His Real Wedded Bride

Chapter 1396 Is She Flying A Kite

Charles was shocked. All his hopes were quashed, and he felt empty. He couldn't help but worry again.

''Has the kidnapper killed Shirley? Or he has moved her to another place?'

Charles' mind was in a state of chaos. His face became ashen, and his hands trembled. The life

seemed to have drained from him, and he nearly collapsed in a heap.

He couldn't accept that his daughter was killed. 'Where are you, Shirley?' he thought in desperation

while looking up at the ceiling of the room.

'When I catch her damn kidnapper, I'll cut him into pieces!' If the kidnapper dared to lay so much as a

finger on Shirley, Charles would get back at him in the most brutal possible way. Charles' eyes turned

red at the thought of what he was going to do to the kidnapper.

He clenched his fists, and the veins on the back of his hand popped out. Then suddenly out of anger

and frustration, he punched the wall with his fist. The blood oozed out through his fingers, but he didn't

seem to care about his injury. He was numb to the pain.

Charles cared about nothing except for Shirley's safety.

"You don't have to come. Shirley isn't here. The kidnapper took her away before I got here," Charles

told David in a hoarse voice. Then he hung up.

Charles walked around the cabin and looked for any clues along the way, but failed to find any. It

seemed that the kidnapper was very thorough and had left no trace.

Finally, he went to the wooden stake. Bending down before it, he examined the broken ropes on the

floor and felt heartbroken at the thought of Shirley being tied up by them.

Shirley's skin was tender, and the coarse rope would surely leave black and blue marks. 'Did Shirley

get injured being tied with these ropes?' His chest tightened at the thought of how she must be

suffering. Charles wished more than anything that he could tear the kidnapper apart with his bare

hands and hold his beloved daughter in his arms again.

He sat silently for quite a while in the cabin. It was dusk by the time he came back from his trance.

Charles wiped the tears from his cheeks and managed to build his courage up again.

Although he lost the lead, he couldn't give up looking for Shirley. He firmly believed that his daughter

was waiting for him to save her and that she wasn't far away. So he had to pull himself together for NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

Shirley's sake.

Thinking about this, he strode out of the cabin and then left.

At Dream Garden

"Leila, let's go to the hospital and see Sheryl this afternoon. She's been in the hospital for a few days.

We should visit to see if she has recovered,"

Melissa suddenly proposed while Leila was watching TV.

Leila was confused. She shifted her eyes from the television to Melissa, looking at her in disbelief.

'Has Melissa changed her mind? Why does she suddenly care about Sheryl's health? That's

impossible! She was angry at me because I failed to kill Sheryl a few days ago. She must be playing

tricks!' Leila thought.

Charles was already suspicious of her, so Leila didn't want to rock the boat and join Melissa. She

worried that Charles might retaliate against her if she helped Melissa to hurt Sheryl again. After all,

Melissa was Charles' mother. Whatever she did, he wouldn't be too hard on her.

Leila hesitated for a while and then said, "Aunt Melissa, Charles doesn't allow us to leave Dream

Garden before he finds out who the murderer is. Don't you remember? I'm afraid that he'll get mad if

we don't do as he says."

"I don't think so. We're only going to the hospital to see Sheryl. It's not like we're running away." Melissa

was so confident that her son wouldn't blame them. She put her hand to her heart to assure Leila.

Leila still hesitated a little. She didn't want to provoke Charles, especially at such a sensitive time.

Otherwise, his bad impression of her would be more difficult to reverse.

However, Melissa seemed to have made up her mind to go to the hospital today. Leila dared not to defy

her wishes. Moreover, she was a little curious about Sheryl's current condition.

"Leila, you've kidnapped and almost killed! What are you hesitating about now? It's not a big deal to go

out!" Melissa snorted. She didn't seem to take Charles' warning seriously.

Leila nearly had a heart attack when she heard how candidly Melissa spoke and she was about to

cover Melissa's mouth. She looked around in panic. Fortunately, there was nobody else around in the

living room. Charles would kill her if he heard that.

Leila seethed at Melissa for her recklessness and blatant regard for her secret.

Seeing Leila so nervous, Melissa shot her a glare. She looked at Leila with contempt in her eyes, as if

to laugh at her cowardice.

"Come on! Don't worry too much! If Charles is annoyed, I'll tell him I made you go with me." Melissa

was becoming impatient with Leila's indecision.

Leila's face turned pale when she heard what Melissa said. "Aunt Melissa, I didn't mean that. I think,

maybe we should tell Charles before leaving Dream Garden and visiting Sheryl at the hospital," she

explained.

"It's unnecessary to bother Charles. We won't be there for long." Melissa waved her hand.

"Okay. Aunt Melissa, please give me a moment. I'll go upstairs to freshen up. Then we can set off."

Since Melissa insisted on Leila going with her, Leila had to agree.

Once she was back at her room, Leila carefully applied her makeup so that it was flawless. Since she

would meet Sheryl, she must show her perfection before that woman. Sheryl had been sick for a long

time, so Leila was sure that Sheryl wasn't as beautiful as she was.

Before leaving, she pressed her lips together to make the lipstick smudge and give a more natural

appearance. She looked in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction.

"Aunt Melissa, let's go!" Leila naturally took Melissa by the arm and then they walked out of the Dream

Garden.

In the taxi

"Leila, tell me the truth. Do you still want to remove Sheryl from the picture and become my daughter-

in-law?" Melissa looked at her and asked.

Leila's heart thumped faster, and she was a little panicked. She wondered why Melissa asked her such

a question. She thought she had disguised herself well in front of Melissa, and Leila was sure that she

didn't do anything that would have made Melissa suspect anything. So until now, Melissa still thought

that she was innocent.

In saying that, then Melissa wasn't flying a kite by asking her such a question.