His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1398 An Apology

Melissa approached slowly and reluctantly to the door of the ward. Even though she felt humiliated that

Charles had yelled at her in public because of Sheryl, his stern look made her feel afraid.

Charles didn't want to ruin Sheryl's feelings and mood by speaking in front of her, so he followed

Melissa out and closed the door quietly behind. Leila felt awkward being alone with Sheryl, so she left

the room right after Charles. When she stepped out of the room, she heard Charles scolding Melissa in

the corridor.

"Mom! Did you forget what I told you? You and Leila cannot to leave Dream Garden before I find out

who wanted to kill Sheryl. Why don't you listen to me? Don't you regard my words seriously?" Charles

said harshly, staring at Melissa with a stern look on his face.

Melissa didn't dare look Charles in the eye. She turned away from Charles' tongue-lashing and knew Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

that she was out of line for shouting at Sheryl just now.

"I...I'm here to see how Sheryl is doing! What's wrong with that? I'm just trying to be nice," Melissa

explained, stammering.

"You? Being nice? Have you already forgotten that you shouted at Sher just a few moments ago?

Mom, Sher is really sick now. She needs as much peace as possible and to rest. You would never have

shouted at her if you were genuinely trying to be nice to her!" Charles said furiously.

His heart was full of anger, and he shouted at Melissa, unleashing all of his anger and frustration out on

her.

"Mom, I warn you, for the last time. If I catch you disturbing Sher again, I assure you that I'll kick you

out of Dream Garden and never see you again!" Charles was so disappointed in Melissa, so he made

himself very clear that this was her last chance.

Melissa froze, feeling shocked and startled by what Charles had just threatened her with. It was as if

she had been struck by lightning.

After a while, she finally opened her mouth and said meekly, "Charles, I won't do it again. I did only

come here to see how Sheryl was doing. However, she didn't greet me nicely, and that's why I lost my

temper. I didn't mean any of it."

She grabbed Charles by the sleeve pleading with him. Melissa was afraid that he would kick her out of

Dream Garden.

She knew her son very well. If he had made a decision, he would see it through. If Melissa didn't admit

that she was wrong, she might end up being kicked out and left on the streets.

Melissa regretted having yelled at Sheryl. She didn't expect that Charles would have heard what she

said and care so much about Sheryl. Melissa misjudged him and never thought that Charles would

dare to kick her out just because of Sheryl.

Again, she begged anxiously, "Charles, I'm sorry. I know what I did was wrong. I'll apologize to Sheryl

immediately." With that, she rushed to Sheryl's room so fast that Charles didn't have the chance to stop

her.

Even though Melissa was his mother, and he respected her, she had crossed the line so many times

that Charles had to warn her for the last time. If she kept hurting Sheryl's feelings, then he was left with

no other choice but to kick her out.

Charles was overwhelmed with stress. He didn't know where Shirley was, and Sheryl was in the

hospital because someone had tried to kill her. Meanwhile, the mastermind behind it all remained still at

large. However, his mother didn't seem to understand the severity of the situation. Instead of being

supportive and helpful, she seemed to keep stirring up trouble. Charles didn't have the stamina to deal

with it any longer.

He felt disappointed in her. Realizing that she was going to go into Sheryl's room to talk to her again,

he wanted to stop her, but Melissa ran so fast that he failed to do so.

Thus, he followed Melissa into the room in case she quarreled with Sheryl again.

Sheryl sat up straight when she heard the door open. She watched as Melissa barged into her room.

Only this time, Sheryl looked her straight in the eye.

When Melissa saw that Sheryl had sat up and stared her down, she was furious. When she came

earlier, Sheryl had turned away and refused to talk to her. Melissa thought that Sheryl was such a bitch,

and she always pretended to be innocent in front of Charles.

Anger boiled in her heart, and there were daggers in her eyes when she glared at Sheryl. However, she

quickly put on a sweet smile on her face when she remembered that Charles was standing right behind

her. Though she didn't fool Sheryl this time, Sheryl could see through her facade and thought she was

such a hypocrite.

"Sheryl, I'm so sorry that I acted on impulse. I didn't mean any of what I said. I hope you don't take it to

heart. I'm here to make an apology to you. Please forgive me. I won't do it next time. I promise,"

Melissa said gently. Even though Melissa hated Sheryl with every fiber of her being, she hid her

feelings by bowing her head. She did this deliberately to show her son that she was sincerely sorry.

She hated Sheryl for always finding a way to humiliate her and that Charles seemed to be under her

spell. Every time they got into an argument, Charles forever took Sheryl's side.

Though Melissa was apologizing, Sheryl noticed the reluctance and impatience in her tone. Melissa's

pretentiousness sickened her. However, since Melissa wanted to play this game, then Sheryl decided

that she would too.

"Mom, don't say that. I would never blame you. I was wrong too," said Sheryl, holding Melissa's hand

and looking at her sincerely. Their acting was so seamless that anyone would believe that they had

already managed to patch things up.

Leila, who was standing behind Melissa, couldn't help thinking that Sheryl had put in a classy

performance. Curling her lips slightly, she continued to observe what was going to happen next.

It was Charles that interrupted their peaceful harmony. "Mom, Sheryl is a very generous and kind

woman, so she forgave you this time. However, let me be clear. If you stir any trouble for her in the

future, I won't forgive you, and I'll disown you," Charles said coldly.

Charles would never have believed that his mother could behave so mean to Sheryl until he saw it

himself. When he overheard what his mother had said and done to Sheryl, it shocked him and made

her look like an uneducated ill-mannered woman.

Melissa's face froze for a few seconds at Charles' solemn words. She was his biological mother, but it

seemed that he didn't care about her at all now.

She was the woman that gave birth to him and brought him up. She felt so upset that he had blamed

her just because of a woman like Sheryl.

Melissa didn't believe for one second that Sheryl was the nice woman that Charles had described. She

wondered what Charles could see in Sheryl to marry her. 'Sheryl never treats me nice! Never Ever!'

Melissa shouted to herself.

At that moment, her resentment towards Sheryl began eating her up. Anger burned in her fiery eyes.

The fury inside her was like a balloon growing bigger and bigger, and it would explode at any minute

with a bang.

Swallowing the anger, Melissa clenched her teeth and cleared her throat. "Yes, Charles is right. Sheryl

is such a nice woman. I'll never cause any trouble for her in the future. I was terribly wrong. I'm so

sorry, Sheryl. I hope you can forgive me and we can get along with each other from now on," Melissa

said in a low voice.

Sheryl felt some satisfaction seeing Melissa finally bow her head to her. However, she didn't care about

these small things and how Melissa treated her. The most important thing for her to do now was force

Leila to hand over Shirley.