Ch. 1171..1175

Chapter 1171 Although Sherry had previously stayed here for more than a year, she had mostlybeen restricted to one section of the house only.

She had rarely, if ever, been allowed to access the other parts of the house.

Therefore , she was not very familiar with the yard.

Shortly after, she found herself in a large courtyard, it was as if she had steppedinto an entirely new and foreign world. However, the architecture in this section was not as intricate as the area where she previously stayed in.

Amodern and minimalist design was adopted in the yard.

It resembled a fairly upper-class hotel.

There was a lobby and more rooms connected to the yard as well.

She surveyed the area and asked, "Uncle Marlow, do all the staff members live here?" Marlow informed dutifully, "Yes, this is where all the housemaids andbodyguards spend the night." "Ah." Sherry nodded.

Several rooms happened to be open and she glanced inside them to get an idea of what they looked like. Some of them were single bedrooms while some were double bedrooms. Each room had a connected shower and a balcony as well.

She remarked, "Not bad." Even though this area was not as refined or as exquisite as the area where John and the rest of his family resided, it was verypleasant and rivaled the experience offered in five-star hotels Darting a look at Sherry, Marlow informed, "Miss Sherry, here's your room." He then turned and walked away in another direction.

Sherry quickly followed him and soon found herself on the other side of the yard.

The corridor leading to her room was wider than the ones connected to the other rooms shehad seen just now, even the doorway was larger.

Beep. Marlow used a card and tapped against the sensor to open the room. Sherry was immediately greeted by the sight of a clean and spacious room.

It was truly enormous, far larger than all of the rooms she had seen just now! It was a private space reserved for her alone! Marlow stated solemnly, "Miss Sherry, you will be staying in this room from here on." "Alright, got it." Sherry was quite pleased with the space and could not wipe away the wide grin on her face.

Marlow noticed the joy on her face and was rather surprised by it.

He was a man known for being reserved and keeping his opinions to himself.

However, he could not help but note how strange Miss Sherry was.

She was the daughter of the Fowlers, a woman born into a noble background and who was nowreduced to working as a servant. Why was she so ecstatic about living in the servant quarters?

Before he could further process these thoughts, Sherry asked him, “Oh yeah, what isour food like?" Our? Food? Marlow seemed to stammer for a second before quickly returning to his former stoic self, "We usually eat in the cafeteria in the back.

You will have to follow your allocated schedule and only go to eat if you are on break. Don't take too long." "What kind of food is available there?" Sherry's eyes seemed to sparkle.

It seemed like she had barely paid attention to what Marlow had just informed her.

Marlow pursed his lips and said, "Vegetables, meat, seafood, the standard food in standard portions." "What about beer or wine?"

Marlow’s lips immediately jerkedto a side upon hearing this, he had to hold back the urge to roll his eyes at such a question asked in such an innocuous way.

He informed solemnly, "Only the seniors are allowed access to alcohol, you're not allowed to drink at the moment." Sherry stayed silent.

There was a hierarchy system implanted even for the servants in the house? "Later on, someone will meetyou to give you a brief regarding your responsibilities and other rules and regulations.

| have to get back to work now, you can just take a look around your new roomon your own first." With that, he left.

Sherry walked into the room.

After briefly surveying the room, she threw herself on the large and cozy bed.

Shortly after that, a middle-aged lady of a rather large build and a fierce, serious expression walked intothe room.

She was wearing the same uniform as the other housemaids except that the color around herneckline was of a darker color.

Sherry recalled seeing the personal attendants of Madam Stockton and Julie wearing a uniform with the same colored collar and wagered that this meant thatthis lady must be of the same rank as them.

Chapter 1172 The entire time she had lived here previously, Sherry had never seen this lady before.

While Sherry was still sizing the intimidating lady up, she approached the side of the bed and introduced herself formally, "Miss Sherry, my name is Emerence Foster.

I'm the housekeeper of this block and in charge of helping Marlow to oversee all ofyou. You may address me as Aunt Emerence. That's what everyone calls me." Sherry nodded, "I see. Is there anything else?” Emerence frowned deeply and the expression on her face immediately grew more stern.

"Get off the bed right this moment and stand up! Nobody would ever remain seated when | speakto them, let alone lying down!" Sherry wanted to get up, but she felt as if a strange force was holding her to the bed.

She said with a casual smile, "I'm sorry about that.

| fell from a stairway some time ago, so my back and leg have not fully healed yet.

The doctor has advised me to lay down whenever | can." Emerence immediately glared at her. Sherry merely chuckled, "Go on, I'm listening.“ "Sherry, | don't care that you are the daughter of the Fowlers and the sisterof the Master's wife.

You will have to obey my orders now that you are working as a housemaid! You better get up right this moment,or else!" Sherry cocked an eyebrow challengingly, "Or else what? Are you going to hit me?" Emerence grew red with anger, "You... Do you not want to work here?" Sherry's eyes lit up.

“Not really. Could you fire me?"

Emerence was completely speechless.

She was so infuriated that she could barely form a sentence.

She glared at Sherry harshly before turning to leave.

Having dismissed the threat, Sherry smiled and closed her eyes to take a nap.

LL If they wanted her to be a housemaid, so be it.

However, she was not going to bend to their will and let them lord over her and make her slave away for them. If they had a problem with that, they could go ahead and fire her!

Perhaps because the bed was too comfortable »combined with the fact that she had barely gotten any sleep the previous night, but she quickly fell into a deep sleep after that.

Infuriated with Sherry, Emerence immediately went to Marlow to complain about her.

She told him about how Sherry had refused to get out of bed as well asthe fact that Sherry wanted to be fired.

After her long rant, she adamantly insisted, "| can't handle her, let's fire her!" Marlow sighed exasperatedly, "It was the master whobrought her here, it's not my decision to make." Emerence was taken aback by this, "I thought she came here voluntarily?" Marlow cautiously lowered his voice, "She's the eldest daughter of the Fowlers.

Even though she does not get along with her family, do you think someone from her background would willingly reduce herselfto the status of a house servant? That she would want to bow and be at the service of others?" Emerence asked irritably, "Then what should we do? The master instructed me to oversee her progress but there's no way | can do that when she refuses to even listen to me." Marlow shook his head helplessly , "Let her be and just leave her alone." "Then what will happen if she does not perform well and the master faults us for this?" "We'll discuss it when the time comes.

For now, just leave her be." Marlow realized that he had to first figure out the precise nature of the relationship between Sherry and John. In the middle of their conversation , someone dressed in tailored, fine silk clothing approached them.

The other servants in the vicinity quickly drew back and bowed courteously, Marlow and Emerence quicklytook notice and put on a swift smile as well.

Marlow greeted her with a smile , "Madam, what brings you here?" Shannon smiled pleasantly, "Uncle Marlow,|'m here to see my sister.

Is she inside?".

Chapter 1173 Emerence quickly volunteered, "Madam, let me lead you there."

Shannon smiled pleasantly, "It's alright, I'll let you folks get back toyour work.

Just tell me which room she's in and i'll look for her myself."

Emerence exchanged a look withMarlow.

Marlow informed promptly, "She's in the sixth room of the south wing."

Splash! A bucket ofice-cold water suddenly splashed across her face.

Sherry was rudely jolted awake from her sleep and her eyes immediately snapped open only to meet Shannon’s darkscowl. She was soaked in cold water and her bed was ruined as well.

She immediately jumped out of the bed and got onto her feet.

She glared murderously at Shannon, "Shannon Fowler, what is your problem?" Aiming a look full of mockeryand contempt at her, Shannon shouted, "Sherry Fowler, you wretched b*tch!" Sherry frowned Immediately after that, Shannon threw the empty bucket in Sherry's direction.

Sherry barely had any time to react, so the bucket crashed into her face before falling to the ground with a bang.

Her face hurt, but this feeling of pain was nothing compared to the humiliation she had just suffered at the handsof Shannon. She stiffened with rage and her hands clenched into fists.

Trying her best to contain the burning fury inside her, she said calmly, "I left on the day you got married to John.

He was the one who had me kidnapped while | was on my way to the train station.

He tossed me in a house and had me locked inside there for an entire month."

This was news toShannon, "So you were with him that entire month?" "No, he tried to approach me that night but | insistently rejected all his advances.

After that, he went on a business trip and only came back last night.

| have not had any interaction whatsoever with him ever since."

Shannon was slightly appeased whenshe realized that nothing had happened between the two of them. However, she continued to regard Sherry with coldness and disgust as she said, "Sherry, you’re not very honest,

are you? I'm sure you're only sayingthat John tried making advances on you because you're the one who tried to seduce him and failed." Sherry sneered, "Ask John if you don't believe me." Shannon felt something caught in her throat when she heard this and a venomous look flashed in her eyes.

"Oh, by the way, it was him who forced me to work as a housemaid here." Sherry stood in frontof Shannon upon mentioning this.

Shannon stood still and glared at her coldly.

Sherry continued , "Do you know why he's keeping me around?" Shannon asked, "Why?"

"More than a yearago, your parents got on their knees and begged me to ask John to help them through a financial crisis.

| ended up helping them but you should know that that's what led to me becoming imprisoned in his house for more than a year. After that, he invested a billion dollars of funds into the Fowlers group.

However, till now there have been no signs of any returns from that hefty investment." "Why are you telling me all this? Just tell me why he broughtyou back here!" Shannon impatiently interrupted her.

Perhaps she was not interested to hear about how her family had needed to be bailed out. It was either that or she did not want to hear about what John had done toSherry.

"What's the rush? You'll get the full picture once | finish talking." Sherry took her time to continue on to the end of herstory, "You see, | signed this business agreement with him more than a year ago as well.

What went down was that he claimed that the billion dollars he invested was a loan and that | had to pay him back in full.

So far, the investment had only yielded two hundred million dollars in profit and | still owe him the other eight hundred million.

Chapter 1174 This struck a nerve in Shannon and she glared at Sherry. Sherry smiled coyly, "Oh yeah, he gave me two choicesactually. | had to either be his lover or his housemaid." Shannon's expression darkened.

Sherry seemed to see some humor in this and said, "The truth is that you disgust me but | couldn't go against my principles, so | ended up choosing thesecond option." "Sherry..." Shannon gnashed her teeth so hard that she would grind them into powder if she continued.

Sherry continued chuckling, "Don't look at me like that, you Fowlers are the reason that | ended up here in the first place." Something seemed to shiftinside Shannon upon hearing this but she continued to regard Sherry with a look of contempt.

Sherry was aware of this as well.

She had never intended to gain Shannon's sympathy by telling her that she had ended up in her current state due to her sacrificing herself for the Fowlers.

She was not that naive.

She went on, "Having said that, we all know how unpredictable your dear John is. Now that I'm stuck here, who knows if he's going to barge in here one ofthese days and force himself on me? There's no way | can fight him off so don't blame me if I somehow end up becoming the mistress and somehow get in between the two of you." Shannon was enraged by this claim, "I promise you that you'll have a fate worse than death if you ever do something like that with him!" "Well, you should tell him that instead, not me. For me, | am repulsed by the sheer idea of him touching me at all." Sherryrolled her eyes to further prove her point.

Shannon was speechless.

Sherry continued , "Of course, there are options. If you could help me pay back the eight hundred million, John will let me go and you wouldn't ever have to see me again. That means that you wouldn't have to worry about me ever again either." Shannon snapped, "I don't have that much money."

“Ask your parents for it.” Shannon was still rather hesitant.

Sherry sneered, "Look, you guys are the ones who owe him the eight hundred million, which is essentially the same thingas owing me the money.

If you can settle the debt, I'll leave. If not, I'll stay here, it's that simple.

To be honest with you, | have no problems staying here since there's good accommodation and food, | don't mind being by myself either but as for you...you’d better figure out how you can keep John faithful to you."

Shannon gritted his teeth and glared at Sherry contemptuously before walking away. "Wait a minute." Sherry called after her.

Shannon glared back at her and growled irritably, "What else?" Sherry smiled rather amiably, "There's something | have to return to you.

Wait just a moment." Shannon tried to conceal the curiosity that had been spurred inside her. Sherry quickly dashed into the bathroom and looked around for something she could use. She quickly spotted a large bucket filled with water.

She picked up the bucket and walked out.

Shannon was just heading to the room as well to see what Sherry was up to.

Sherry snickered mischievously the moment she saw her approaching.

Then, she splashed the entire contents of the bucket at Shannon.

Splash! Shannon was drenched from head to toe in water, and the expensive clothes she was wearing were completely ruined. She closed her eyes and screamed, "Sherry—!!" Bang! Before she could finish, Sherry threw the bucketover her head.

She was greatly amused by this and burst out into laughter, "Hahahahah!!" Hilarious!

Shannon looked like she had just come out of a comedy show with abucket over her head! While she was still doubled over with laughter, the door was suddenly flung open.

Sherry was startled by this and turned to see who it was.

Atall man dressed in a tailored suit walked in.

Chapter 1175 Beneath the pair of gold-framed glasses was a sharp pair of eyes glaring at her. Sherry stuttered for a moment but quickly recollected herself.

She exclaimed out loud, "Hahaha ... John, come and take a look at your wife, she looks so funny!" LT

John was silent.

Sherry smiled and turned to Shannon again.

Shannon had removed the bucket off her head, revealing her sorry state underneath.

Her wet hair clung to her scalp and her face had gone pale.

She cast a sorrowful look at John with red puffy eyes.

Her look would have invoked sympathy if not for her ruined makeup that made her look like a third-rate actor in the role of a ghost ina horror film.

Sherry was still cackling away like a mad woman. Her stomach was beginning to hurt from all that laughing, so she did all she could tosuppress her laughter.

Shannon pitifully pleaded for help, "John..." John glanced at her, then he looked at the puddle of water all over the floor and the bucket on the ground.

He turned to Sherry.

Sherry brushed the clumps of her wet hair away from her forehead and folded her arms acrossher chest before stating, "It was her who splashed water over my face first." "I didn't!" Shannon defended herself, "John, she's saying this to make me look bad.

| was just paying her a visit when she began to provoke me for no reason.

She was telling me something about you having an affair with her and that you only caredabout her.

| admit | got upset but | only sprinkled her with a bit of water.

She then overreacted and splashed an entire bucket full of water over me." Sherry was repulsed by the sight of this.

L She could not be bothered to defend herself by explaining her side of the things and told John,“Yes, she's right, | was the one who provoked her first.

| told her that you were cheating on her with me to sabotage your marriage.

Then, | splashed water over her.

Why don't you kick me out of the house right here and now?" Shannon was speechless.

John remained silent as well.

The atmosphere suddenly grew awkward.

Something gleamed in Shanon's eyes but she still could not utter a single word.

Huh.

John suddenly smirked.

He cast a look at Sherry before turning back to Shannon and said, "Shannon, why don't you head back first?" LLL

Shannon pouted, "Let's goback together." "Just obey me," he lowered his voice and said in a gentle tone of voice. Sherry suddenly squealed.

She could not stand the cheesy interaction and shuddered all over, flinging drops of water everywhere.

Shannon cast a hateful look at her but with John here, she had to control herself.

She smiled rather unconvincingly and said, "Look, Sister.

| know John better than you.

| understand that even though he has some history with you, he has moved on and since then, has decided to marry me instead. I'm sure he doesn't have any more feelings for you so please don't keep any more appropriate thoughts about him." Sherry smiled ostentatiously and said, "Alright, | understand, don't worry about it." Shannon grimaced.

1 Suddenly, John took his coat off and threw it over Shannon.

He gently patted her on the shoulder and said tenderly, "Come on, you'll catch a cold.

I'll come back to see you after | talk to her."

This seemed to convince Shannon at last.

She smiled tenderly and nodded before turning to leave.

Before stepping out, she turned back for one last look before turning the corner.

The smile on Sherry's face immediately vanished.

She quickly turned around and limped into the bathroom on her calf which had not fully recovered yet.

John stood motionlessly and looked at her without a word.

LIH He waited until after Sherry had properly dried herself with a towel before finally breaking his silence.

"Is there anything you want to say to me?".

"Didn't Shannon tell you everything already?" What else did she need to tell him? Besides, of all people, he should understand the state of things between thetwo of them currently.

He would be a fool to believe what Shannon had just told him. LL John observed her silently and made a note of how unruly her behavior was.

Asharp gleam flashed in his eyes as he suddenly announced, "You're a lowly servant in the house yet you dared to disrespect the madamof the house.