The Substitute Bride

After they left the hotel, Sheryl intently realized that Charles might not want her to take Holley away, but Sheryl didn't regret what she had done.

Although Holley had done bad things in the past, because of Sheryl's good nature, she still wanted to save Holley whenever she was in trouble.

"Why did you save me?" Holley suddenly asked as they were walking out of the hotel. Charles walked up ahead with Sheryl, and Holley trailed behind them, neither too close nor too far.

"Do I need to have a reason?" With a sneer, Sheryl continued, "I was in a good mood just now, so I saved you."

"Sheryl..." Holley stopped, looked attentively at Sheryl in front of her, and said, "I want to hear the truth from you."

"The truth...'' Sheryl frowned slightly and looked at Charles, who smiled and said, "You talk to Holley. I'll just drive our car here."

"Okay." Sheryl agreed.

After Carlos was out of sight, Sheryl turned to look at Holley again and said, "I saved you because I didn't want to see you hurt yourself."

Holley crossed her arms and looked at her warily. Sheryl sighed and continued, "Believe it or not, I really don't want you to ruin yourself just to fight with me. It's nothing serious. Why do you have to do it?"

"Nothing serious?" Holley sneered, "well, you don't think anything is serious. Likewise, you don't think the death of your mother is a serious matter, do you??"

Receiving no response from Sheryl, Holley frowned and continued, "A cold and heartless woman like you has no heart."

"Shut up!" Sheryl finally broke her silence. With a composed expression, she said coldly, "I do feel sorry for mother's death. But you should reflect on your own mistakes. If mother were still alive, she would certainly not want you to destroy yourself."

Sheryl frowned at Holley and continued, "If you insist on doing such a silly thing, I may not be able to stop you. But since I ran into you doing this, I couldn't just ignore it."

"It's nothing, I was just flirting with them and having a few drinks," Holley replied defensively. "You think that was me ruining myself? You're way too fussy," Holley said disapprovingly.

"You

somehow connected to the horrible events of Holley's past. It was shocking to now know that Holley wholeheartedly blamed her for everything.

She still felt that Holley was paranoid, but now she finally understood why.

Now Sheryl was worried about Holley, because she was still being kept in the dark about George. It was hard to imagine how Holley would react, and how her life would change, after finding out the truth.

Returning from his drive, Charles saw Sheryl alone, pacing worriedly back and forth on the pavement. "Get in the car!" Charles shouted out the window as he drove over to her.

As she hopped into the car and fastened her seat belt, it dawned on Sheryl that Holley had drank today. Turning to Charles beside her, she said, "Charles, let's follow her."

Charles nodded as he quickly sped down the road in the same direction Holley had gone. It wasn't long before they caught up and her car was in front of them. Sheryl knew Holley would never listen to her explain, but she still needed to help.

"All we can do now is follow her and make sure she returns home safely," Sheryl said firmly.

"Alright." Charles readily agreed.

Sheryl looked suspiciously over at Charles and asked, "What's wrong with you today? You're acting differently. Why are you so tolerant of her?"

Charles smiled and reflected the question back to Sheryl. "What about you? Why didn't you plead for Oliver in the hotel just now?"