His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1184 Giving In

"Look what she just did! How dare she do that to us? Sheryl Xia!" As soon as Sheryl had left, Rachel

released her anger and shouted towards the direction where Sheryl had taken her leave, venting all her

rage out now.

"Who does she think she is? How dare she come to our company to boss around!" Holley fired as well.

She, too, was angered by how Sheryl acted around them. The reason she told Rachel to invite Sheryl

to come to Tarsan Corporation was that they could make it hard for Sheryl and embarrass her.

However, it seemed that the table had been turned, and the one got humiliated wasn't Sheryl, but the

both of them!

Being humiliated in their own territory was already embarrassing enough. Not to mention, it was two

against one! This situation was really a disgrace.

Rachel turned to Holley and frowned at her. "This happened because of your silly idea! Did you see the

arrogance on her face? The way she talked to us? How dare she!" Rachel fumed. She could not stand

to take any setbacks, no matter how small they were.

Just the feeling of failure, even the tiniest bit would make Rachel so mad as if she was allergic to

failure. She would get so angry that she would start blaming it to anyone else, and now she was

blaming Holley as if the drawbacks were her fault.

"I would have to agree that Sheryl shouldn't have been so arrogant, but you can't blame all of this on

me. This is not entirely my fault, and you know it." The situation made Holley intolerable, and worse

when Rachel started to point her finger at her. She had been wrongly accused for so many times

before, and she couldn't take it anymore. There was no reason for her to keep taking all the blame in

silence.

After hearing what Holley said, Rachel started to realize that she had gone a bit too far with her words

and complaints. If Holley became enraged and eventually decided to quit because of how bad she

treated her, then no one else would be willing to help her deal with her situation. She took a deep

breath in attempt to compose herself. A moment later, she looked at Holley with regret in her eyes, and

in a sincere tone, she said, "I'm sorry, Holley. I didn't mean to put all the blame on you. I just got too

overwhelmed by the anger for Sheryl just now that I took it all on you. I just hate how Sheryl can get

away with almost everything, and how she always gets what she wants even though she doesn't

deserve them!"

From what Holley got from Rachel, she could tell that Rachel was starting to give in. Holley began to let

go of her anger as well and tried to calm herself down. Even though she was not happy with how

Rachel blamed her for every failure, she had no choice but to, once more, keep these feelings of

remorse inside of her and hide them with a more appropriate emotion. Besides, she still needed the

help of Rachel and her Tarsan Corporation to be able to deal with her situation afterwards, so working

with Rachel was the only way to make sure that things would go smoothly for her in the end. In a calm

voice, she replied, "It's all right, Ms. Bai. This is also my fault. I, too, was a bit overwhelmed with anger.

I apologize for sounding rude. You are right, though, that it was because of my lack of preparation

which caused things to turn out like this. I promise you that, the next time around, I will be more careful

and come up with well-thought-of plans before I act upon them."

When Sheryl walked out of Tarsan Corporation, her feelings of anger and worry did not get relieved as

much as they should. Instead, she had only became gloomier. Rachel's words just now still felt like

needles piercing into her heart, stuck there so deep that there was no way for her to pull them out. The

longer they remained there, the more pain it caused. She felt like once she found a way to take them

out, she would feel emptied out and die from the pain as well.

She knew that what she had said to Rachel was just mere words to hide her own anxiety. The

toughness and aggressiveness she had displayed were no more than a facade to cover her own

worries and weaknesses.

Rachel's words had stuck on her mind. Charles might not have loved Rachel as much as she claimed

she had, but the fact that he did not repel or detest her in any way said something.

Charles even secretly arranged to meet Rachel alone without telling her.

Although it did not matter to her what reasons he had for meeting with Rachel, she still felt more and

more anxious.

Worse, not only did she feel anxious, but she also felt a bit of pain and heartache as well.

He was the love of her life, and her most cherished person on earth, but why would he see Rachel? Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

Was he truly hers, or was he really Rachel's? She was Mrs. Lu today, but what about tomorrow? Could

she still hold on to this title tomorrow?

All of these were a tangled mess in Sheryl's mind. She felt helpless as she could not think of a way to

resolve it. She couldn't even see through it nor could she understand the situation. Moreover, she did

not even know how to confront or approach these problems, and so she could not imagine how to deal

with them.

All her mind could think about was the pictures that Rachel had shown her, and everything that had

happened that night at Lavender Bar.

Since it had already reached this point, perhaps, it was the right time to confront Charles about this and

ask him to tell her, face to face, what exactly had happened or what was truly going on. Not only that,

she would also like to know, whom exactly he would choose between her and Rachel.

After a long battle of thoughts and scenarios in her mind, she decided to keep these questions to

herself, or at least, keep them until Charles sat her down to talk about these things. She told herself

that she would not ask a word before Charles opened them up to her. She also would like to see how

long Charles could be able to keep this.

More importantly, she would like to see if it really gave him a sense of accomplishment to have

successfully fooled her all this time.

However, the more Sheryl thought about this, the more miserable her mood became. Since her life was

a total mess at the moment, perhaps the company would be a better place to find comfort and relief. At

least, for now, it could be considered a temporary haven.

Thinking about the company, she started to feel appreciation and fortunate to have the Cloud

Advertising Company. It became a last shield of protection for her, and as long as she had it, no matter

whom Charles would choose to be in the end and even if he decided to leave her and their children,

she would still have a way to stand once again and live. Shirley and Clark would still have a stable life

ahead of them.

Sheryl could not help but chuckle at how far she had thought this through. Nothing had even been

decided yet. Nothing had been confirmed. Charles hadn't even left her or told her anything about the

matter, and here she was, already preparing and thinking about her life without Charles.

She shook her head in an attempt to clear her own thoughts, especially the negative ones. There was

no use in fighting against what was destined to come for her life, and no use in trying to keep those

who were fated to leave. Being sad and sentimental for a possible miserable future was only a waste of

precious time, which she could better use to focus on her work at hand. One thing was for sure in this

ever-changing world, however, was that the money she earned herself, which she worked hard for and

kept in her own hands, would never betray or leave her.

When Sheryl came back to Cloud Advertising Company, it was already time for time out for the day. As

soon as she appeared in the office, her colleagues had no choice but to quickly return back to their

respective seats and pretend to focus on their works as if they had forgotten about the time, and as if

they were never in a hurry to leave the office right before she came back.

"Good evening, Ms. Xia!"

"Good evening!"

They greeted, and even their greetings sounded as if they were truly surprised. Of course, the surprise

was not because of the fact that Sheryl had come to the office at this hour, but because it was to

demonstrate how focused and fixated they were to the point that they hadn't realized that their boss

had arrived.

Since she was not in a good mood, Sheryl did not bother to expose the act that these employees had

put on. She nodded and acknowledged them cheaply as she walked straight to her own office. As soon

as she closed the door, she knew that those employees would quickly rush out of the building like they

were escaping a prison on fire.

Sheryl ignored them and immediately sat on her chair, closing her eyes as she let the exhaustion and

worry be released from her. Meanwhile, as Isla passed by Sheryl's office, heading to check out from

work, she stopped after hearing some noises coming from the office and thought that someone had

sneaked in, so she pushed open the door quietly just to see who was the intruder inside at this hour.

She was relieved to see Sheryl sitting on the chair, but she could not understand why Sheryl would be

here at this hour, so she asked, "Sher?" Sheryl opened her eyes to see Isla, who looked very confused

as she closed the door behind her. Sheryl forced herself to remain calm and did not dared to let any of

her emotions be betrayed on her face.

"Didn't you go to meet a client? How come you're back so soon? Where is the client? Did he not show

up? Or was everything settled already?" Isla asked with confusion written all over her face. Sheryl

looked at her and noticed that she was about to go home already if not for the noises she probably

made when she entered her office. Then again, Isla did not know where Sheryl really went, so she had

no idea what an emotional roller-coaster she had ridden on for the past few hours.

Sheryl took her time to answer when Isla approached her with a series of questions. After a pause, she

managed to quickly regain from her thoughts and answered curtly, "Yep, settled."

"Oh, that's great, but why did you still come to the office if it's already settled? Shouldn't you be home

by now and rest?" Isla asked without sounding like prying. She sensed that Sheryl was a little different

today, and although she could not tell where the difference was exactly, she knew that something was

going on with Sheryl.

A moment later, she realized that the reason for this difference was because Sheryl was not in a good

mood.

For the past few months, Sheryl had never been in a good mood.

Being the person beside Sheryl for those few months, Isla would know without the need to ask.