Ice and Fire

In the morning, Cherry got up early to get to work. Processing yesterday's orders to the manager and making herself busy with her own tasks, Cherry spent the whole day without anything unexpected happening.

She walked out the JS Building after work, as usual. Her phone, kept away in her bag began to ring suddenly when she was about to drive her car out of the parking lot.

Taking the phone out, Cherry saw that it was John, and she answered the phone.

"Hello, John, " said Cherry in a cold tone.

"Cherry, have you gotten off work now?" John asked with concern.

"Yes, I just got done with work now, " said Cherry.

"So are you free now? Would you like to have a cup of tea with me?" John offered.

Thinking about it for a while, Cherry thought that it would mean nothing to have a cup of tea with John since she had no affection for him now.

"Okay, where do you want me to come? I'll try to get there soon, " Cherry said decidedly.

"Come to the Ancient Path Tea House", replied John.

Cherry drove to the teahouse after hanging up. All that while, she wasn't aware that there was a man following her.

When Cherry got to the place, she found John occupying a seat in the corner, so she just walked up to him.

"You are here, " said John.

"Hmmm, " Cherry sat opposite to John.

"How are you doing these days? How is everything at work?" John asked with concern. He had not seen Cherry since the last time they had met at the cemetery. He had only spoken with her on the phone. Luckily, both of them were free today, so he could meet her here and ask her about her wellbeing.

"Well, fine", said Cherry simply. Seeing John's caring attitude, Cherry spoke to him as though he were a regular friend, "so, how are you doing these days? Are you keeping very busy?"

"Not really, it's just the same as before. Sometimes there are some things that need to be handled, while sometimes, I am free, " said John.

Cherry nodded, letting him know that she was listening to his words.

John continued, "Cherry, how could you join the JS Group?"

Cherry felt a bit surprised when she heard the question. Why couldn't she join the JS Group? She had employed her own abilities rather than nepotism to be one part of the JS Group, so why couldn't she get the position she had earned?

"Why do you ask that? Do you think I could not get into the JS Group?" asked Cheery, with a hint of anger in her voice.

explained immediately. He didn't mean that and he just wanted to clarify

at John, still waiting for

saw Jackson walking towards

stopping short with his words, and that his face grew

Join could barely get the words out of his mouth. How could Jackson possibly know that they

uncle made Cherry shudder as she knew his uncle was no other than Jackson. This would mean that Jackson was standing behind her

stand up and turned to see the man behind

angry face of Jackson, she realized that how furious Jackson was at that moment. And what's worse, there were two men following along

a glare at

him?" What Jackson said resonated in Cherry's ears,

quiet and too frightened to

was afraid that Jackson would make things difficult for Cherry and he knew that Cherry did not want to see

his glare towards John and shouted angrily, "John, do you think that your life as

no longer what he had been five years ago, and he had learned to fight back

has helped me to get the position of the state governor, but if you want to threaten me with taking

more angry in his heart. This woman had occupied?a?certain?position in John's heart in all of these five years, considering that John was even ready to abandon his position of the state governor for her. 'Cherry, how many men

as he found it amusing to play this game of questions and answers. Cherry hated to see him. She had not even wanted him to know that she had come back, but here she was intimately chatting with

a fit of anger. Being afraid that he might put Cherry in

the collar. Looking at him closely, Jackson

that by Jackson, John felt a bit terrified. He just looked back itno his eyes without saying a word.

Cherry immediately said, "Jackson, let

up to Cherry, looking down at her,

look into Jackson's eyes. Lowering her head even more, she asked, "What do you want

what I really want to do." With these words, Jackson gave a sign to

the unspoken command, Bobby, one of the men that had come with Jackson, came in front of John

when she heard the sound, only to find

help John back up, Jackson pulled her arm

too much for Cherry who failed to let

beaten up by Bobby, hopelessly. There was even no scope for him to

resist

grimly, "You want me to release

hurry, "He is your nephew! He will die if you continue attacking him like

whose face was now covered in blood. She didn't want to see John hurt like this, even though she did not love him any more. Even if she had hated him from the bottom of his heart, that had been a thing of the past. All of these things had been a matter of the past, right? Cherry could still feel pained when she saw

looked at her painful expressions. Did she still care about John, making her

him a lot" Encouraged by an uninhibited momentum, Cherry spoke out without thinking about it

sudden sound reached people's