Ice and Fire

At Jean's words, Cherry sadly said, "Jean, you are not."

Jean asked, "Cherry, tell me what you think? At our ages, shouldn't we understand everything?"

Jean held back tears. She didn't want Cherry to see her cry.

Cherry ignored Jean's question when she thought of something and instead asked, "Then, why are you with Mond?"

At the mention of Mond, Jean smiled and asked in a light tone, "Do you know when I met Mond?"

Cherry shook her head.

"I met him when I was helpless. He was the one who assisted me and got me out of that dirty place."

Cherry seemed to understand and asked, "So where did you go after that?"

Jean had a far-off look in her eyes. In a quiet voice, she related her story, "To another country. I lived a quiet and happy life there. Mond arranged for me to live at his friend's house and gave me a monthly stipend. When I got there, I didn't know anyone, so, I started a completely new life."

Cherry was confused, "Then why did you come back? Wouldn't this city remind of your awful memories?"

Jean turned to look at Cherry and said, "Because Jackson and you are also here. I want my revenge."

Jean almost ground her teeth as she finished her sentence.

Jean didn't tell Cherry the real reason she came back was that she couldn't say no to orders from Mond. She had to do what Mond told her to do. She had returned to fulfill Mond's plans, not for revenge.

Cherry couldn't help shivering when she heard Jean admit she wanted revenge.

Cherry asked, "Do you hate Jackson?"

Jean stared into Cherry's eyes and said, "Yes. I hate you too. I hate you both, and your baby boy!"

hurt Joe. My dear sister, please

Cherry's face. She was a little jealous that Cherry was able to protect her son, because Jean didn't have a child, nor

Joe and that kid, which was the greatest pain

All of the sudden Jean screeched and turned her back to

to her, "Jean,

hell away from me!" Jean shouted again.

say anything else. Besides, she had gotten the information she wanted. She was quite relieved to learn Jean didn't suffer much

for her to leave

Cherry leave, she couldn't hold the

I will never get to have a child in this life. I will never hear a kid of mine call me "mommy." You are so

elevator and walked to leave the building, but then she

gave it some thought and then walked over to Mond.

greeted him politely, "Mr. Mond, may I speak with you for a second?" Mond was mysterious and he was also the CEO of ZM Group, so Cherry had to be polite to

Cherry to

Cherry sat down.

as he asked, "What do

word what she wanted to say. She thought for a moment and then said, "My sister told me you had been taking care

face. Cherry had a special attraction which made it difficult for him to look

eyes, "I want to thank you very much. Thank you for taking

sneer. He asked her coldly, "Mrs. Cherry, do you think it's my responsibility to take

confused Cherry, so she asked,

better quality of life, for a certain purpose?" Mond decided to put everything on the table. Cherry didn't know everything about Jackson, so Mond wanted to give Cherry all the information about Jackson. In many ways,

at Mond wondering what kind of person Mond was. Mond was different from other people and she couldn't figure out what he was thinking. Even though she

taken good care

Cherry, shouldn't you care

words puzzled

Jackson hit

her head and said,

her words, watched her behavior, and thought to himself, 'What's Jackson done? This woman is extremely polite to Jackson and does what he wants her to do. Add to