Chapter 764 An Unsessful Talk
Sheryl hastily carried Shirley in her arms and said to Anthony, "Please, leave us now. I don''t want to
see you anymore."
She was again afraid that Shirley would be stimted by Anthony''s presence. So she hugged Shirley
tightly. Her whole body trembled.
"Sher..." Anthony said with a bitter smile. Then he continued, "I can bear your hatred or dissatisfaction
towards me. But straightaway avoiding me just wouldn''t solve the problem at all. I just want to have a
talk with you and rify things. Even if you want to... you want to end our rtionship, we should have
closure before the breakup, shouldn''t we?"
Sheryl hesitated for a while and then finally nodded her head slightly. "Okay, I can give you only half an
hour. Is that enough?"
"That''s long enough." Anthony kept on nodding after hearing her positive answer. As long as she was
willing to discuss with him, he would not mind whether the time was long or short.
Then Anthony and Sheryl headed toward a small park next to the apartment. Sheryl let her daughter
y on the nearby swing. They just sat on one of the adjacent stone benches and watched Shirley
y. Sheryl fixed her eyes on Shirley. Actually, she didn''t want to have a chat with Anthony at all.
Eventually, Anthony opened his mouth and broke the silence, "Shirley... Has she felt better now?"
"I think, you have seen her conditions," Sheryl replied with an ironic grin. "She doesn''t talk or smile
now. The doctor said she has had slight autism."
"I''m so sorry. I..." Anthony smiled sadly and sincerely expressed his regret. He had never thought that
his behaviors after getting drunk could bring such big harm to Shirley mentally.
"Anthony, please don''t say sorry to me again. It''s toote. That word can''t make up for anything at all
now," Sheryl said impatiently. She had been tired of listening to his apology. To be honest, she agreed
to talk to Anthony because she merely wanted to clearly end their rtionship.
Anthony''s face turned red out of embarrassment after he heard her words. He nced at Sheryl and
eximed, "I know you really hate me now. But Sheryl, whatever I have done, I did so because I love
you so much. I didn''t know what I should do just to keep you at that time. So I have to..."
"Love me? So much?" Sheryl interrupted with an ironic smile. "If your behaviors were the reflection of
your love, then Anthony, your love is so selfish and really scary. I just can''t afford your love," Sheryl
frankly continued.
Although Anthony turned gloomy upon hearing her words, he maintained his temper and exined,
"Sher, I didn''t mean to do what happened that night. The drunkenness and your aloof attitude had
made me do the wrong thing. I really... I really don''t know what to do and how to make it up to you
now."
"Anthony, I''m not talking about what happened that night," she tilted her face and coldly replied. She
glimpsed at Anthony and suddenly surmised that the man standing in front of her was so strange.
"So, what are you talking about then?" Anthony furrowed his brows and inquired in bewilderment. "I
know that you have regained your memory. And you must also have known your real identity now. But
you should always remember who kept on apanying you all these years? Who took care of you
and Shirley all the way? Sheryl, where''s your conscience?" Anthony lengthily added.
"That''s precisely right, Anthony. But I have never denied, even in a single instance, what you have
done for me and Shirley before. However, you should know that we became together because of your
lie. Since the very first day when I opened my eyes after I had taken the pill, you told me that you were
my boyfriend. For the past three years, I have lived in that lie. Could you know how pressured I felt
earlier?" she interrogated bitterly.
"I lied to you because I love you. Why couldn''t you understand that?" Anthony forced one corner of his
mouth into a half-smile. "Even though I''d cheated you, you should realize how much I have done for
you in the past three years. Why couldn''t my efforts rece the oue that was brought by that lie?
Or, you are dissatisfied with me because of Charles?"
he asked with a sardonic smile.
"Anthony, what do you mean by that?" Sheryl hardened her expression when she heard his
unreasonable usation. Anthony obviously pushed her red button. She originally didn''t want to
mention Charles. But she never expected that Anthony would firstly speak about him.
"You should know what I mean," Anthony smirked as he replied. "We got along with each other very
well while abroad. But you insisted oning back. You have been with Charles these past few days. I
was happy that you came back. But then you tried every little thing just to break up with me. Sheryl,
what I have done were all forced by your behaviors. It was you who indirectly caused all the shitty
things that recently took ce," hemented in a calm voice.
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"Enough with all the bullshit, Anthony!" Sheryl angrily interrupted his sharp words. She grinned in
dissatisfaction. She never thought that Anthony would hold her ountable for everything. She said
with a smug smile, "Anthony, you are irritatingly ridiculous."
"I''m irritating? I''m ridiculous? Alright, maybe I was always a ridiculous clown in your heart." Anthony
be by your side tofort you. But when you don''t need me anymore, just like now, you just want to
dump me. Have you ever considered my feelings?" The more questions that Anthony asked, the more
bitter he felt inside.
Sheryl stood up and uttered to Anthony, "If these are what you want to say to me, then I have nothing
to talk to you anymore."
After finishing her words, she turned around and was about to leave. Anthony immediately grabbed her
arm and stated imploringly, "Sher, don''t be angry, I know... I know I crossed the lines with what I said
just now. But please, I beg you to understand me! I just don''t want to break up with you."
He stared at Sheryl pathetically and continued, "Charles is not a good man. I knew it much clearer than
anyone else. Sher, please juste back to me. We can continue to be together as if nothing had
happened. I will be nice to both Shirley and you just like before. We can take Shirley overseas. We will
seek for her treatment there. And we can stay there and never came back just like our old days. What
do you think of it?"
He held Sheryl''s hand tightly and begged her, "I have gone through so many things in thest few
days. And I''m tired of it. I just want to spend my whole life with you. I don''t want somebody like Charles
to step in between us. Please trust me, you won''t be happy if you choose to be with him."
"So you mean that I will be happy if I am with you?" Sheryl rebutted with a sarcastic smile.
Anthony paused for a second upon hearing her words. He gazed at Sheryl and even thought how she
became so strange to him.
Sheryl fixed her eyes on Anthony and spoke in a faint voice, "Anthony, I once believed that I knew you
best. But I haven''t realized that I actually didn''t understand you at all until today. I don''t know what kind
of a person you are and don''t even know how much of terrible things that you have done behind my
back."
She looked at him and continued in despair, "Anthony, I can''t be with a man like you. I truly don''t
understand you. That will surely make me feel... feel so terrible."
Anthony''s expression turned grim with her refusal. He thought that what she alluded to was that thing
Andy and him had done. So he instantly caught Sheryl''s arm and hurriedly exined, "Sher, please
listen to me, that thing was not what you have thought of."
"So how should I think of it? Sheryl queried directly as she shook Anthony''s hand off her arm.