The Substitute Bride

When Isla avoided Sheryl's gaze, Sheryl knew something was wrong. She was thinking of a way to get Isla to tell her the truth when she noticed what Isla was holding.

It looked very familiar to Sheryl. Sheryl thought for a while and remembered that it was the same lunchbox Melissa and Nancy had brought to her when they came to visit.

Sheryl immediately figured it out. She asked Isla, "How are you and Melissa?"

Isla blinked repeatedly. Stammering, she responded, "I just asked her not to come and visit you."

"And?" Sheryl pressed.

Sheryl knew Isla too well. She highly doubted that Isla was just trying to help Melissa by bringing Sheryl the food Melissa and Nancy had cooked for her. Sheryl could only guess that Isla and Melissa must have had a spat.

"Fine. Nancy and Melissa were here, but I didn't want to fight with Melissa in front of Nancy," Isla confessed, holding her hands up.

Sheryl nodded as she knew Isla was telling her the truth right now.

"Stop thinking about Melissa, Sheryl. Melissa is Charles' mother. I don't want to get into trouble with the Shining Company. Now let's just eat all this food. Nancy prepared it for you! It's been a while since I've had her cooking. I can't wait to try these!" Isla said a bit too enthusiastically as she noticed that Sheryl seemed to be lost in thought.

"Hmm, it does smell good." Sheryl took a deep breath. She felt like she was back in the Dream Garden again.

When she used to live in the Dream Garden, although Sheryl didn't get along with Melissa, she and Nancy were friends. They were like a family. And whenever Melissa wasn't home, Sheryl would invite Isla to come over and have dinner together. Sheryl really missed those good old days.

"Sher, you know what? If Charles wasn't with Vicky, I'd be fine with you going back to him. But you can clearly see what's happening now. Charles obviously still cares about you, but Vicky's standing in your way. Are you just going to put up with that woman and continue this messy relationship? Are you sure you want to do that?" Isla was finally able

sked gently.

Vicky's voice made Charles sick, and David noticed that Charles' face grew dreary.

"Yes, very busy," Charles answered briefly.

Vicky didn't want to make herself sound too aggressive, so she nodded her head and said, "Fine, I shouldn't have called you. I've probably disturbed you. Just call me when you're done with work."

"Uh-huh."

Charles then hung up. He seemed really uncomfortable.

Vicky frowned when she heard that Charles had hung up on her. 'Do you not want to talk to me, Charles? What is it about Sheryl? Why can't you just let her go? Am I really that bad in comparison to her?' Vicky thought to herself.

Whenever Vicky thought of Sheryl, it put her in a bad mood. At that moment, she angrily threw her tea cup on the floor.

Stella, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise and immediately came out to see what was happening with Vicky.

"What? You've never seen a person have a tantrum before?" Vicky only grew even more furious when she saw Stella as Stella was only here because Charles had sent her to keep an eye on her.

Stella didn't say a word. She quickly went back to the kitchen and continued working.

The more she thought about it, the angrier Vicky became. She grabbed her phone and went upstairs. After she was sure that Stella hadn't followed her, she dialed a number. The phone rang and rang, but no one was answering.