His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1176 I Need To See You Right Now

No matter what had happened, Sheryl thought that she still had to move on. She had no idea when

Charles would explain to her the kind of relationship he shared with Rachel. Nevertheless, she had no

choice but to let nature take its course. Property © NôvelDrama.Org.

She was unwilling to face the cruel fact that Charles had an affair. That would be too much to bear.

'If I simply let go of this matter and stop even thinking of mentioning it to Charles, perhaps we can get

through this. But hell no! It looks more like I am deceiving myself, ' she struggled inside. She was

definitely torn.

Unlike Sheryl, who had chosen silence, Charles decided to find out the reason for his wife sulking to

help her out.

And he knew who he should turn to for assistance.

Wasting no time, Charles checked his phone contacts and soon dialed a number. Isla, who at that time

had just stepped into her house, was stunned as she stared at the caller ID. Still bewildered, she

accepted the call after a few seconds.

"Hello, Mr. Lu?" Isla answered, surprised and puzzled.

"Hi, Isla. When do you have time? I have something to ask you," Charles began curtly. This was the

way he spoke. He always cut straight to the point.

"Alright, Mr. Lu! Now that you want to see me, how would I dare to say no?" She agreed in a tone of

sarcasm. She was absolutely clueless as to why Charles suddenly wanted to meet her. But she had a

gut feeling that it had something to do with what had happened between him and Rachel at the bar that

night.

Isla was now determined to interrogate Charles and to figure out the relationship between him and

Rachel. However, she had reluctantly given up that thought when she recalled that Sheryl forbade her

to confront Charles. She didn't want to upset her best friend.

'Perhaps it is just Sheryl's point of view, and not necessarily represent how Charles perceives the

whole thing. What if Charles wants to talk openly about that?' she mused.

"Please tell me the place and time, Mr. Lu," Isla prompted. Obviously, the way she communicated with

Charles had changed. Convinced that he had cheated on her best friend, she was furiously mad at him.

Although she tried so hard to control her disgust towards him, her voice still carried anger and disdain.

"How about we meet at the coffee shop near Cloud Advertising Company in an hour?" Charles casually

suggested, ignoring her harsh tone.

"Fine," Isla replied briefly.

She resolved to force Charles to admit his unfaithful behaviors and to teach him a lesson for Sheryl's

sake.

"Honey, I need to go out right now," Isla hastily informed Aron. Still clutching her handbag, she spun on

her heels and hurried back to the front door.

"Where are you going, Isla?" Aron asked, startled.

"Cloud Advertising Company! I got a thing to deal with. See you later," Isla yelled back at her husband

as she had already walked a distance from their house.

Charles was seated at a table near the window when Isla arrived sometime later.

As his back was facing the entrance door, he didn't see her coming. He was in a trance when he was

jolted back to his senses by the sound of the voice of an usher greeting a guest. Checking the time, he

mused that his guest should be here in any minute. And as if by instinct, he turned around and saw a

woman approaching him.

Isla headed straight to where he was and settled herself in the seat opposite him. "You wanted to see

me, so here I am. Now tell me, why did you invite me here?" she demanded.

"Isla, actually I need you to do me a favor," Charles stated clearly in a matter-of-fact tone of voice.

"Well, I'm flattered. But you are a president of a big company, I don't think I could be of any help," Isla

quipped.

"I find it weird that both of you are acting kind of strange lately. Sheryl is indifferent to me, and so are

you. Did I do anything wrong to you?" Charles blurted out his doubts.

"Mr. Lu, are you kidding me? How come you know nothing of your own mistake?" Isla snapped with a

fake laugh. She was rendered speechless. 'Turns out Charles is such a shameless guy. Why didn't I

know his true colors before?

He is having an affair. All of my subordinates saw him making out with another woman. Now, he does

not only refuse to admit it but even dares act innocent.

I try hard not to ask him what he did behind Sheryl' back, but he is playing dumb and asking me what is

going on, ' she pondered furiously.

"I don't remember doing anything that would upset you," Charles responded, looking puzzled. He was

totally clueless. No matter how hard he forced himself to think, he couldn't find the connection between

Sheryl's and Isla's boiling anger towards him to what had happened that night at Lavender Bar. He only

aimed to humiliate Rachel, after all.

Since he was definitely caught unaware, it would never cross his mind that Sheryl and her employees

had seen him with Rachel at the booth at that time. What was worse, they had misunderstood that he

was cheating on his wife.

Hearing Charles sound unapologetic made Isla feel infuriated all the more. She was so annoyed that

she almost blurted out what she had seen that night. Fortunately, she was able to hold herself in check

the moment she opened her mouth. She happened to recall Sheryl's words. 'What if he doesn't admit

when I bring it up? What am I going to do at that time?'

If she were in Sheryl's place, and she had discovered that her husband was having an affair, she would

let him know and would teach him a hard lesson. However, this was Sheryl's matter, not hers.

Sheryl had the right to choose how to settle this problem. Or it was more likely that she was trying to

protect her family from falling apart.

Isla was against the idea of Sheryl playing dumb about her husband's cheating. But she agreed that it

might be the best solution if Charles was really in love with Rachel.

'If Sher would not mention it to Charles, perhaps they could live together. As long as he still has

feelings for Sher, and he loves his children, he will not resort to divorce her.

And if Sher chooses to let it go, then the chance that they can move on is highly probable.

But if Sher brought it up, Charles might get angry. When that happens, Sher might lose everything, '

Isla ruminated.

After weighing it over, Isla chose to remain silent. 'Now that Sher is intending to wait for Charles to

confess, I should respect her decision. Who knows, Sher might figure out whether her husband

deserves her or not, ' she decided.

"Oh yeah, you're right, Mr. Lu. You did nothing wrong. If there isn't anything else, then I should be

going," Isla uttered in a sullen tone before she rose from her seat and stormed out of the cafe.

Charles was left alone, trapped in his musings. As he mulled it over, he speculated that Rachel or

Holley had set him up.

'It must be their doing. Otherwise, Sher and Isla would not be so mad at me, ' he assumed.

'I should meet Rachel and ask her what she has done, ' he decided.

The longer he thought about it, the more shameless he found Rachel was.

'This woman tried to put Sher down several times. I already taught her a lesson, but she didn't learn

from it. If she indeed pushed my buttons, I would not spare her, ' he swore.

He gave Rachel a call. The minute he got through to her, he seethed with anger and huffed, "No matter

where you are, I need to see you right now."