Ch. 1221..1225

Chapter 1221 He continued job-hunting while enduring the insults.

The Stocktons notified every company that was related to his major in Glenchester not to hire him so that they could force him to go home.

Even though he was the best in his work, no company dared to defy the Stocktons, hence forcing him to resort to labor work.

He tried being a driver and a delivery man and even picked up jobs that he never heard of before. He did all those just so he could save enough money for a house to marry her.

Although he ran into many competitors from his old days in the process and was even forced to kneel and bow in public, he would return home with her favorite cake and a smile on his face.

The bittersweet memories finally came to an end when tears rolled down her cheeks.

Choking on her emotions, Sherry found it difficult to breathe. She paused all thoughts, wiped her tears away, and gasped for air. She had done him wrong back then, so she accepted his scoldings and beatings, but she could not accept that he

continued to do this to her after marrying some other woman as his wife.

After coming out from the front yard, Queenie stormed off to her own place, grumbling, “I'm done! I'm so DONE! I'm not doing anything for that woman again! If | send her any more food or whatever, I'll spell my name backward!”

Hailey followed behind her, trying to calm her down.” Please take a breather. | don't think Sherry is such a snob.” Queenie turned around to face her. “Everything about her screams snob! Don't try to defend her, or I'll throw you out!” Hailey immediately sealed her lips.

Queenie returned to her own house after a while.

However, she turned around to Hailey before going in.“ Why didn‘t you say anything?”

Hailey was rendered speechless. A few seconds later, she said, “Sherry might have a foul mouth, but she seems to be a tough woman. She must have gone through some tough days.”

Queenie exhaled deeply. “If she can endure hardship, she wouldn't have left my brother for being poor back then.”

Hailey patiently said, “When Master John locked her up for a year plus, | was there to take care of her. She ate the plainest food and sewed until late at night almost every day. She even removed the weeds in the garden at times. That is not how a normal person should live, and if she could not endure it, she would have begged Master John to release her. But she didn’t even once submit or beg him.”

Queenie raised a brow, “She never begged my brother? Not even once?”

“Yeah. | tried talking some sense into her many times, but she refused to listen.”

Hailey had no idea why Sherry would rather endure all the hardship than submit to John’s request and even went as far as making him mad and arguing with him whenever she had the chance.

Queenie pondered. “Maybe because she doesn't like my brother. She must be thinking of another man. That's why she doesn't submit to my brother.”

“Unlikely. I've been with her for so long and | never heard her talking about another man.”

“Hmph. Then she must love the man so much that she‘s afraid that my brother will punish her. That's why she kept it in her heart.” A sudden thought rushed to her mind, and she continued, “Oh, right, she cheated on my brother before! The man she loved must be the one she

cheated on my brother with!” While Hailey did not agree, she did not want to argue either.

Sherry was rarely sincere with her words. She might have claimed that she left John because he was poor back then and cheated on him, but how much of it was true?

Chapter 1222

Sherry slept on the couch the entire night.

It was Queenie's scream that jolted her up on the second morning

The moment Sherry opened her eyes, she saw Queenie storming in with Hailey, seemingly ready for a fight. Sherry rubbed her eyes and sat up straight.

Queenie stood in front of her with her eyes bulging. “Tell me, who is the man you cheated on my brother with?”

Sherry was left speechless. She thought the girl came asking for a fight. She laid back down with her eyes closed. “Someone you don't know.”

“Tell me, and I'll know.”

“Even if | tell you, you won't know.”

“Sherry, stop beating around the bush! Tell me who he is!” She pulled Sherry up from the couch. Sherry was forced to sit straight. She asked, “Why do you want to know?”

“| want to know who the man is. | want to know if he is more handsome or more capable than my brother.” Sherry shut her eyes and said, “He’s not as handsome or

as capable as your brother.”

“Then, why did you fall for him?”

Ashort hesitation later, Sherry answered, “Maybe I'm a bitch. That's why.”

“Sherry! Can you speak properly?! Open your eyes!”

Sherry opened her eyes and curled her lips. “You really want to know who he is?”

Queenie stared at her. “Yes. Tell me.”

“Bring me to my quarters, and I'll tell you.”

“Why do you want to go back to your quarters?” Queenie asked.

“| don't want to stay here. | want to go back.”

Queenie frowned. “No. John won't let you out of this building. There‘s someone watching you outside, so | can't just bring you away.” “Get me a ladder, and I'll climb out.”

Queenie was left speechless.

Hailey was confused too. “Sherry, this place is a lot better than your quarters. Why do you want to go back?” “This place reeks of that bastard. | don’t want to be here.”

Queenie widened her eyes. “Sherry, stop calling my brother a bastard, or I'll slap you!”

Sherry chuckled. “Alright, alright. But if you get me a ladder, and | can get back to the quarters, then I'll tell you the guy’s name. I'll even give you his address.”

Queenie's eyes gleamed. “For real?”

Sherry maintained the same expression and continued,” For real. I'd be a bitch if | lied to you.” Queenie looked at Hailey who nodded.

It was just a ladder for her to climb back to the quarters, and since the premise was crowded with bodyguards, there was no way she could escape, hence nothing would happen.

Queenie agreed. “Alright. It's a deal. But now is not the time. It's too obvious. I'll come to get you at night.” Sherry grinned. “It's a deal then.”

Queenie grunted. She glared at Sherry one last time before she went out.

Hailey followed her out but came back with a cart after a

few minutes. Several plates of gourmet dishes were placed on the cart, and every one of them looked delicious. Sherry‘s eyes shimmered. She smiled at Hailey and said, “ Thank you, my dear.”

“Don't thank me. Ms. Queenie asked me to bring them to you,” Hailey said as she pushed the cart to the dining table.

It was then Queenie‘s voice rang out from outside,“ Hailey, what are you doing inside ? Stop talking to her, and come out right now!”

“I'm coming!” Hailey answered immediately. She turned to Sherry and said, “You help yourself. | have to go now.” She then strode out of the door.

Chapter 1223 Sherry grinned as she got up from the couch and headed to the dining table. After setting up all the dishes on the table, she sat down and started eating happily.

The reason why she wanted to return to her quarters was to reach her phone to contact Sylvia so that her friend could help her escape the Stocktons’ residence.

John was obviously keeping her in the house as his backup lover. She had tolerated it before the man got married, but now, she could not bear it for another day.

Meanwhile, in Stockton Tower on the other end of the city, the handsome man had just woken up and was eating breakfast by the window.

His phone was connected to a recorder hidden in his house and it was currently playing the conversation on speaker. The talking had stopped and was replaced by the noise of chewing and gobbling.

The man grinned as he picked up a piece of toast and took a bite of it.

Sherry went back to sleep after breakfast and started munching on snacks as soon as she woke up. The day went by in the blink of an eye.

After the sun set over the horizon, she got up and waited by the window.

Awhile later, Queenie came by. The girl even cautiously looked around before she came in, making sure that she was not being followed by the bodyguards.

She went over to Sherry and pointed at the wall further away. “The ladder is there. Hailey is waiting for you outside. Go now. And stay low, don’t attract any attention. I'll stay here for a while and meet you back at your quarters.”

Sherry grinned. “Got it. Thank you.”

Queenie glared at her. “Remember to tell me who the man is and give me the address.” She desperately wanted to find out who the man was.

As she sat down on the couch, Sherry went out through the door.

The front gate was closed, and no one could see through it from the outside.

Sherry tiptoed to the wall in the yard and whispered, Hailey.”

Hailey immediately extended the telescopic ladder from outside the wall.

Sherry climbed up the ladder and then pulled it back when she was on the other side.

After that, Hailey took the ladder from her and whispered, “Go to the quarters quickly. Be careful not to get caught by the bodyguards.”

“Alright. Thanks.”

Sherry tiptoed along the shadows and made her way to the employee quarters . She took a shortcut , snuck past several people, and finally made it back to her quarters after ten minutes.

She pulled the keycard out of her pocket and tapped it at the door. She did not even switch on the lights to stay inconspicuous. After she quietly closed the door, she made her way to her bed and started searching under her pillow.

She usually hid her phone under the sheets right below her pillow. However, there was nothing under the pillow or the sheets even after a thorough search.

Could it have fallen on the ground?

She went to the switch by the bed to turn on the lights.

The lights dispersed the darkness in the room, and before Sherry could bend over to look for her phone, she was shocked by the person standing in the corner.

The man leaned against the wall lazily with his hand pocketed while his other hand was holding the phone that Sherry was looking for. —

He smirked and said while waving it in front of her, “ Looking for this?”