Ice and Fire

In the afternoon, after she finished work, Cherry went to the school to pick up her son. When she saw Joe walking out of the school gates, she quickly got out of the car to greet her son.

Joe was very happy to see his mother, and he rushed towards Cherry the moment that he saw her. "Mommy, Mommy, I'm so happy that you have time to pick me up!" said Joe, while holding his mother's hand.

"I got off work early today, so I came to pick you up, " said Cherry, with a big smile on her face. Joe was her sunshine, who always warmed her heart no matter what.

"That's nice! Mommy, let's go home now!" said Joe cheerfully.

"Okay, hop in the car and let's go home!"

When Cherry arrived home, Lily had just prepared their dinner. When she saw that Cherry and Joe arrived, she politely said, "Madam, young master, dinner is ready! Shall I put the dishes on the table now?"

"Is my Daddy home?" asked Joe, while he put down his schoolbag.

Cherry looked at her son, and said to him in a tender voice, "Your Daddy has something important to do in the barracks, so he may not have time to come home this evening. We don't need to wait for him, let's eat."

After she said that, Cherry turned to Lily who was standing beside her, and said, "Yes, serve the food now."

"Okay."

After dinner, Joe went to his room to do his homework and Cherry sat in the living room and watched TV alone.

Suddenly, the phone rang. She knew that the call was from Jackson, and Cherry answered it immediately.

"Hello!" said Cherry.

asleep?" Jackson's tender voice sounded

I was watching TV in the living room, " replied Cherry. She felt happy hearing Jackson's voice.

our son?"

doing his homework, " replied Cherry.

see, " said Jackson. "I'm not coming back home

anyway, and if you drive back home at this late hour I'll be anyway worried sick

asked Jackson, in

for a moment to adjust her mood, but she still didn't

hearing Cherry's answer, Jackson cried,

still here!" replied Cherry in a low voice.

I wish I were there with

touched and warmed Cherry's heart. She could feel his sincere emotion.

I'll be here waiting for you; I'll always be by your side!" said

continued to say, "Don't forget to cover yourself with the

will, "

tight in her hand. She was somehow lost, and didn't come back to the present moment only after a while. After she snapped out of her trance, she turned off the TV and

gently and then pushed it open when she saw that she got no reply. She saw that Joe was in bed and that

then silently walked

She felt very lonely without Jackson beside her, and then she suddenly wondered if Jackson had also felt the same without her at his

morning, as usual, Cherry woke her son, had breakfast with him, and then drove him to

about to start when she arrived at JS Building. Cherry quickly walked into

organizing meetings with various division heads, and it was not until lunch time that she finally finished all of her work. When she sat on her chair in the conference room, Cherry felt fulfilled, because she liked the business life,