Chapter 1170 Uneasiness
There was no reply. Holley had already slipped away quietly.
I was closest to the door. When Holley had knocked, she was the one who had spoken. Noticing that
no one answered, Sheryl asked curiously, "What''s going on?"
With a shrug, I repliedzily, "Never mind. Perhaps someone got lost, or it was some drunk fellow
who got the wrongpartment."
"Oh, okay," Sheryl replied. Since I''s assumption made sense, she decided to let it go.
However, out of curiosity, a girl rose from her seat and made her way to the door to check if someone
was still around.
Her eyes fell on two figures in the corridor and her mouth went agape in shock. With a stunned
expression, she closed the door in a hurry and sprinted back to her friend. Leaning forward, she
whispered in her ear and told her what she had seen.
Thunderstruck, her friend, who was a bbermouth, eximed, "What? Mr. Lu is here with Ms. Bai?"
The explosive news filled the room and everyone stared at her, widemouthed.
The girl who had seen them outside regretted it immediately. Rattled, she red at her friend with her
reproachful eyes not knowing what to say.
As silence fell, the girl who had yelled out the news realized that she had made a serious mistake.
Now, everyone in the room knew that Sheryl''s husband was sneaking around with Rachel.
And Sheryl had heard it clearly too. ''I''veplicated things for her, '' she thought.
The staff held their breaths. They didn''t dare say anything in front of their boss because they knew that
Sheryl held a grudge against Rachel.
"I will go check it out myself," Sheryl said, breaking the suffocating silence. She couldn''t believe what
she had heard. ''I know Charles very well. He would never lie to me and sneak around with Rachel
behind my back under the pretext of a business appointment.
After all, Rachel set me up and even kidnapped rk and Shirley, '' she thought.
"Let me check, Sher," I proposed as she pulled Sheryl back to her seat. The girl''s finding left I in a
panic. She knew that her subordinate wouldn''t lie about this.
"No. I must see for myself," Sheryl persisted, looking anxious.
"Fine, I wille with you," I said, knowing that her friend had made up her mind.
The two hurried to the door. When Sheryl opened it, they saw the backs of Rachel and Charles. The
two were talking to each other and wereughing asionally.
From where Sheryl and I stood, the two of them seemed to be flirting with each other.
The intimate scene almost took Sheryl''s breath away. She hated to believe what she was seeing with
her own eyes. She couldn''t even muster up the courage to catch up with Charles and ask him what
was going on. I intended to dash forward and question Charles, but Sheryl pulled her back and
closed the door.
"Why did you stop me, Sher? Don''t you want to figure out what is going on with them?" I asked
Sheryl, her eyes full of fury. ''I can''t watch this silently. If Charles is really cheating on Sheryl, I will not let
him go easily, '' she thought angrily.
"I, I beg you. Let it go. I don''t want to be aughingstock in front of my employees. They are
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watching. I don''t want to be humiliated again," Sheryl whispered in I''s ear, giving her a tight hug.
She didn''t want to make a fool out of herself in front of her employees. And more than that, she had no
heart to put Charles in an awkward situation.
She still hoped that the love between Charles and her was as pure as always.
God knew how much she wished that this was all just a dream.
I agreed reluctantly. As she regained herposure, she said, "Wait for a minute, Sher."
Sheryl was ignorant of I''s n. But when she gazed into her decisive eyes, she was convinced that
I would not do anything to hurt her.
"Attention, guys. The party is over. It''ste. You should all go home and get some sleep," I dered.
The staff understood why the party hade to an end ahead of time, but no one dared to gossip
about it.
"Oh yeah, we should leave. We need to get back to work tomorrow."
"Yeah, if I stayed any longer, my mother would nag me."
"Good bye, Ms. Xia, I. See you tomorrow!"
"See you tomorrow!"
The whole bunch swarmed out of the booth. When they reached the lift, they were taken aback by the
sight in the booth next to the lift.
Rachel and Charles were sitting opposite to each other in the booth. Charles had his back to the door,
and no one could capture his expression. But the gorgeous woman looked bashful. From where the
staff stood, it looked like the couple were making out.
As the employees let their imagination go wild, some talkative members couldn''t hold their tongues. But
considering that the booth''s door was wide open, they didn''t have the nerve to discuss it loudly.
"Sher, it''s just you and me now. Can we go and teach that unfaithful Charles a hard lesson now?" I
blurted out as she looked at the empty room with no one but Sheryl in it.
Sheryl was opposed to her idea. She stopped I from rushing out because she didn''t want to
embarrass herself and her husband.
"What are you afraid of, Sher? You should go find him and figure out what he is doing here with
Rachel," I urged in a stern tone. "Fine! If you don''t want to, then you stay here. I will find the answer
for you."
Saying those words, she strode towards the door.
"I..." Sheryl tried to grab her hand, but I was already gone. Out of options, she followed her friend
out.
When she exited the booth, she saw that all of her employees had their eyes fixed on the booth
opposite to the lift. Although they weren''t making anyments, she could see by their expressions
that they were seeing something nasty.
"What are you all looking at?" Sheryl queried to her colleagues, ignoring I.
At that moment, she let the uneasiness get the better of her.
Sheryl was too anxious to control herself.
I also sensed that something was off. With a furious expression, she ran towards the booth.