and took her home, wasn''t that supposed to mean


    something? Was it finished between Charles and Sheryl? She silently shook her head as she started


    mulling over these wild thoughts.


    She was now worried sick about this turn of events. In no time, she fished her phone from her pocket


    and called Nick. She needed to unload this on him. Maybe he could help her figure this out.


    "What do you think that we should do about it?" Cassie asked Nick anxiously. She could no longer


    remain calm as she feared that she might hurt Sheryl because of her poor judgment.


    "Calm down, Cassie. Listen to me, don''t worry. Sher does not have to know about this. If we do not tell


    anyone about it, no one will find out." Nick, like Cassie, was also notfortable hearing about the


    event between Charles and Vicky. He did not know how to console Cassie, but he could tell that


    something must be off about Charles and Vicky.


    "I hope so, Nick. I don''t want Sher to get hurt. Is it possible that what I said earlier is true, and


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    Charles and Sheryl cannot get back together anymore?" Cassie now faltered with her opinion as she


    also knew that the best way for Sheryl to move on was to enter into a new rtionship. She just felt


    that it would be such a shame that Charles and Sheryl could not be together anymore.


    "Hey, Cassie, it''s alright. Just stop overthinking. If it is really as bad as it seems, we can still stick to


    I''s n. Now, get busy with your work, and I must be off to my meeting. Let''s discuss it some other


    time." Nick casually hung up the phone and headed for his meeting. He seemed bothered, but he


    chose not to dwell on it.


    Cassie, on the other hand, was still holding her phone while she was deep in her thoughts. She was


    too engrossed, and she nked out. She almost failed to notice her colleagues had been calling for


    her, which, finally, woke her up from her trance.


    At Charles'' vi at the downtown center, however, all was quiet and tranquil.


    Vicky sneaked back into the vi. After hanging her coat on the hanger, she eased her way onto the


    couch. She seemed to be rxed and even a little joyful. Ste appeared at this moment with a ss


    of mango juice in her hand.


    "Ms. Yuan, the mango juice that you ordered." Ste approached Vicky with a big smile on her face.


    She poured a ce for Vicky and asked, "Did you go out for a walk?"


    Vicky reached out for the mango juice. And as she leisurely took a sip of it, she snapped back as a


    sudden realization hit her when she heard Ste''s question.


    She was fully aware that Ste was not merely there to look after her, so she needed to be careful


    about her choice of words. After a quick calction of the pros and cons, Vicky answered with a sweet


    smile, "Yes, I figured that I have just moved here, and I am not familiar yet with this ce. So I took a


    quick tour of this ce today. Is everything okay?"


    "Oh, no. Just asking. Since you have just been discharged from the hospital, you should take sufficient


    rest." Ste restrained herself from saying too much for fear that it might tip Vicky off.


    "Thank you, Ste. Don''t worry; I will take care of myself. I am going upstairs for some rest now. Let me


    know when the meal is ready," Vicky responded to Ste with a nk face before she headed upstairs.


    As soon as Vicky was nowhere in sight after retreating upstairs, Ste immediately found a quiet ce


    to call Charles. She felt it necessary to report to him what she had found about Vicky.


    At that time, Charles had just left the Dream Garden when suddenly he received a phone call from


    Ste. With a frown etched on his face, he answered, "Ste, what is it?"


    "Charles, Vicky went out this morning and has just returned to her room, and I have no idea where she


    has been to." Ste purposely kept her voice quite a bit lowered to prevent Vicky from eavesdropping


    on her.


    "Good. I''ve got it. You just keep an eye on her. And if she does anything, don''t hesitate to give me or


    David a call," Charles, once again, requested Ste to keep a close eye on Vicky before he hung up


    the phone.


    "What''s the matter, sir?" David noted that the call was from Ste, and he began to grow nervous as he


    thought it might have something to do with Vicky.


    "Pull up the surveince around the vi. I would like to have a look where she had been to this


    morning." After giving the instruction, Charles closed his eyes without another word in an attempt to


    catch some precious moments of rest.


    "Of course, sir. Right away."


    David did not waste much time. He immediately carried on, pulling the surveince footage quietly.


    Careful not to disturb Charles in his rest.


    Charles had only opened his eyes when their car arrived at thepany. He threw a knowing look at


    David before he headed upstairs.


    David instantly followed behind him. He could sense that Charles was having a short temper today, so


    he stayed behind without another word. After Charles entered the office, David opted to stay at the


    door instead.