ENCHANTED LOVE, VOLUME 3 - Season 14 Episode 9

A vicious look from Leila to Nancy, a worried look from Nancy to Sheryl, an approving look from Sheryl to Nancy… Anyone who would suddenly arrive would see this kind of scenario at the moment. The moment Nancy saw the look from Sheryl, she let Leila go and headed downstairs.

“What a vicious woman you are, Sheryl! You don’t deserve Charles. You know just what kind of person you are, and you already proved that today. So, I suggest you leave now.” Staring coldly at Sheryl, Leila looked like a serpent fixating at its prey.

And, Sheryl was very cool and casual. “Is that so? If I don’t deserve Charles, who does? You?” Sheryl asked with a hint of sarcasm proving that she didn’t see Leila a serious threat at all.

“Of course, I am! I am far better than you. More importantly, I love Charles more than you do. You can’t make him happy. You even hurt his family and career. Therefore, you don’t deserve him.” Leila ranted on and on. With her haughty manner, she firmly believed she was way better than Sheryl.

“Who are you to judge me?! Between the two of us, YOU are nothing. You’re the garbage Charles threw away years ago. Hmmm… Now I wonder if that’s what makes you so proud… I mean being a garbage.” Sheryl thought that Leila deserved a dose of her own medicine.

“Shut up!” Leila screamed, raging with fury, upon hearing her poisonous remark. With an intent to get back at Sheryl, she lifted her hand to slap her.

Though Sheryl didn’t really expect Leila to get physical with her, she was ready with anything. So when she saw Leila lift her hand, she simply took a few steps back to avoid being hit.

Her actions made Leila angrier. The next thing happened so fast! Leila jumped on her like a psychopath.

It was a good thing her instincts moved her to take steps sideward, or else, she would find herself underneath the raging Leila.

With a loud thud, Leila’s head bashed against the closet and she fell on the floor.

Leila was shocked! She couldn’t stop herself anymore when she saw the closet in front of her after Sheryl stepped out of the way. A few seconds after, she felt something oozing out from her head and trickling down her face. She touched her face and felt something sticky. When she looked at her fingers, she screamed. There was blood all over her face. She was totally freaked out! Directing her look at the person she deemed responsible, she glared hatefully at Sheryl.

“Help! My head hurts! Help!” Moaning and writhing, Leila remained lying on the floor. At the side, Sheryl was calmly observing her. Though Leila was bleeding a lot, Sheryl saw she was not so much in pain. Leila’s face was still rosy, and she still kept on moving. Concluding her observations, Sheryl laughed out loud.

“How dare you laugh at me! You are responsible for what happened! You’ll pay for this!” Still on the floor, Leila cursed at Sheryl.

It was not Sheryl’s intention to be involved in anything. It was just a very unfortunate incident. Leila should know for she started it all.

However, several minutes had passed and Leila remained on the floor. This time, she seemed in pain, for real. Sheryl got worried and decided to bring her to the hospital to avoid any serious damage.

At the hospital

In the emergency room, Leila kept cursing Sheryl. She couldn’t keep her mouth shut. This irritated Sheryl, who thought of leaving her alone.

Leila’s injury looked not serious at all. She was still able to check her phone. But to the shock of everyone, she burst into tears when she saw the doctor stop in front of her.

“Doctor, how seriously injured is she?” Sheryl asked after seeing the doctor finishing attending Leila’s wound.

“It’s not serious at all. It was just a small wound and a bruise around it. I’ll write out a prescription for antibiotic and pain reliever. Make sure that the wound will not get wet. If everything is followed well, she’ll be good in no time.”

Before Sheryl could reply, Leila butted in, “Not serious? How could that be?! My wound is still throbbing and my head is still spinning. Doctor, you must examine me again.” Turning to Sheryl, she snarled, “You! You’re such a vicious woman!”

The doctor was dumbfounded! He couldn’t understand the woman in front of her. Who was in her right mind to want to be diagnosed as seriously injured?!

“Miss Ramirez, you are really fine. The lady brought you here just in time. Your wound was efficiently dealt with, and wasn’t even inflamed,” The doctor explained reasonably.

Seeing Leila fine, Sheryl saw no reason to stay with her anymore. She decided to leave the hospital. On her way out, she saw Melissa in crutches moving towards her direction.

Seeing Melissa’s angry look, Sheryl knew what happened would be blamed to her again. She turned to look at Leila and found her smiling gloatingly.

Not giving Sheryl a chance to say anything, Melissa bombarded her with tons of accusations.

“Sheryl, you are such an evil woman! Still not satisfied from hurting me?! My God! You even extended your evil hands at Leila! What are you really up to?!” Melissa’s voice echoed through the halls of the hospital. Even in crutches, she still had that domineering arrogance. Everyone present was able to hear her accusations.

“Mom, I didn’t…” Sheryl started to explain but was interrupted.

“Don’t try to explain. I can see with my own two eyes what happened! Leila is a good girl. Why did you do that to her? It hurts me to see her looking like that. How could you?” Melissa bellowed at Sheryl without even trying to know the whole story.

No matter how hard Sheryl tried to explain, Melissa didn’t listen. Instead, she got even angrier. She talked louder and louder. The people, who were just listening before, now stopped what they were doing and gathered around them. Those who were just passing by got curious as well and joined the crowd. The emergency room was soon packed.

Embarrassed, Sheryl lowered her head. Tears started welling up in her eyes. She had no idea why Melissa didn’t like her and targeted and blamed her for everything.

When Melissa saw how ugly the wound on Leila’s forehead was, she got more agitated. Her resentment towards Sheryl grew deeper.

“I am telling you again, Sheryl. I don’t like a vicious daughter-in-law like you. The divorce is just around the corner. Anytime soon, the papers will be delivered to your doorstep!”

With face red, Melissa spoke while pointing at Sheryl’s face all the time. Meanwhile, Leila just remained seated and watched, smiling victoriously.

“Mom! I didn’t do anything! Leila hurt herself!” Sheryl retorted while slapping the hand pointing at her face away. She couldn’t control what she felt anymore.

“How dare you?!” Melissa was so angry that she lifted her crutch to hit her.

Sheryl tried to dodge the attack, but failed. She took the hit pretty hard. There was just so many people around, and she didn’t want innocent people to get hurt. She stood her ground, clenched her teeth and took all the hits. Everybody could hear the sound of the crutch on her body.

Seeing what happened to Sheryl, Leila almost laughed out loud. She tried her best to suppress her laughter. No one under such circumstances should see her laughing.

The doctor and the hospital staff didn’t expect Melissa to beat Sheryl in public. Some of them tried to pull Melissa away, while others went to Sheryl to save her from further beating. The rest of the crowd, not part of the staff, took out their phones and recorded the scene.