ENCHANTED LOVE, VOLUME 2 - Season 10 Episode 25

Chuck stared at Cary with utter disbelief. After hearing Cary’s words, he knew that he was damned. Lying on the floor, he confirmed with a faint hope, “Mr. Herbert, are you kidding me? Please tell me that it’s a joke. It’s not funny at all.”

“Of course not,” Cary nodded slightly adding to Chuck’s misery. “Mr. Hampton, I’m sorry to tell you the truth, but you have been deceived.” Chuck’s jaws dropped and his eyes popped out at every word uttered by Cary.

Yes, he had been deceived. Rather stabbed in his back by that bitch Holley.
He rose up from the floor and passed his fingers through his hair, his face flustered in an uncontrollable rage. He owed an explanation from Holley, so he rushed to her while muttering under his breath.

“You bitch! How dare you lie to me!” he shouted as soon as he came face to face with Holley. Unable to control his anger, he landed a tight slap in Holley’s face. The sudden blow totally caught her off guard so she didn’t react at all. Chuck stared at her with hatred as she absorbed the slap.

Holley placed her palm on the slapped cheek to sooth the sharp pain as she tried to put her act together. Recovering from the sudden shock, she shouted back at Chuck, “What’s wrong with you? Have you gone mad?”

‘We are in the same boat now,’ she thought to herself. ‘How could he fight with me?’

Chuck didn’t feel the same way though. He yelled back at her, “You are a shameless bitch. It’s you who dragged me into this abyss. I will kill you today. And I mean it!” In one swift move, Chuck grabbed Holley’s hair with one hand, and started slapping her in the face repeatedly with the other. “You fucking bitch!” he screamed. “How dare you set me up! I am damned anyway. But I won’t let you walk away freely. You will go to hell with me. You bitch.” Saying this Chuck twisted his arms around Holley’s neck.

“Stop!” Holley shouted as she struggled to free herself from Chuck’s stranglehold. She didn’t fear even Charles, let alone Chuck who was much less frightening. Continuing with the struggle to free herself, she said, “That’s enough, Chuck. Are you shameless? How could you beat a woman in front of so many people?”

“You said I’m shameless? Huh?” Chuck said, seething in anger. He tightened his grasp around her neck so that she could not move. Chuck sneered at Holley and said, “Since I am damned, why should I be afraid of losing my face? I am over. You told me that she had an affair with Charles, but you didn’t tell me that she is his wife.”

Holley rolled her eyes as if that was not a big deal. “What is the difference?” she teased. But deep inside, she knew that if she had shared the reality with Chuck in the beginning, he would have lost all the courage then and there.

Holley looked at Chuck with cold eyes and said, “You are a coward. If you had fucked her, then you could at least make you death worthwhile.” Holley curved her lips and continued in a sarcastic voice, “But now you have proved yourself to be a complete loser.”

Holley had found an opportunity to make Sheryl lose her face in front of Charles with a lot of difficulties. But Chuck just screwed up everything instead of screwing Sheryl. He wasted such a wonderful opportunity. Holley never expected him to turn out to be so hopeless. Now she wished that she had found another partner.

‘Why did you make this idiot your ally, Holley?’ she asked herself.

Chuck was appalled at her as she uttered these words. He shouted at her saying, “You already knew it, you bitch.” He was more furious because Holley hadn’t told him the real relationship between Sheryl and Charles even though she knew it. He tried to hit her again, but was stopped by David.

Having been working for Charles for such a long time, David had become a replica of Charles, being particularly serious when he didn’t talk. He came forward, held Chuck’s hand and stopped him from hurling another blow on Holley.
“Must you continue this farce?” David asked with a solemn face. Slowly, he pulled Chuck away from Holley. Having her neck freed, Holley coughed to help herself breathe normally. David cast a cold glance at Holley while she was busy putting herself together. The he turned his face to Chuck and said, “Please stand here quietly. Mr. Taylor will be here soon.”

Chuck glanced at David nervously and then at Holley, his eyes still full of wrath. Finally, he stood aside without saying another word.

He just wanted to punch the life air out of Holley had it been within his means. Coral had watched the whole thing, and was completely apalled by Chuck’s words.

No one in the company knew that Sheryl had married Charles.

She had thought that Sheryl was just a lucky girl who had a relationship with Charles in the past. That was why she had agreed to work with Holley. A strange sensation of fear gripped her mind.

The more she thought of the fact that Sheryl was Charles’ wife, the more frightened she got.

She could not bring herself to think about the repercussions when Sheryl would retaliate if she got to know about her deeds. She trembled at the thought of meeting the same fate as Holley.

In fact, she was at the risk of having a worse end than Holley.

After all, Holley was the manager of Kline Corp., and George was there to protect her. ‘But who do you think you are? And who will help you, Coral?’ she asked herself silently.

The answer to both questions was “nobody”. Her head was spinning as she thought about her impending fate.

The thoughts made her want to run, but she was not in the state to move her limbs. It seemed that her feet had become glued to the floor.

Chuck was not ready to give up so easily. Instead, he tried to find a way out. “Hey, man,” he looked at David and said. “I had nothing to do with this. It is this bitch who set me up. I am innocent. Please give me a hand. If you help me this time and say something nice for me, I will pay you back in the future,” he pleaded.

“Shut up!” David said impatiently, “If you want to explain, you should explain to Mr. Taylor later. Don’t explain to me. It will just waste your breath.” Saying this David stood there, holding the captives in place, waiting for Charles.

Holley looked at Chuck from the corner of her eyes and sneered, “Coward.” “How dare…” Chuck retorted. Chuck was indignant, but he could do nothing.

Charles entered the room after a short while. The first thing he did was walk toward Cary and thank him, “I’ll remember what you did for me and if you ever need me in the future, I’ll be there by your side.”

Cary returned a humble smile and replied, “Whatever I did, I did it for Sheryl, not for you.”

He continued, “She is my event curator. Without her, the event of my company will go to the dogs.”

“I still need to thank you anyway,” Charles said sincerely. If it hadn’t been for Cary, it would have been too late to save Sheryl. Charles was indeed indebted to Cary.

Cary interrupted Charles’ words and said, “Stop being so formal. How is she now?”

“Fine, now,” Charles answered in a soft voice. His face became grim as he spoke about Sheryl.

“That’s great,” Cary said in relief. He glanced at Charles and continued, “By the way, my company will start to sell our apartments soon. I will reserve the most luxurious one for you.”

“Of course,” Charles laughed. He glanced at Cary and said, “You saved Sheryl, so even if you want me to buy all of your apartments, I will oblige.”

“That’s not necessary,” Cary said with a smile. “I will be happy if you can make some time and come to my selling ceremony.”

“I will. Don’t worry,” Charles promised. Meanwhile, Chuck, who had been standing nearby, inched closer to Charles and said, “Mr. Taylor, trust me, I am innocent. It’s this bitch who framed me up. I didn’t know that she is your wife. If I had known that, I wouldn’t have touched her, not even her clothes.” He spoke apologetically and pleaded mercy from Charles.

Charles frowned slightly, and casted a thoroughly disgusted glance at Chuck. There were a lot of people around them, and Charles didn’t want them know his secrets. After all, rumors were the worst thing to handle. He gave David a meaningful glance and David started to disperse the crowd immediately, leaving only Chuck, Cary and the staff of Kline Corp.

Charles looked at Chuck and said in a cold voice, “Mr. Hampton, you are really brave.” The stillness in his eyes sent a chill through Chuck’s spine.

Chuck was so scared that his face turned pale. He stammered, “No, no, no. I can explain. Please give me a chance.”

His throat went dry and his knees trembled as he spoke. He stammered at every word he pushed himself to speak. “Trust me, Mr. Taylor. I didn’t know that the woman is your wife. Holley cheated me. I am innocent. I did not know anything. Please believe me.”

Charles gave Holley an icy glance. From the very beginning, he had this strong intuition about Holley. He found her to be weird. It seemed that she had met Sheryl with some special purposes.

Cary stood by Charles’ side and whispered, “I had asked them several questions. It seemed that Chuck had been set up. It’s this woman who hates Sheryl and wants to destroy her.”