Ch. 1231..1235
Chapter 1231 She lay still and allowed the breeze to wrap her with chilliness. Her tears uncontrollably trickled down the edge of her eyes.
The man obviously used her as a tool to vent his sexual desires.
At Carter Residence, Westchester City, Odell grabbed his phone and went to the balcony after his wife practically shoved him out of bed.
Sylvia followed him to the balcony with a worried heart. After the call, she asked, “How’s Sherry?”
Odell furrowed his brows. “My men were arranged to work in other places. They are not in the Stocktons‘ residence, so they have no updates on her.” Sylvia‘s eyes shrunk in shock. She asked, “They were all transferred somewhere else?”
“Mm-hmm. John might have found out that they are my men.” The depressing news fueled Sylvia‘s anxiety. “He's as cunning as a fox!” Odell walked to her and hugged her into his arms. He
whispered, “He used a few years to become the richest man in Glenchester, so he must have his ways. Don't worry. I've already arranged for more men to infiltrate the place. We'll get an update soon.” Sylvia simply hummed a reply since there was nothing else she could do at the moment.
Sherry returned to her passive days of eating and sleeping. Queenie and Hailey visited her two days later, probably worried that she might be bored. They appeared outside the window and called out to her, “Sherry, we brought you some books. Maybe they can help you kill some time.”
The books were placed in a box and tied to a rope. Hailey held the box while Queenie swung the other end of the rope and tossed it up to the window.
Sherry swiftly caught the rope and started to pull the box up. Inside the box was a novel about some school romance, and a few other smaller boxes of pastries.
As her eyes gleamed gratefully, she said, “Thanks.” Queenie grumbled, “Hmph. It's nothing. | just don't want you to die of boredom.”
Sherry curled her lips at her and started munching on the pastries.
Eventually, Queenie‘s sulk faded when she saw Sherry munching on the pastries she brought. She then subtly nudged Hailey, giving her the signal to speak.
Hailey immediately said, “Sherry, try to stay out of trouble and stop making Master John mad.”
Sherry‘s gaze went cold. She did not respond to Hailey‘s suggestion. In response , Hailey sighed. “Read a book. We're leaving now. We'll come to visit tomorrow.”
The two of them had one last glance at her before leaving the premises. As soon as they walked out of the employees‘ quarters, Shannon came out from behind the tree outside the gate. She looked toward Sherry‘s window.
Sherry looked miserable in her wretched state. Her hair was messy, her shirt was not properly worn, and she munched on the pastries like a hungry wolf.
Her wretched state did not enlighten Shannon at all, Quite the opposite, Shannon's gaze turned cold as she clenched her fists tightly. It had been half a month since John came back to her. Ever since John caught Sherry meeting Mason, he left that afternoon and never came back.
There were a few times when she caught John's presence
at the employees ‘ quarters . All she could do was watch from afar, and she could not even bring herself to speak to him. The man would go to the employees‘ quarters every day, yet he refused to go back to his legitimate wife. The first thing he did every time he came here was go to Sherry‘s room. He would leave after that, and he would not even visit Madam Stockton.
On top of all that, the most important thing would be the possibility of Sherry getting pregnant after sleeping with John multiple times.
“Shannon? What are you doing here?”
Suddenly, Julie‘s voice came from the back. Shannon recovered her composure and turned around with a smile. “I haven't seen Sherry for a while, so | thought I'd visit.” Julie smiled. “I have something to discuss with Aunt Emerence. Why don't we go in together?”
Chapter 1232 “No, thanks. Sherry is reading, and | don't want to disturb her,” Shannon declined.
Julie looked towards Sherry‘s window. The window was open, which allowed her to see Sherry reading a book. Her gaze slightly changed. She maintained the smile and said to Shannon, “Alright. I'll go by myself.”
Shannon nodded and saw Julie walk inside. She took a deep breath and left the employee‘s dorm.
A few steps later, Julie turned around and saw Shannon disappearing from her sight. She grinned and thought,’ Shannon , I'm looking forward to how you are going to make Sherry disappear from the Stocktons’.*
John came by around four o‘clock in the evening that day.
Sherry was soundly asleep and did not even notice the creaking door. She only opened her eyes when she felt the intense pressure on top of her, making it difficult to breathe. Before she could make a noise though, he sealed her mouth with a violent kiss and ravaged her body at will. Sherry furiously clawed his back, leaving her frustration
on his skin. As revenge , he left multiple love bites around her neck.
After the intense love—making session, he restrained her in his arms and lay on her pillow. He showed no signs of leaving even after venting his sexual desire on her.
His alcoholic stench assaulted her nose, and it reminded her that it was time for him to leave. “You should leave.”
He hugged her and regulated his breathing. Sherry pushed him away and raised her voice at him,“ You should LEAVE!” “Don't move,” he said gruffly and tightened his embrace around her.
Sherry frowned.
Before she could say another word, however, he continued, “I'll leave after | get a little rest.”
He sounded exhausted and his tone felt like he was trying to calm her down.
Finally , Sherry pursed her lips and obeyed his will. She fell asleep after a while though.
The curtains blocked the brightening sky outside.
Some time later, the man opened his eyes in the dim room. He turned to see her sleeping by his side, and it softened his gaze. He stared at her affectionately for a
while before he got up.
He got dressed properly and had one last glance at her before he walked out.
The room returned to silence again.
Two hours later, knocks at the door notified the sleeping Sherry that it was time for breakfast.
She rubbed her eyes as she sat herself up.
The bodyguard opened the door.
To her surprise, it was Shannon who brought her breakfast instead of Emerence.
“Thanks. I'll just have a word with my sister,” Shannon said to the bodyguards with a smile. However, her smile faded immediately as soon as she came in and saw Sherry naked on the bed. Sherry yawned. “What are you doing here?”
Shannon stared at the love bites around her neck and her eyes bulged because of her boiling anger. “Sherry, you are really a slut.” Sherry looked down and touched her own neck. She grinned. “Shannon, why call me a slut when it's John who did this?”
Shannon was silenced and choked on her words. “Hmph. What a little bitch,” Sherry said. “You...”
Sherry leaned back and lazily looked at her sister. “Stop staring at me. | don't want to see you now. Speak if you have anything in mind, or else get out of my face.”
Chapter 1233 Shannon flushed in anger. She glared at Sherry and then looked around the room. “There’s no surveillance or recorder here. Just speak,” Sherry said.
John might have been a bastard, but he came here only to have sex with her. He would not be that stupid to record it and have his reputation ruined.
Sherry had checked the room multiple times but did not find anything With that assurance, Shannon lowered her guard. She tossed the breakfast on the table and said, “Sherry, do you still want to leave the Stocktons’ residence?”
Sherry squinted. “Do you have a way?” Shannon said, “There will be a dinner here in three days. Guests will come, and most of the servants will be at the event hall working to serve the guests. You can use that opportunity to escape.” Sherry pondered about the suggestion . “Shannon , I'm quite far away from the event hall, and there are bodyguards at the entrance and the gate, so how am | supposed to leave undetected?”
Shannon frowned. ‘I still haven't come up with a viable
solution. If you really want to leave, that night will be your best opportunity.” Sherry pondered further. “Are you really going to help me? Is this going to be another trap of yours?”
Shannon was upset by her remark. “I didn't tell anyone about Mason coming to meet you the other day. | don't know who leaked the news.”
“Then, who do you think it is? The snitch, | mean.”
“| don't know. Anyway, it wasn't me.” Shannon wanted Sherry to disappear right away, thus there was no way that she would do something that would ruin her plan.
Sherry nodded. “I guess so. You want me gone, so it's impossible for you to be that stupid.”
Shannon‘s eyes flickered angrily, but she did not say anything. Sherry then added, “I have an idea. If Emerence is working at the event hall that night, | might have a solution.”
“What is it?” Shannon asked. “The dinner that night is an important one, so Emerence will lead all the servants there to help out. Tell me your idea.”
“| can't tell you just yet,” Sherry said with a grin, “All you need to do is arrange for someone to meet me outside the quarters during dinner.”
Shannon‘s gaze shifted. “Fine. I'll do as you say. I'll see you in three days.” When Sherry picked a bun up from the table and munched on it, Shannon glared at her and then left.
The upcoming dinner must be an important one because after Shannon left, Emerence did not deliver dinner from that night onwards.
The one who replaced Emerence was another girl of a similar height. She was pretty and rather quiet. She took Emerence’s place in delivering dinner and breakfast the next day.
The girl left the breakfast on the table, but before she left, Sherry stopped her. “Hey, what's your name? Why are you delivering my meals? Where‘s Aunt Emerence?”. The girl lowered her head and said in a small voice, “I'm Tanya. Aunt Emerence is busy, so she arranged for me to take her place.” “What's been keeping her occupied?”
“She's busy preparing for the upcoming dinner.” “The dinner tomorrow night? What kind of guests are coming?” As though she was afraid to reveal too much, Tanya immediately changed her tone. “I don’t know. I'm new
here. I'm just tasked to deliver your meal.”
“Fing. You can leave now.”
Tanya immediately left the room.
Sherry‘s narrowed eyes gleamed. As she perfected her escape plan in her mind, John came in. 1
The day was still bright, and he was already here, dressed in his white shirt and long pants with his jacket hanging over his arm.
He hung the jacket over the rack as soon as he came in. Sherry glared at him cautiously.
Chapter 1234 John turned around to her cold and sulky expression after he hung his jacket up.
With a grin, he walked over to her. He caught a glimpse of the dinner by her bed, so he asked, “Why haven't you had your dinner?”
Sherry ignored him.
John sat on the edge of the bed. “Lost your appetite?”
“You made me lose my appetite,” Sherry snapped.
John smiled while he started to unbutton his shirt. “It's okay. You can eat later when you feel better.” 4
Her gaze shifted, and she immediately said, “I suddenly feel hungry again!”
John‘s hands froze while he stared at her.
Without skipping a beat, she got up to the side of the bed and started eating
John sat beside her, watching her eat.
Sherry ate particularly slow. She could sip a spoon of soup for more than ten seconds and chew on a piece of meat for longer than a minute. She was obviously stalling time.
He allowed her to delay the inevitable nonetheless. He got up and sat on the chair by the window and simply picked up a book to read.
The book was from Queenie, and it was a novel about school romance. Two turns of the pages later, he put the book back and propped his forehead on his fist with his eyes lazily glued to her.
Sherry continued to munch on her meat when she got annoyed by the stare. “I think I'm going to take my time with my dinner. If you're in a hurry, why don't you come back later or tomorrow?”
John narrowed his eyes. He understood if she wanted him to leave, but what was that about coming back later or tomorrow? What did she mean by that?
Regardless, he had a feeling that her attitude was a lot better than it had been yesterday. Had she gotten used to the environment and started to accept him?
He smiled. “You take your time. | don't have anything else to do tonight. | can wait.”
Sherry‘s eyes flickered, and she intentionally slowed down on her chewing. She usually finished dinner in under ten minutes, but she took a whole two hours this time.
The sky turned dark and things got quiet.
She put down the spoon and looked at the window.
He was still there slouching on the couch lazily with his arms crossed. Behind the golden-framed glasses, his eyes were glued to her.
There was not a hint of annoyance or impatience in his eyes; they even looked delighted.
He asked when she looked at him, “Are you done?” Sherry’s eyes flickered. “N—not yet...”
He grinned. “Are you planning to eat the plates as well?” Sherry awkwardly tightened her lips. The man was several meters away, yet he was able to see the clean plates in front of her. She ignored him and went to the toilet instead.
Ten minutes later, John started to knock on the door. The lights cast his shadow on the door, allowing Sherry to see his contour from inside.
“Sherry, did you get stuck in the toilet?”
Sherry frowned. She did not want to have sex with him tonight because she planned to escape tomorrow. She had to finalize the details tonight, so it would be unwise to be distracted tonight. However, after some consideration, she sighed. ‘Fine. We've fucked so many times already, so one more round won't do any harm.’
She got up and opened the door. The man’s tall figure and handsome face appeared before her eyes. She looked up at him.
“I'm tired. | want to sleep, so do whatever you want but be quick,” she blurted out her intention in a hurried tone.
Chapter 1235 “Are you really tired?” Sherry rolled her eyes. “If you don't want to do it, just get out of my face.”
He stood there and lifted her chin with his fingers. With curled lips, he said, “Sherry, if you can take the initiative tonight, I'll let you rest earlier.”
Sherry wanted to roll her eyes again, but before she could, he continued, “Or else, | won't let you sleep tonight.”
Sherry was silenced by the disgusting suggestion and glared at him in return.
He smiled bewitchingly. “Your choice.” He released her chin after that. Sherry stomached her grief and decided to bite the bullet. She tiptoed and kissed him on the lips.
The moment their lips locked, the man grabbed the back of her head and lifted her up. He carried her into the bathroom and pressed her against the cold hard wall, ravaging her lips violently. Sherry almost went out of breath, but the thought of escaping during dinner the next day gave her enough
courage to bite the bullet. She clung to his neck.
The sudden movement froze the man for a moment before he increased his strength. The night was quiet except for the passionate love making noises in the bathroom. After an hour of raging sex later, John carried Sherry out of the bathroom.
Sherry‘s eyes were shut as she seemed to be asleep. He put her on the bed and then lay down beside her with his arm curled around her waist, and he hugged her into his arms.
Sherry‘s eyes remained shut. The room was quiet. He stared at the side profile of her face and smiled. “Sherry, if you're this obedient, | might consider letting you out.” Sherry‘s eyes shifted under the eyelids, but she did not make a noise or open her eyes. He propped his forehead in his palm and stroked her face. “Maybe when I'm happy, | might even give you a legitimate title, allowing you to move around freely,” he whispered.
Sherry‘s hands under the sheets clenched tightly but only for a second. When he was happy? When exactly would that be? In the foreseeable future? Or was it just a dream to trick her to stay?
Did he just assume that she would want to upgrade her lover status to his wife or whatever? Even if he had no feelings for Shannon, they were still lawfully married. They even held their ceremony in public.
If he had not married Shannon, maybe it was possible for her to return to his side. Now, it was off the table of negotiation. Sherry tightened her lips and swallowed her grievance.
The room went quiet again.
Sherry seemed to be sound asleep after not making noise for a while. John smiled and continued to whisper,* Sherry, why don't you bear my child?”
Sherry did not move or show any reaction on her face.
He stroked her face. “Be pregnant with my child and I'll think about forgiving you.”
Sherry‘s eyes remained closed.
The answer he got was the dead silence of the room.
He stared at her for a while before he switched off the lamp and hugged her to sleep. Regardless of her feelings for him, as long as Sherry
remained sane, she would know the right thing to do.
If she continued to be obedient or even agree to bear his child, the man would probably divorce Shannon and marry her as his legitimate wife. He would then consider forgiving her for her betrayal back then.
The room plunged into silence as John slowly fell asleep.
Sherry opened her teary eyes. The dim light from the curtain seams shed its soft brilliance into her eyes, causing them to glisten coldly.