Ch. 1451..1455
Chapter 1451
Chapter 1451 Carl leaned closer toward Sherry and asked with a giant smile, “Sherry, is there any kind of grudge between the two of you?” “Not yet so far.”
Carl looked at Julie angrily stomping away, then he asked in an inexplicable tone, “Then why were you so harsh toward her? It looked like the veins on her face were going to pop.”
Sherry took a sip of wine and stated boldly, “I just gave her the taste of her own medicine. | wasn’t expecting such a reaction from her either.”
At least she was not as aggressive toward Julie as Madam
Stockton was during the last house party. Still, it looked like this approach of pretending to not know Julie at all had a stronger effect than she initially expected.
Carl merely smiled at her answer, then he suddenly caught something from the corner of his eyes. Again, he leaned into Sherry and asked, “Sherry, there’s been a few people who have been staring at you since you came in here. Do you know them by any chance?”
Sherry asked curiously, “Where?”
Carl informed, “At your three o'clock.”
Sherry glanced in that direction.
Her eyes quickly met the combination of Janine, Matthew, and Jake sulking by the corner.
They knew she saw them as well.
A faint mark of disdain surfaced on Sherry’s face. She quickly turned away and took another sip of wine while stating, “I don’t know them.”
Carl seemed intrigued by this. That was when several people approached the duo. Sherry rose suddenly. “Carl, deal with them for me, | need to make a run to the toilet.”
She recognized these men as the ones who accused her of being a thief at the house party last time. She was not in the mood nor did she have the patience to put on a polite appearance for their entertainment.
“Alright, go ahead.” Carl gently tapped her head as he said, “Don’t wander too far, and make sure you don’t take too long.” Sherry gave him a look, then she headed toward another remote section of the venue.
After she walked around the venue for a while, she finally found a quiet corner where there was food and more wine. There was practically a fountain of wine and the food seemed mouth-watering as well.
She drank two glasses of wine in one go, then she began picking up pieces of cake and stuffing them into her mouth. “Heh.” She suddenly heard a chuckle coming from somewhere behind her.
This made her jump a little and spit out a piece of cake she had barely bitten into yet.
She turned around.
It was John, standing only several steps away from her. He held a wine glass in one hand and his other arms held across his chest.
He was leaning against a wall, postured confidently as if he owned the place.
His eyes were marked with a mocking gleam underneath them.
Sherry’s demeanor immediately transformed as she flashed a practiced smile in his direction. “I thought it was some kind of pervert but it turns out it’s just the great Master Stockton.”
John smirked at this remark and proceeded to dart his eyes all over her body without any attempt at concealing it, from the tip of her hair to her heels.
He smiled and said, “Look at you. It’s like you transformed into another person the moment you put on these clothes. You've got some tongue on you too.”
“Heh. You flatter me.” Sherry scoffed sarcastically. “Is there anything you want from me?”
“| was hungry so | came here to find something to eat.” He looked at Sherry like a hunter who had locked on to his prey as he approached her.
Sherry frowned and took a step away from him.
John continued pressing on and did not stop even after he was next to the table with trays of food set across it. It did not seem like that was ever his goal to begin with.
Sherry knew that she would be pinned against the wall if she continued backing away. Then, a fierce look came upon her eyes as she suddenly marched toward her side. She wanted to get away from him while she still had the chance to.
Just when it seemed like she would succeed in her getaway, she felt something grabbing onto her waist.
She was seized in an instant and pulled into John’s arm. She was so close to him that she could feel his heart beating against his chest.
She glowered and snapped at him. “Let go of me, you b* stard!”
John responded with a quiet smile and continued dragging her toward the corner where he swiftly spun her around and pinned her against the wall.
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It was very dark.
John’s gold-framed glasses did not reflect any light
underneath the shroud of darkness, but Sherry could see through them and meet his hostile and sharp gaze upon her. She could feel a huff of humid air beating on her face when he breathed.
“Miss Sherry, would you mind explaining what the nature of your relationship with Master Sager is?” he asked sharply while propping up Sherry’s chin with a finger.
Sherry pressed her arms against his chest and tried to push him away. “Why don’t you let go of me first?!” John smirked. “Don’t even think about getting away from me if you don’t answer my question.”
Sherry scowled. “There are so many people out there.
What do you think would happen if | were to scream? Do you want to try me?”
John smiled wickedly. “Go on, I’d like to see what happens.”
Sherry glared at him and immediately after that, she took in a deep breath and cried out, “Help-”
Her scream was immediately muffled by John drawing his lips toward hers and sealing her lips with a kiss. Sherry’s eyes widened with fright.
Did this man not hate her with a passion? Was he not the one who said that just her mere presence filled him with disgust? What was the meaning of this?
After the astonishment passed over, she immediately reacted and tried to shove him away.
The more she tried to push him away, the more relentless his kiss became.
His hot and humid breath poured all over her cheeks.
It seemed like he would not be satisfied until he had completely devoted her.
She was even beginning to feel suffocated.
She pummeled him with his fist and slapped his back repeatedly.
John suddenly bit her.
“Ow!” Sherry winced in pain.
At last, John let her go.
Sherry immediately gasped for air. The first thing she did after that was to slap him across his face.
Not so fast!
Before her palm could reach him, he immediately grabbed her by her wrist.
He smiled devilishly and threatened her. “What's this, do you want me to kiss you again?”
Sherry snarled. “Screw you!”
John stared at her silently.
She had had enough of his games and snapped at him. Let go of me now, or else I'll tell everyone what you truly are, a perverted and disgusting man! This is sexual assault!”
John chuckled sardonically. “Perverted? Sherry, you don’t think that you think too highly of yourself?” Sherry glared at him. “Then how do you explain your
stinking arms wrapped around me?”
He cocked an eyebrow and proceeded to grope her by her waist.
Thump!
Sherry punched him square in his abdomen.
John seemed completely unfazed by this and did not even budge an inch. He continued pressing Sherry against the wall. Sherry was getting frustrated by this point. “What do | need to do to get you to let go already?”
John insisted. “Tell me about your relationship with Carl.
Sherry asked with stark confusion in her voice, “What about my relationship with him? What does that have to do with you anyway?”
John’s eyes darkened, and his voice grew hostile. “Fine, don’t answer me. Don’t even think about walking away then.”
Sherry suddenly chuckled. “Oh, Master Stockton, did you suddenly gain a new kind of admiration for me now that my social status has improved? Do you have a thing for me now?”
John chuckled dryly. The confident and adamant look on Sherry’s face seemed humorous to him. “What are you laughing at?” Sherry asked angrily.
“I'm laughing at how thick-skinned you've become. It’s almost like the thickness of your skin grows along with your so-called social status.”
Sherry gnashed her teeth and parried this insult. “If we’re talking about thick—skinned, I’m nowhere near the great Master Stockton’s level. You're the one who was insulting me and talking about how much | repulsed you back then. Look who’s the one forcing himself on me and refusing to let go? How pathetic.”
John narrowed the look in his eyes. Sherry confronted his gaze. Somehow, her stout fashion only added to her alluring aura.
In every sense of the word, she was a rose filled with thorns.
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John simply could not resist the urge to get closer to her. He drew in closer until his fair and handsome face was inches away from Sherry’s.
Sherry immediately backed away until the back of her head hit the wall. She warned him sternly. “If you kiss me again, I’m going to scream for help for real this time.”
He licked his lips and seemed to consider the option.
Then, he gently stroked her cheeks with a finger and asked the same question again, “Answer me, what’s your relationship with Carl?”
The heat of his palm scalded her face.
Sherry was keenly aware of the sudden change in his body temperature.
Even his grip around her waist had become forced and filled with temper.
She suddenly felt afraid as this man was going to do something reckless to her. She glared at him angrily and answered at last, “A
common relationship of a superior and a subordinate .”
John leaned closer toward her, one slight movement and his lip would touch hers. “Who's the superior in this situation?” Sherry sighed. “I’m the superior.”
John smiled, amused by this. “You, a superior?”
Sherry cocked an eyebrow and snorted.
John seemed like he was still processing this information.
“Haha...” He laughed and finally let go of her.
Sherry angrily shoved him away and began marching
away, stamping her feet against the ground as hard as she could.
John watched her silently with a deep and ruminative look turning in his eyes. After a while, he walked back toward the crowd as well.
Meanwhile, underneath the shade of the shadows behind a certain wine cabinet was a figure hidden there during the entirety of John and Sherry’s exchange.
After ensuring that the two had left, Julie stepped out.
Even in the darkness, her eyes glowed a menacing red.
She clenched her fist so hard that it seemed like her nails would dig into her flesh.
After a while, she recomposed herself and returned to her usual gentle self.
It was very lively inside the venue, with plenty of people formed together in circles and conversations to be had everywhere. Sherry quickly scanned the crowd to look for Carl, but unfortunately, the first person she spotted was Janine and Matthew. They quickly approached her.
Sherry grimaced tightly and immediately began walking away.
“Sherry, stop right there!” Janine yelled after her.
She only halted for a brief moment before continuing to escape. “Sherry, can’t you hear your mother telling you to stop?” Matthew immediately marched up to her and hissed at her sharply.
Sherry seemed repulsed by the sheer sight of them. She crossed her arms over her chest defensively and said, “My mother? If my memory serves me correctly, it was her who declared in public that she’d never acknowledge that I’m her daughter.”
Janine’s eyes flashed with rage.
Matthew seemed taken aback by this, he expressed with a tired sigh, “We were the ones who misunderstood you the last time. We were led to believe that you had stolen the invitation card.”
Did they expect forgiveness with such a half-hearted apology?
Sherry sneered. “Misunderstanding, you say? More like you guys didn’t want to have anything to do with me for the sake of your reputation, right?”
Matthew immediately stiffened. He looked like a child who had his lies exposed.
Janine voiced angrily, “Sherry, your father and | have already apologized to you. What else do you want us to do? Do you want us to get on our knees and beg for forgiveness?”
Sherry scoffed. “Oh, enough with the usual ‘your father
and I‘ rhetoric. First of all, I’m not your daughter and
second of all, your real beloved daughter is still in prison.”
This sudden reminder drained all the color from Janine’s face. Even Matthew seemed to jerk back at the mention of Shannon.
Suddenly, they found themselves at a loss for further accusations because they remembered it was Shannon who hired someone to take out Sherry. That was how she ended up thrown in prison in the first place.
Sherry walked away from them with a scowl on her face.
After she passed through the crowd, she finally found Carl. He was in the middle of a conversation with Jake who kept a flattering smile across his face the entire time.
Carl was leaning lazily against the wall and listening to whatever Jake had to say with mock interest while sipping from his glass of wine.
Sherry frowned at the sight of Jake. Both Carl and Jake quickly noticed her. Jake was the first one to greet her as he smiled at her with such sincerity that he looked like a saint. “Sherry, where
have you been? | was just looking for you and couldn’t
find you anywhere so | ended up chatting with Young Master Sager over here.“
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Carl turned to Sherry with a smile. “President William
here says that he’s your uncle. Why didn’t you tell me that your uncle would be here? I’d have prepared something nice for him.” Matthew seemed very flattered by this and stated courteously, “You're too kind, Young Master Sager.”
Sherry did not even spare Matthew a look as she turned to Carl. “I’m an orphan. | don’t have parents nor do | have any uncles.” Matthew turned stoic.
Carl shot a look at Matthew and seemed exasperated. ” Then who is this?”
Sherry remarked contemptuously, “I have no idea, he’s probably making things up.”
She grabbed a glass of wine and promptly walked away.
Carl quickly followed after her.
There were a few men who joined in the circle midway through the conversation.
When they saw how Carl and Sherry walked away without even bothering to excuse themselves, they turned to Matthew with a disgusted look on their faces, belittling him with their expressions.
“| can’t believe it, we’ve been duped.”
“Where does he find the audacity to tell Young Master
Sager that he’s President Sherry’s uncle? If | were him, | wouldn’t dare to stay here a moment longer. Matthew was speechless.
With that, they shied away from Matthew as if he was a contaminated patient.
Matthew reacted with equal parts disbelief and horror.
Sherry and Carl went to a remote section.
She began to empty the contents of her wineglass.
Carl stood next to her, his shoulders against the wall, and stared at her with a mesmerizing shine in his eyes. (( Sherry, where did you go off to just now?”
Sherry answered defectively, “To the bathroom, why?”
“Why did it take you so long?” Carl seemed suspicious.
Sherry was still very evasive with her answers. “You
know, stomach issues.”
“Then what happened to your lipstick?” he leaned in closer as he asked this until his face was inches away from hers.
Sherry backed away immediately and seemed unnerved by this question. “I went to eat something after that, | probably accidentally smeared my lipstick without noticing.”
Carl smiled coyly. “I see, it looks more like you made out with someone while you were in the toilet. Are you sure that’s not what happened?”
Something quivered in Sherry’s eyes, she quickly turned away and pretended to grab something to eat to get away from this chain of questioning.
Carl was relentless. “Sherry, Young Master Sager didn’t try to take advantage of my absence and get to you just now, did he?” Sherry was boiling over with irritation by this point and snapped. “Carl, could you shut up for a second?”
Carl cocked an eyebrow and gently danced the tips of his fingers around Sherry’s bottom lips. “It seems like my future wifey is being harassed by another man right in my presence, and you're telling me I’m not allowed to ask about what happened?”
Asharp look surfaced in Sherry’s eyes. “Do you want me to slap you?”
Carl hurriedly withdrew his hand. “Don’t be mad, | was just kidding around.” Sherry ignored him and continued sipping from her wineglass.
Carl remained standing next to her, only without touching her now. From time to time, he would dart his eyes across the crowd of people.
In the far back of the crowd.
There stood a tall and slender man who was leaning against the wall. Underneath his lens was a piercing and ominous gaze which fixed itself intently on Sherry.
He clenched his fingers tightly around the wineglass and seemed like he would break it with sheer force. “John.” Suddenly, Julie’s voice sounded from behind him. His expression softened slightly and his tight frown departed as well. Still, his eyes were fixed in the direction of Sherry and Carl.
Julie walked up to him and followed his gaze to see Sherry and Carl at the opposite edge of the venue. She remarked after that, “So the president of Sager Corporation they were talking about all this time was Sherry. That's a surprise.”
John took a sip of wine and did not utter a word. Julie added, “The two of them seem very close, they’re not together, are they?” John’s eyes flashed with ice as he turned to Julie sharply.
Julie had never seen John confront her with such a sharp look. She turned pale immediately and enquired worriedly, “John, what's the matter? Was it something | said?”
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“It's nothing.” John wiped away the gloom in his eyes
and instructed, “You can head back by yourself after things wrap up here.” “What about you, aren’t you going home?”
“| have some other things to deal with, I’ll be home later.
“All right.”
The event was concluded shortly after with no hiccups.
After Mr. Carrel addressed the gathering and gave a brief summary, he formally announced the end of the event. Several people went up to him to bid farewell, and they also went up to John. Sherry and Carl were similarly treated with the same
amount of respect as groups of people went up to them to say goodbye. After the round of pleasantries, groups of people flocked
out of the venue one after another.
Since the Sagers were on good terms with Mr. Carrel, Sherry and Carl made sure to go up to Mr. Carrel themselves to say goodbye before leaving.
As it turned out, it was exceptionally ill timing since
when they approached Mr. Carrel, they noticed John and Julie walking up to him as well. Sherry frowned and pretended to not notice them by quickly turning away.
John stared at her unabashedly with a sharp squint in his eyes.
Carl promptly stood in front of Sherry to cut off John’s angle.
John seemed to have taken offense to this.
Carl smiled politely and addressed Mr. Carrel, “Old man Carrel, I'll be leaving with Miss Sherry. We'll see you again in another day or two, alright?”
Mr. Carrel chuckled pleasantly. “Alright, be careful on the way back.”
Carl nodded, then he turned to John and Julie. “Master Stockton, we'll be leaving first. I’ll see you again when | get the chance to.”
John smiled. “Alright, | look forward to seeing you and President Sherry.” “Heh, I'll see you.” Carl took Sherry’s hand and turned to leave. John seemed bothered by this gesture.
Mr. Carrel stepped forward and said, “Master Stockton, I’m afraid | won’t be sending you off. Let's meet again one of these days.”
John blinked sporadically as if he had just snapped back to his senses. He was very polite and humble with Mr. Carrel. “Alright, Mr. Wang, we'll be taking our leave
now. “Alright, see you.”
John gazed at Sherry and Carl departing, then he proceeded to head toward the exit as well.
Julie hurriedly paced after him.
After the red sports car swerved off the manor’s gates, it drove in the opposite direction of where it originally
came from.
It was only around nine p.m. which meant there was a considerable amount of traffic. By the time they reached the city district, it was still rather packed with cars.
It took a while before they finally passed a traffic light.
Sherry was taking in the view of the city when she suddenly noticed the hotel she had stayed in previously.
Something suddenly came to her as she hurriedly
beckoned, “Carl, please stop the car at the hotel’s entrance over there.”
Carl seemed perplexed by this sudden decision. “What are you up to?”
Sherry told him, “I need to go get my stuff from the hotel and check out from my room.”
She never went back to the hotel after her encounter with John.
Now the situation had changed, she doubted that John would continue pestering her.
She remembered she still had several important documents inside her suitcase, she had to retrieve them now.
“Got it.” Carl was very cooperative and quickly drove to the hotel entrance.
Sherry hurriedly opened the door and stepped out of the car. She noticed Carl unbuckling his seat belt and preparing to get out of the car with her and quickly stopped him. “It’s just some clothes and a suitcase, it won't take long at all. Just wait for me in the car, you don’t have to come up with me.”
She would hate to be an inconvenience, especially considering this was something she could handle well enough on her own. Carl threw her a side-eye glance and joked, “Better hurry up, this young lord doesn’t like to be kept waiting.
Sherry rolled her eyes at him, then she trotted into the hotel.