Ice and Fire

They just stared at each other, in silence.

After a few moments, Cherry gave up, because she knew that she couldn't convince Jackson to change his mind. She had a clear understanding of Jackson's character.

She looked away, and asked him, "Now, please tell me what do you want? How can you let Stephen off?"

Jackson looked at Cherry, and wondered why would she fight against him just for the sake of another man.

After thinking for some time, Jackson finally opened his mouth and answered, "I'll think about it after you come back to the apartment."

Cherry was taken aback when she heard Jackson mention about the apartment. She stared at Jackson and knew that he wasn't joking; he was dead serious about it.

She asked herself, 'Can I actually return to that apartment after all these years? Will Joe want to come with me?' She wondered what would happen if she moved back there, and if she actually wanted to take such a big risk. She would agree with whatever Jackson asked, but only on the condition that she would move back in alone. Joe was her son, and Jackson at the moment had no idea of Joe's existence. But what if Jackson already knew about Joe? How could she allow Joe to live with him?

Seeing Cherry's hesitation, Jackson asked, "Come on! Have you refused my offer already?"

seriously, and answered, "Yes, I refuse you. I won't

Cherry's refusal. He smiled at her, and said, "Alright, like you say, but because I'm in such a really good mood right now, I have another option for

asked Cherry. She wouldn't

and clearly said word by word, "You can

then took a firm stand,

the woman he loved, and he was pushing her really hard to her limit. He wondered how could he even say such atrocious things to Cherry? He couldn't wait to have her again under his protection, and clearly he hadn't been himself when he asked her to kneel down in

complained about this, and now it was her turn to help him out. As long as Stephen was fine, kneeling down and begging wasn't that much of a big and serious deal. After all, it was very important for Stephen to keep the Anshi Group intact, and she decided that she would help him with this. Besides, Jackson

breath and slowly came closer to

but in reality, he was afraid. 'What will she do? Will she actually kneel and

just a step away from Jackson. She looked at him, and with disappointment and despair in her voice, asked, "Will you let Stephen and the

voice, Jackson knew that she was serious. He knew what

to kneel down in front of him, but suddenly someone grabbed

a moment and then fell towards the man standing behind

while he shot an angry and