Chapter 578 How Charles Suffered


    "Don''t move!" A furious Charles pulled Anthony by the cor and growled,"Autumn was pregnant with


    twins when she disappeared. Why is there only one child now?"


    After spending a lot of time to trace what happened to the missing twin, Charles had no other option but


    to ask Anthony. Since he had conspired to hide Sheryl, Charles believed he knew the truth.


    "I don''t know," Anthony said while shrugging. ''There is no way I am telling him what happened, '' he


    thought to himself. But he felt like gloating when seeing how anxious Charles was. With mocking


    have to do is make Sheryl happy."


    "You…" Charles sputtered, his face turning red. He was indignant but could do nothing, short of beating


    Anthony up to make him talk.


    Anthony raised his chin, removed Charles'' hands from his cor and shook the suit coat in his hand


    before turning to walk out the door. David, who was standing outside the door, rushed inside and


    gasped at the bruise slowly forming on Charles'' face. At first, he stared nkly and then asked,"What


    happened to you, Mr. Lu?"


    "Nothing!" he mumbled. Gingerly, he touched the swollen corner of his mouth. Fortunately, he only


    sustained bruises, and there was no blood.


    Anthony''s words kept ying in his head. If Le did anything to get Sheryl into trouble, Charles vowed


    to take drastic measures.


    Sheryl never expected to be pped so hard on the face by Le when she took Shirley to eat out. Her


    ears were still ringing, and she felt her cheek immediately swell up due to the force of the p.


    After the shock of seeing her mother hurt, Shirly stood beside Sheryl and with sad eyesforted her.


    "Do you want me to blow on your face to make the pain go away?" she asked. The little girl


    remembered how her mother would blow on the area when she was hurt.


    "I''m fine," Sheryl assured her daughter. Despite the pain and embarrassment she felt, Sheryl was


    pleased with her daughter''s heartwarming behavior. So, she patted the girl''s face and urged her,"Go


    ahead and enjoy your food."


    Today, Shirley was remarkably well-behaved. After finishing her food, Sheryl took the little girl back to


    the hotel, where they saw I holding Amanda''s hand, waiting at the lobby.


    I initially nned to have someone pick up Sheryl from the hotel. But on second thought, she


    decided it would be more sincere toe herself. So it was aplete surprise when they learned


    that Sheryl had gone out. Having heard what happened at the hall earlier, and seeing Sheryl''s swollen


    face now, I quickly figured out the culprit.


    Worry lined I''s pretty face as she thought of how painful it must feel to have a swollen cheek of that


    extent.


    On seeing Sheryl''s face, she quickly approached her. "Oh, Miss Xia!" she cried out. "Amanda and I


    havee for you," I said.


    Seeing Amanda, Shirley let go of her mother''s hand and ran to y with the other girl. After the


    unpleasant encounter with Le, Sheryl had been in a bad mood. But seeing how happy Shirley was


    with a ymate, she eventually agreed to stay.


    They headed to a nearby café with children''s y facilities to allow the two girls to enjoy themselves.


    Recalling Autumn''s preference in coffee, I ordered two cups with the proper mixture. She was d


    Sheryl''s taste had not changed despite losing her memory.


    "What happened to your face?" she finally asked once they were seated. "Did Le do this to you?"


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    Unable to control herself, she questioned Sheryl with a hint of annoyance.


    Holding her cup of coffee, Sheryl paused before finally nodding.


    She had no idea when she had offended Le. ''Is there anything wrong with my close rtionship with


    Charlie? Le was definitely overreacting!'' Sheryl thought to herself. I frowned at the disy of


    Sheryl''s sudden turn of emotions. She sighed in defeat not long after. As she sat next to Sheryl, she


    maintained a foot of distance with her face turned to her direction.


    "It''s better to ignore her. That woman is insane," I advised Sheryl. Unable to hide the contempt in


    her voice, she told Sheryl,"Think of it as being bitten by a dog. We can''t bite the dog back, right?"


    ''How can she understand my feelings when she''s never gone through my experience?'' Sheryl


    wondered while smiling at I.


    Deciding the time was right, I shifted topics from Le to Charles. "Do you know what Charles went


    through in thest few years?" I paused to remember Charles'' struggles. As his friend, she


    witnessed his misery at failing in every attempt to find Autumn. And her heart truly ached for him. I


    wanted Sheryl to know these things. Hopefully, the woman would have an idea what Charles had to live


    through in the three years since she left.


    The statement startled Sheryl, who thought what Charles went through was none of her business. She


    frowned at I and was about to say she didn''t want to know. But the other woman quickly spoke.


    "While Charles may pretend not to care about anything, in truth he''s what you might describe as


    spoony."


    "Is he now?" Sheryl replied with a cold smile. "No wonder his wife always has a feeling of insecurity,"


    she said, her expression contemptuous.


    Sheryl seemed to have misunderstood what I just said. Ignoring the look of scorn on the woman''s


    face, I sat backfortably, thinking she had the entire afternoon to exin things to Sheryl.


    "You have it all wrong," I said smiling. "Le is not Charles'' wife." The revtion momentarily


    confused Sheryl. After recovering, Sheryl now appeared interested to hear the rest of the story.


    She sat without speaking or moving and waited for what I had to say next.


    "Charles'' wife is my best friend. Her name is Autumn Zhao. She is both kind and attractive," I began.


    She paused, expecting a reaction. When there was none, I was slightly disappointed but


    continued,"It all started when Autumn married Charles, which was a twist of fate."


    Once she began, I could not stop and told Sheryl everything, including the love and hate that was


    part of the story. Sheryl soaked it all up, and couldn''t imagine why there was a mother so cruel-hearted.


    Fortunately, the poor girl married the right man, who took her out of her miserable life.


    "Then what happened?" Sheryl asked eagerly. "Tell me, what happened next!" Charles and Autumn''s


    story now fascinated Sheryl, and she kept urging I to continue with the story.


    I paused to drink coffee and gather her thoughts. She squinted trying to remember and said,"Then


    Autumn became pregnant with twins. Unfortunately, the Lu family servant was ckmailed to poison


    her food. She became mentally unstable, and would break down even with insignificant things."


    Hearing this, Sheryl sighed heavily. "The girl truly suffered much."


    The truth was Sheryl felt a little heart-broken. She couldn''t understand why she identified with Autumn''s


    tragic experience. "How can she be so ill-fated?" she spoke aloud.


    "You''re absolutely right!" I said with a wry smile. "On her ninth month of pregnancy, Autumn


    suddenly disappeared. We had no information about how to trace her and Charles went utterly crazy


    searching for Autumn everywhere. He nearly turned Y City inside out. Still, he couldn''t find his wife."


    Sheryl stared at I with a horrified look.


    I continued her story about Autumn''s disappearance. "When Charles found the warehouse where


    Autumn was held captive for a while, he broke down after seeing a pool of dried blood. There was no


    sign of her. That was when he fell seriously ill. Since then, he stopped smiling and hardly ever talked.


    All he did every day was to eat, sleep or leave the house to get drunk. For the past three years, he


    lived like the walking dead. But, he never gave up searching for Autumn."